118 LOASEJE. 
4. LOASA mueHYLLA. 
L. caule adscendente, inferne ramoso; foliis alternis, tripartitis, strigoso- pilosis; laciniis 
oblongis , crenato- serratis, intermedia majore ; floribus subracemosis. 
Loasa wiphylla Juss. in. nn. du Mus. F^. p. 27. 
Crescit in alta planitie  Andium | Perueianorum , ad radices. montis Gualgayoc , 
alt. 1860 hex. o. Floret Augusto. 
Rapix annua. Caunr adscendens, inferne ramosus, 10-11-pollicaris, teres, retrorsum scaber; rami 
sparsi, indivisi, hirto-scabri pilisque setiformibus obsiti. Fori sparsa, petiolata, tripartita, utrinque stri- 
goso- pilosa ; laciniis oblongis, acutis, basi angustatis, crenato-serratis, membranaceis ; lateralibus 9- 10 lineas 
longis; intermedia majore, 14-15 lineas longa. Pertonr6-7 lineas longi, scabri. Fronzs haud suppetunt. 
Capsurz ín apice caulis per rácemos disposite,, pedunculatz, alterna, oblongo- cylindracez, basi turbinato- 
attenuate, limbo calycis coronate, membranacezs, externe hirt» et setoso-pilosz, uniloculares, poly- 
Sperm, apice trivalves , 8-9 lineas longz ; pedunculis 5- 6 lineas longis, teretibus, hirtis et setoso-pilosis ; 
laciniis calycinis 5, oblongis, obtusis, externe strigosis, capsula quadruplo brevioribus. Srwiwa crebra, 
placentis tribus parietalibus affixa, ovata, apice, ubi affixa, parum attenuata, vix dimidiam lineam longa. 
Placentz parietales lineares, cum valvis alternantes. IxrzcuxENTUM laxum , membranaceum, reticulatum , 
fuscescens; reti nigro. Exposrrnwiux ellipticum, utrinque obtusum , ad utramque extremitatem puncto 
nigro umbonatum, transverse striatulum, fuscescens, carnosum. Ew»nvo axilis, endospermio duplo tri- 
plove brevior, teres, rectus, albidus. Corvrzpors plano-convexz, obtusz. Rapicura hilum spectans. 
5. LOASA paravEnrFOLIA. T 
L. urens; caule adscendente, simplici, hispido; foliis alternis, ternatis, strigoso- scabris; 
foliolis oblongis, dentatis; intermedio maximo, pinnatifido; floribus oppositifoliis, subrace- 
mosis. 
Crescit in Andibus Quinduensium , inter La Quebrada de Toche et Los Galiegos , 
alt. 1350 hex. o Floret Octobri. 
HznnA pedalis et altior, urens. RApzx ramosa. Cavris adscendens, simplex, teres, succulentus, sulcatus (?), 
hispidus. Fori alterna, petiolata, pinnatifido-ternata; foliola breviter petiolata, oblonga, acuta, dentata, 
reticulato- venosa , utrinque strigoso- scabra pilisque longioribus conspersa, membranacea, supra satiate viri- 
dia, subtus pallidiora , Jateralia integra aut obsolete lobata, 12- 15 lineas longa, intermedium duplo longius, 
1 -2-pollicare, pinnatifidum. Prrrorvs communis 4-6 lineas longus, pilis setosis urentibus obsitus. SrtPvrE 
nulle. Fronzs pedunculati, oppositifolii, solitarii, in apice caulis subracemosim dispositi, magnitudine 
floris Hyperici perforati; pedunculi hirtelli pilisque setiformibus urentibus obsiti, floriferi semipollicares, 
fructiferi duplo longiores. Bnacrzz nulle. Carvx superus; limbus profunde quinquepartitus, viridis, 
interne glaber, externe strigoso-pilosus, persistens; laciniis ellipticis, acutis, trinerviis, membranaceis, 
zxqualibus. PzzAr4 quinque, limbo calycis inserta, spathulata, cucullato- concava, apice et medio , Lamii 
in modum, denticulata, alba, externe hirta, qualia, patentia. SqvAxwx quinque, ibidem inserte, cum 
petalis alternantes, cucullatz, antice emarginatz, postice gibbere duplici acuto notatz, circum stylum 
conniveutes, superne linea subduplici transversali purpurea picte, SrawiwA 50, ibidem inserta; decem 
exteriora castrata ; 4o fertilia. Stamina sterilia subulata, bina squame opposita. Stamina fertilia corolla" 
