Folia 4 — 5 lin, longa, 3 — & lin. lata, Corolla 5 Iin, 
longa. 
In Andibus Peruviae (Lobb), 
Genus e tribn excludendum, 
Amechania DC. Dunal I. c, p. 578. 
Genus e tribn, ordine et classi excludendum. 
Argophylium Forster. Dunal l. c. p. 578. 
Trib. I, Arbnteae Alphons DeCandolle, Meissner. 
(Prodr. syst. nat. pars VIL. sectio post. p. 580.) 
Calyx hypogynus, 5-fidus aut 5-partitus, persistens. 
Corolla calyei inserta, decidua, gamopetala, urceolata, limbo 
5-fido. Stamina corollae lacinüs nmmero dupla, hypogyna, 
infra disenm afixa, libera, inter se aeffalia ; filamenta ple- 
ramque basi dilatata, glabra aut pilosa, sursum atiennata ; 
antherae laterales, biloculares, utplurimam primum reiroflexae, 
demum introflexae, subinde ereetae, anfice ad apieem hiporo- 
sae, aristatae, ant rarissime muticae, aristis dorsalibus 2, 
reflexis aut apicalibus 4, erectis. Ovarium superum, 5— 
10-loenlare, loculis uni- —multiovulatis, disco insidens car- 
noso, subdeeemangulari. Fructus globosus, drapareus aut 
‚baccatus, laevis aut gramulato - papillosus, 5—10-loeularis, 
mono -— polyspermus. Semina pendula, obovato- oblonga. Te- 
sta simplex, memhranacea, nucleo arcte appressa. Albnmer 
carnosum, aequabile. Eimbryo respectu hili erectus, centra- 
lis; radieula cylindriea, sublonga. " 
Arhbusenlae, frutices aut frutienli ramosi, erecti anf pro- 
enmbentes; foliis persistentibus, rarissime deeiduis; floribus 
racemosis, panieulatis, spicatis aut solitariis, axillaribas aut 
