bifida, biloeulares latere interiore sulco longitudinali, exteriore nervulo à 
basi ad apicem excurrente notate, Have, latere dehiscentes; 3 superiores in- 
feriorque media contigua, inferiorum laterales separate et, instar cornuum, 
divergentes. Germ. ovale, 3-gonum, glabrum, virescentér albidum: stylus 
vectus, filiformis, obsolete 3-queter, germine ferè duplo longior, illique basi 
concolor, apice purpurascens: stigma 3-lobum: lobulis orbiculatis, virescens. 
Caps. (maturam non vidimus) immatura: 3-gono-globosa, 3-valvis, 3-locu- 
laris, calycem superans, polysperma. Sem. plura. Mikan loc. cit. 
DicHorIsaNDRa is technically distinguished from Carto- 
nema (Brown prod. 271) by a deliquescent deciduous calyx 
smaller than the corolla and irregularly convergent sta- 
mens, as well as by many particulars in the habit; from 
Tuapescantıa by naked filaments, by the anthers being 
inserted at their base, and by the lengthened oblong form 
and contiguous parallel linear cells of the same, as well as 
by the want of an involucre and very different disposition of 
the inflorescence; the difference in habit of the two last is 
nof indeed great in regard to the rest of the plant. 
We were directed by Mr. Brown to the work which con- 
tains the description of this fine plant; and have to thank 
the same gentleman for pointing out to us tbe main distinc- 
tions from both its abovementioned coordinates. 
The sample for the drawing was kindly forwarded to us 
by Mr. Harrison, of Aigburgh, near Liverpool, along with 
a skilful and characteristic representation of the plant by a 
Lady of his family. It had been raised in the hothouse 
from seed from the Brazils, where, according to M. Mikan, 
the species is found wild at about thirty miles distance from 
Rio Janeiro. 
Now first introduced into our gardens. 
À perennial herbaceous caudescent plant, from three to 
four feet high, sometimes simple, sometimes 2-3-branched. 
A. 
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