718 





TROP^OLUM peregrinum. 

 Fririged-Jhwer Indian Cress, or '0anary-bir4z 



OCTANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 



Nat. wd. Gerania. JmsuM gen. 268- Div. Genera GeraniiB aQnia. 



TROP^OtVM. CaL profundi &-fidus coloratus, lacinift suDericHre basi 

 calcaratd, calcare iotr^ florem hlnc hiante extra stamina. Petala 5, calya 

 inserta, ejusdem laciniis altema, quorum 2 superiora seasilia remota, (gl- 

 eans fauci infixa ; 3 unguiculata germen ex opposito ambientia. FHameitta * 

 distincta, germini arc^ circumposita et ejusdem disco (perigyno?) im- 

 posita ; aiUhera oblongx erectse biloculares (4-loculareB ex Jdnnao). Ger^ 

 men 3-goDum ; stylus unus cylindricus S-etriatus ; tt^tmata 3 aucta. Peri- 

 carpia 3 reniformia suberosa 1-sperma non dehiscentia ; hlbc sulcata ind^ 

 imo stylo persistenti affixa ; semina conformia ; embryo magnus absque 

 albomiae, n^iculd intra lobos rectos supri latente non proiBinul&. Herbte 

 Mffusm ant volubiks ; folia aUerua non stipulaeea, simpUcia peltata out 

 rariUs digitata; pedunculi vniflori hngi axUlares. Flares T. pentaphylU 

 Juas. peruv. et Commers. herb. Bomr. tantdm dipetali, petalis cateris nMlli* 

 aut citiis cadueis; iidem in summo caule vix cakarati feri regulates, infe- 

 rioribus kmgi calcaratis muUd minores. Genus affine Geranio staminum 

 etpetalomm rifti, stylo vnico, stigmate muUipUci, pericarpiis imo stylo 

 affms, peritpermi defeeiu. Affinitas quadum calcari* Trop^oli et ftt&t 

 Geraniorvh ofricmwrMw intra Jhrem timUitir hiantis, sed tubus pediceVo 

 arete mhteret, imw autem calcar. Prmterea Tropjeoi-um ducrepat stipuUs 

 nulUs, JhrOus nan oppositifoHis, lobis embryonis rectis. Juss. I. c. 269. 



T. peregrinumy foliis subpeltatis subreuiformibus 6-7 lobis, petaus minoriDUS 



ciliato-laceris. Curtis^* Magaz. 1351. 

 TropiBolum peregrinum. Ruix et Pawn ft. per. 3. 30. WiUd. sp^l 2, 299. 

 Jacg. hort. schcenb. 98. Andrews's reposit. 697. Bort. Kew. ed. 2. 



2.339. 

 Cardamindum quiuquefolii folio, vulgd Malla. FeuUlSe peruv. 2. 766. t. 42. 



Annua : caule tereiiusculo, IfBvi, tcandente. Fol. petiolis hngis (propter 

 torsianem suam eirrkorum gerentibus vices): subpeUata, guinqueloba, lobis 

 rotundatis, mucronatis; inferiora l-loba hbulatague. Pedunculi solttaru, 

 axUlares, unijlores, folium asguantes. Cal. «(6*a« iiUrusus, guingue/tdus, 

 aegmentU subatqualiim, injlexione subbilabiatum : labium supeniis calcare 

 subulato fine kamato-rejlexo. Cor. pallide lutescens, sulpkurea, ringens,pen- 

 tapetala, eaJyee inserta; petala duo superiora magna, guinquefida, obtusa 

 cum mucrone, lacinid (v. lobo) medid labii superioris calycu ab vngue sua 

 inserta: inferiora 3, spatkulata, lacerofimbriata. . Rl. ban eabfcmd tnserta. 

 Anth. quadtisulcatiB, Germ. 3-lobum, trigonum. Stylus //oweiito brevtor. 

 Stig*. tripartita, acuta. 



A tender annual. Native of Peru. Drawn from a plant 

 sent us from Boyton by Mr. Lambert, to whom we are 

 often and essentially obliged. 



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