718 



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TROP^OLUM peregrinum. 



* 



THriged'Jhwer Indian Cress j or thnary^-birMi 



OCTANDRIA MOXOGYNM. 



Nat wd. Gbrania. Jnmeu gen. 268. Div. Genera GefWiiis alfeia. 



TROP^OLVM. CaL profundi 5-fidu$ coloratus, lacintd Baperiwe \mA 

 calcaratS^ calcare intr^ florem hlnc hiante extra stamina. PetaU &, calyci 

 inserta^ ejusdem laciniis alteraa, quorum 2 superiora sesstlia remota, csl- 

 caiis fauei iofixa; 3 uoffuiculata germen ex opposite ambientia. f^lamenta * 

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

 posita ; antherm oblongae erecto biloculares (4-loculafe8 ex Linrnjeo), Cfer- 

 menS-goDum; $ty^ unus cylindricus ^stiiatus; iUgnmta Saucta. Peri- 

 carpia 3reniformia suberosa 1-sperma non deUscentia; Uiic sulcata indi 

 imo stylo persistent! affixa; semma conformia; embryo magnus absque 

 albumine^ radiculd intra lobos rectos supr^ latente non prominulft. Herba 

 diffwce aut vohbHes ; folia atiema noft sHmUacea, simplicia peltata out 

 rariiig digitata ; pedunculi un^ori hmgi axiUareg. Flares T. pentaphylli 

 Jnss* peruv. et Cemmers, herb. Bauar. tantdm dipetaUf petalU cmterU nmi$ 

 ant citiiis eaducis; iidem insummo cauk vix aucarati ferh regulares, info* 

 rioribuB hng^ calearatk midtb minarei. Genus affine Geranio stamhatm 

 etpetalorum situ, stylo unico, stigmate muUipaci, pericarpiis imo stylo 

 omcif, perispermi defeciu. Affinitas qnaidum calcaris TroPjEOU et mt 

 Geraniorum a/rican&mm intra florem similiter Mamtis, sed tubus pedieello 

 areti inhtBret, non. autem calcar. Prmterea Trop^olum discrtpat stipulis 

 nullis, flarihm no^ opponttfoHis, hbis embryanis rectis. Juss. K c. 269. 



T, peregrinum, foliis subpeltatis subreuiformibus 5-7 lobis, petalis minoribos 



ciliato-laceris. Cutties Magaz. 1351. 

 Tropffiolum peregrinum. Rmz et Pavonfl, per. 3. 30. ITt/U. J^/- 2* 299. 



Jacq. kart. schmtb. 96. Andrews's reposit. 597* Hort. Kiw, ed, 2. 



2.339. 

 Cardamindum quinquefolti folio^ vulgt^ Malla, FeuUUe perm. % 756. t. 42* 



Annua : caule teretiuscub, IfBvi, scandente. FoK petiolis hngU (propter 

 torsianem suam cirrhorum gerentibus wes): subpeltata, qutmqueloba, lobis 

 rotundatis, mucronatis; tnferiora 'l-loba hbulataqne. Pedunculi soHtarU, 

 amUares, unifloresy folium asquantes. Cal. tubtiis intrusus, guinquejidus, 

 segmentis gubagual^us, infiexume subbilabiatum : labium superius eakare 

 subulato fine hamato-ref^. Cor. pattidi httescens, sulpkurea, ringens, pen- 

 tapetala, cafyce ins^a; petala duo superiora m^na, quin^fida, obtusa 

 cum mucrone, taeinid (v. lobo) medid laini supericris calycis ab ungme suo 

 inserta; inferiora 3, spathulata, laceroflmbriata. ^ BK basi calycind inserta, 

 Anth. quadrisulcat€e. Germ. S-lobum, trigonum, Stylus Jilamentis ' 

 Btig*. tripaTtita^ acuta* 



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

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

 often and essentkuly obliged. 



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