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HERRERIA parviflora. 
Small-flowered Herreria. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Asphodeleje. .. .. , 
HERRERIA FI. Per.— Perianthium inferiim hexaphyllum, foliolis basi 
imbricantibus, subsequalibus, recurvis. Stamina sex, basi foliolorum inserta, 
erecta; anthera ovatae versatiles. Ovarium 3-quetrum, 3-loculare, poly- 
spermum; ovulis horizontalibus placentae axili affixis. Stylus S-gonuscum 
ovario continuus. Stigma sessile, trilobum, papillosum Capsula (ex FI. 
Peruv.) membranacea, 3-alata, 3-locularis, polysperma, valvulis medio septi- 
feris. Semina atra, alata, membranacea.-Suftrutices/exMOSi, fol 
culatis, vestigiis induratis aculeiformibus, raceims multiflons, flonbus her- 
baceis odoratis. 
H. varviflora; foliis lanceolatis, perianthii lacinus ovatis obtusis. 
Caulis suffruticosus, sarmentosus, volubihs, teres, durus, glaber, atro- 
viridis. Folia fasciculata, lanceolata, ad basin attenuate, canaliculate, 
lineata, glabra, fall viridia. Racemi ex axMis folwrum, multifloripeudull. 
Flores binati, a pedicello decidui, luteo-virides, met' duke * 
anthium hexaphyllum-, foliolis ovatis, obtusis, 
imbricatis. Stamina sex, basi fohorum inserta. Hlamenta subulate 
theree ovatce, anticce, versatiles. Ovarium ovatum, tngonum, triloc fl“™> 
polyspermum, ovulis placenta axili affixis. Stylus cum ovario continuus, 
triqueter, glaber. Stigma trilobum, papillosum, lobis decurrentibus. 
Another rare Brazilian plant, for which we are indebted 
to Mr. Richard Harrison, by whose brother, William 
Harrison, Esq., it was sent to Liverpool, from Rio Janeiro. 
Our specimens were supplied from the hot-house at Aigh- 
burgh, in October 1826. The plant is a desirable hot¬ 
house twiner, growing freely in any good soil. The flowers 
appear in profusion, and emit an agreeable odour of honey. 
Till now, the genus Herreria consisted of but one species, 
which was found by the authors of the Flora Peruviana in 
woods in Chile, near Conception, and elsewhere. Whether 
this is actually a native of Brazil, or of some part ot the 
