or THE PEEUTIAN AJS^DES. 49 



CAMPA:?^ULACE_5i. 



Wahlenbeugia PERUYiAis'A, A. Gray, Froc. Amer, Acad, v. 

 p. 152. Above Casapalta ! A small inconspicuous plant. 



A dwarf shrubby plant found at Chicla may possibly Lelong to 

 the Vacciniacea? ; but as I saw neither flower nor fruit, lean 

 merely express a conjecture. 



ASCLEPIADE^. 



LuGOiSTA AXDT]S"A, 11. sp. On rocky ground about Chicla! 



Erutex scandens, ramis tenuibus, volubilibus, 4-5 ped. longis ; 

 f oliis oppositisj breviter petiolatis, ovato- vel oblongo-lauceolatis, 

 basi cordatis, apice acutis vel acuminatis, superne glabris, in 

 pagina inferiore tomentellis ; pedunculis l-2-floris3 bractea soli- 

 taria f ulcratis ; calycis quinquepartiti segmentis ovato-lanceolatis 

 puberulis; corolla late campanulata subrotata, sat magna, caly- 

 cem ter excedente, diametro 1^-2-pollicari, extus puberula, in 

 lobos quinque rotundatos ultra medium fissa, sordide purpureo- 

 aurautiaca, tubo atropurpureo ; folliculo abortu (an semper?) 

 solitario, fusiformi, glaberrimo, 3-4 pollices longo. 



Two specimens in Kew Herbarium belong clearly to this 

 hitherto undescribed species, though showing some slight varia- 

 tions of structure. They were placed by Mr. Bentham in the 

 same generic cover with Lugonia lysimacliioideB^ Wedd., and 

 though not named, are referred to in the ' Genera Plantarum ' 

 (vol. ii, p. 758) as constituting a second species of the genus 

 Lugonia. Of these specimens, one marked "Peru, Maclean," 

 has the leaves rather more deeply cordate, the calyx-segments 

 longer, and the corolla (apparently) of lighter colour, verging on 

 orange. The other specimen, a mere fragment from N'uttaU's 

 herbarium, gathered at Charcan (in Peru ?) shows no other dif- 

 ference from the Chicla plant than being rather more downy on 

 the surface. 



Gentiaxacej;. 



Gentia^ta sedifolia, II. B. jr., var. casapaltensis, noh. 



Above Casapalta ! 



Poliis lineari-lanceolatis basf dilatatis, vaginantibus, muticis ; 

 scapo brevissimo ; coroUae lobis intermediis primariis suba^qui- 

 longia, acutis, denticulatis. 



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