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BROWALLIJ* grandifldra. 



Large -flowered BrowalUa. 



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DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



Botany, p. 231.) 



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BROWALLIA L. — Calyx tubulosus quinquefidusr^ Corolla hypocra- 



tubo 



didynama, inclusa. Stigma subquadrilobum. Capsula bilocularis bivalvis: 



valvis apice bifidis : dissepimento valvis parallelo demiiin libero : placentis 

 adnatis. ^^ - - ^ ^ — ^ 



Iternifolice 



ccerulei, violacei, rariiis a/6/.— Kunth synops. 2. 129. 



Flores dxillares^ aut terminaleSy 



B. 



Graham in J amiesorC s journal ^ Dec. 1830, 



grandijiora; caule diffuso ramoso, foliis (cordatis) ovatis acutis, pe- 



dunculis axillaribus uniBoris v. in raceruis terminalibus dispositis, raraulis 



calycibusque adultis glabris. 



Annua. Caules diffusi, tereteSy ramosi. Folhalterfia, brevi peiiolata, 

 <:ordata, ovata^ obscuro-viridia. Racemi secundi^ terminales^ pauciflori^ 

 pedunculis ebracteatis^ pubescentibus. Calyx oblongtis, d-plicatuSf 5-dentatus, 

 TpalliduSy dentibus et costis atroviridtbus. Corolla cabjce duplb longior, 

 ^^bo gracili Jiliformi luteo-purpureo apice ampliato, limbo pticato 5-lobo, sub- 

 <^qnalij paululilm obliquo: laciniis emarginatis, primiim pallide cceruleo^ 



Stamina didynama, superiora arcuata faucem 

 coroll<B claudentia : Jilamentis latis, planis, pubescentibtis. Antherae lobis 



max albo.fauce luted. 



^^brotundisy altero scepiils dejiciente. Discus magnuSy carnosuSy cyathiformis, 

 ovarii dimidiam attingens. Ovarium bilocularCy placenta centrally carnosdy 

 Polyspermd. Stylus Jiliformis, corrugalus. Stigma quadratumy dilatatum, 

 ^bcucullatum y suprd foveolis duabus altis impressum. 



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A beautiful little plant, apparently annual, and perhaps 

 to be preserved by cuttings ; at least this is to be hoped, 

 ss it has not yet yielded se^d in this country. It is a 

 native of 



Yazo 



in 



Peru, where it was discovered by 



Bxa 



Lgalnst 



, , A-c, Ahooe, 1739, 8vo." 



VOL. XVI. N 



Loudons Enc. of 



