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STEMODIA* chilénsis. 
Chilian Stemodia. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGI OSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. ScRoPHULARINEX Juss. (Introduction to the natural system 
of Botany, p. 228.) 
STEMODIA L.— Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus vel 5-partitus. Corolla 
infundibuliformis, tubo recto, limbo bilabiato, labiis patentibus, superiori 
emarginato, inferiori trifido, lobis omnibus planis, rotundatis. Stamina 4, 
didynama, inclusa. Anthere per paria approximate, libere, loculis con- 
nectivo filiformi filamento adnato disjunctis. Stigmata dilatato-complanata. 
Capsula bilocularis, bivalvis, utrinque secundum dissepimentum sulcata, 
valvulis loculicido-dehiscentibus integris, vel septicidé bifidis, vel septicido- 
dehiscentibus et loculicidé bifidus, dissepimento demüm libero, placentifero. 
Bentham MSS. 
St. chilensis ; herbacea, perennis, erecta, viscosa, foliis oppositis verticillatisve 
oblongo-lanceolatis acutis serratis basi cordato-amplexicaulibus: racemo 
terminali multifloro: floribus axillaribus sessilibus, calycibus quinque- 
partitis: laciniis lanceolato-subulatis, corollis calyce duplo longioribus : 
labio inferiore suprà glabro. Benth. MSS. t 
Herba perennis, radicibus repentibus. Caules ¢ basi duro plures, erecti, 
subsimplices, angulati, pubescentes, viscosi, semipedales pedalesve et ultrà. 
Folia sepiàs ternatim-verticillata, rard opposita vel quaternatim-verticillata, 
1-13-pollicaria, acuta, argut? et profunde serrata, basi viz angustata et 
auriculis rotundatis amplexicaulibus cordato-dilatata, utrinque pubescentia 
et viscosa, superiora gradatim minora, floralia vix calycem superantia, lineari- 
lanceolata, acutissima, subintegerrima. Flores sessiles, opposite vel sepiüs 
ternatim-verticillati, verticillis inferioribus remotis, supremis approzimatis. 
Calyces oblongo-campanulati, laciniis viscosis, basi lanceolatis, apice subulatis, 
capsulá longioribus. Corolla purpurea, calyce vix dupli longior. Stylus 
persistens, calycem paulo superans. Capsula ovoidea, acuta, glabra, septicide 
bivalvis, valvulis demüm bifidis. Dissepimentum e valvularum marginibus 
inflexis, et ab üs solubile, demüm liberum. Semina minuta, rugosa.— Benth. 
* Named by Linneus from eso», a stamen, and ds, double ; because he 
thought each filament had two anthers, mistaking the two separated lobes 
for distinct anthers. 
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