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NIEREMBERGIA* filicaulis. 



Slender-stemmed Nierembergia. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Solane* Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 



BOta mEREMBERGIA Fl. Peruv. -Calyx obconicns laciniis foliosis. 

 Corolla hvpocrateriformis, tubo filiform! limbo piano plicate 5-dentato. 



Stamina 5 subeequalia, fauce inserta, stylo P^V^TTr'u ^£ 

 disco edentulo insertum ; stigma lunatum. Capsula (bilocular.s, bivalvis, 



dissepimento valvulis parallelo demum hbero, Kuntk). 



filamentis glandulosis. 



Caulis pedalis, ascendens, filiformis, glaber. Folia ^l^TJyi 

 acuta v. obtusa, glabra. Pedunculi opposition, 9 labr \ c ^lZ %>t^l 

 glaber. Coroll* tubus glandulosus, limbus hlacinus centro luteo. btamma 



quasi monadelpha, filamentis glandulosis. 



flower 



This new species was eommumcated to us m flower 

 by Mr. Tate, in May last ; we presume it » •"£»«« 

 Mexico. It is a pretty greenhouse pe renn.a easily mul 

 tiplied by cuttings and requiring but a moderate degree ol 

 protection in winter, provided .t is kept m an a.ry place. 



It differs from N. gracilis, not only fai the colour oHts 

 flowers, but also in being entirely de*£te of the no *n 

 found on all parts of that spec.es ; the ube of ' ts corona u> 

 also shorter, aod its stamens covered with m.nute glandular 



hairs 



Let any one compare this with Petunia violacea, figured 



• John Eusebius Niereraberg, a S^^-^^^SS^l 

 been dedicated , is said to have wntten a Natural H.story.m 



which nothing is now remembered. 





