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* LEPTOSÍPHON androsâceus. 
Androsace-like Leptosiphon. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. POLEMONIACEE. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System 
of Botany, p. 219.) 
LEPTOSIPHON. Bentham. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, «qualis, 
semi-5-fidus, lobis lineari-subulatis acutis, sinubus membranaceis. Corolla infun- 
dibuliformis, (hypocrateriformis) tubo longé exserto tenuissimo, limbo campanu- 
lato (rotato) 5-fido; lobis ovalibus obtusis integerrimis, Stamina fauce inserta ; 
anthere oblonge, basi sagittate. Capsule loculi polyspermi. Herbe annue, 
basi glabre, apice pubescentes. Folia sessilia, opposita, palmatisecta, segmen- 
tis linearibus v. subulatis. Flores dense corymboso-capitati, axi sublanato. 
Bractex imbricate, foliis conformes, segmentis ciliato-hirsutis. Bentham, 
supra, fol. 1622. 
L. androsaceus ; foliis 5-7-fidis : laciniis oblongo-linearibus, corolle tubo limbo 
2-3plo longiore, staminibus limbo corollz triplô brevioribus. Bentham, l.c. 
Hort. Trans. vol. 1. n. s. t. 18. f. 1. 
. Herba erecta, spithamea, ramosa, annua, internodüs foliis duplo lon- 
gtoribus, undique pilis rigescentibus articulatis sparsis vestita. Caulis teres, 
pwrpurascens. Folia opposita, sessilia, digitato-4-10-partita, munguam v. 
rarissime 3-5-7-v. 9-partita, laciniis linearibus acuminatis, ciliatis; superiora 
densissime flores fasciculatos involucrantia, eorumque tubo @ ualia. Calyx 
infundibuliformis, 5-fidus, laciniis equalibus, triangulari-subulatis, pilosis, 
membrana tenui ad. sinus junctis. Corolla unciam longa, alba, purpurea, 
aut violacea, hypocrateriformis; tubo gracillimo lutescente, glanduloso- 
pubescente'; limbo planiusculo utrinque glabro: lacinüs oblongis obtuse 
Gpiculatis. Stamina brevia, exserta, fauce purpurea sub sinubus inserta. 
Pollen luteum. Ovarium parvum, oblongum, atroviride, disco nullo ; 9-locu- 
lare, polyspermum. Stylus capillaris ; stigma luteum 3-partitum, laciniis 
angustissimis obtusis equalibus. 
“ This is a bushy annual, growing to the height of eight 
or ten inches, smooth in the lower part, with the upper 
leaves and extremities of the branches slightly downy. The 
leaves are opposite and sessile, but nearly divided to the 
* Literally slender-tube, in allusion to the structure of the corolla. 
