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the nature of its fruit. It forms a beautiful bush with flowers 
as long as those of Oxyanthus. Mr. Hartweg, found it near 
Vera Paz, and seeds were sent home, but they have not yet 
produced plants. The following is Mr. Bentham’s character 
of the genus. 
LINDENIA rivalis, gen. nov. Rubiacearum — Rondeletiarum.— Char. 
gen. Calycis tubus turbinatus, 5-costatus; limbus 5-partitus laciniis 
angustis acutis, Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo longissimo tenui eequali; 
limbo 5-partito, laciniis oblongis patentibus eestivatione imbricatis. An- 
therze 5, lineares, sessiles ad corolle sinus. Stylus filiformis, a basi 
glaber, apice incrassatus, brevissime bifidus, lobis intus stigmatiferis. 
Capsula (jupior) laciniis calycinis coronata, bilocularis, placentis centra- 
libus. Semina numerosissima, angulata. Frutex 2-3-pedalis, tam habitu 
quam characteribus Auguste affinis, corolla forma generice distinctus. 
Folia ad apices ramorum approximata, opposita, breviter petiolata, ob- 
longo-lanceolata, acutiuscula, integerrima, basi angustata, juniora pre- 
sertim ad venas uti ramuli et petioli pube brevi tomentella, adulta supra 
fere glabra. Stipule utrinque solitarie, late, subulato-acuminate, 
fusco-membranaceze, in vaginam brevem connate, deciduze. Corymbus 
terminalis, condensatus, pauciflorus. Bracteze oblongo-lineares, ovario 
paullo longiores. Flores subsessiles. Calycis tubus per anthesin 3-4 lin. 
longus; lacinize anguste lineares 5-6 lin. longee. Corolle tubus 5-53 lin. 
longus, tenuis, pubescens ; lacinize limbi pollicares. 
131. GODETIA albescens ; caule annuo subfruticoso, ramis brevissimis con- 
gestis, foliis albido-glaucis lanceolatis integerrimis glabris, floribus ses- 
silibus densissimé inter folia superiora aggregatis, calycis tubo infundi- 
bulari laciniis eequali, petalis obcordatis immaculatis calyce duplo lon- 
gioribus, stigmatis lobis ovatis virescentibus, fructu oblongo 8-sulcato 
acuminato tereti villoso. 
A new hardy annual from the Columbia river, whence 
they were received by the late lamented Mr. Moreton Dyer. 
The species is very distinct from any of those found by 
Douglas, but is related to G. viminea. It forms a close 
cluster of short branches, which quite weigh down the stem, 
half-woody and fleshy though it be, and as thick as the fore- 
finger. The leaves are very glaucous. The flowers are pale 
lilac, without any spot, and the fruit is covered with long 
hairs, The lobes of the stigma are green; the habit is 
almost that of Cinothera densiflora. 
132 GODETIA grandiflora; caule erecto, foliis lanceolatis subdenticulatis 
virescentibus glabriusculis, calycis tubo obconico laciniis duplo breviore, 
petalis albis basi rubescentibus vix maculatis calyce multd longioribus, 
antheris pallidis linearibus, stigmatis laciniis linearibus lutescentibus, 
fructu lineari 4-sulcato tereti pubescente. 
