- 3 A E IT n 
. The following brief characters will serve for the discri- 
mination of these plants, until they can be described in 
greater detail. 
NoLANA, Linn. 
Corolla campanulata. Ovaria 5, 4-locularia. Drupe 4-loculares, 4-spermee, 
basi apertze. Herbs annue prostrate, floribus convolvulaceis. 
. N. prostrata, Linn.— — Chile. 
. N. tenella, Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 1827. —N. paradoxa, Bot. Mag. t. 2604. 
Chile. Obs. A precedente calyce bilobo diversa. 
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3. N. spathulata, Fl. Peruv. Peru. 
4. N. inflata, Fl. Peruv. Peru. 
9. N. ? coronata, Fl. Peruv. Peru. 
ALONA. 
Corolla campanulata. Ovaria plura, 1-6-locularia. Nuces v. drupe 1-6- 
loculares, seminibus paucioribus, basi aperte. Plante floribus con- 
spicuis, nunc fruticose teretifolie, nunc herbaceee planifolie. 
le As ccelestis; fruticosa, glabriuscula, foliis teretibus fasciculatis, calycis 
hirsuti longé pedunculati dentibus apice teretibus subzequalibus, corollse 
plicis pilosis, nucibus quibusdam multilocularibus. Coquimbo, (herb. 
Cuming, 857 ; Bridges, 1329). 
2. A. rostrata ; fruticosa, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis teretibus sparsis, 
calyce glabro subsessili subbilabiato in alabastro rostrato, corollee plicis 
glaberrimis. Coquimbo, (herb. Bridges, 1326). A very fine species, 
with flowers as large as the last. 
3. A. obtusa ; fruticosa, ramulis scabriusculis, foliis teretibus sparsis, calyce 
glabro breviter pedunculato subbilabiato in alabastro obtuso, corolle 
plicis glaberrimis. Coquimbo, (herb. Bridges, 1327). Like the last, 
but leaves shorter, flowers smaller, and calyx different. 
. A. glandulosa ; fruticosa, undique corolla etiam glanduloso-scabra, foliis 
brevibus teretibus sparsis subsquarrosis basi valdé productis, calycis 
subsessilis angulati dentibus brevibus abrupté teretibus.—— Coquimbo, 
(Maerae). Flowers smaller than in the last. rro nitus : 
5. A. carnosa ; fruticosa, glabriuscula, foliis brevibus rigidis trigonis 1ncurvis 
sparsis, calycis subsessilis bilobi teretis carnosi dentibus tenuibus, co- 
rollà glabrà. Coquimbo, (herb. Bridges, 1328; Cuming, 863). 
Flowers as large as those of A. obtusa. i 
6. A. tomentosa ; fruticosa, incano-tomentosa, foliis spathulatis obtusissimis 
sparsis planis margine revolutis, calycis 5-fidi breve pedunculati dentibus 
triangularibus, corolla pubescenti, —— Valparaiso, on rocky cliffs, (herb. 
Bridges, Cuming, 481). Flowers white, small. 
7. A. revoluta.—Nolana revoluta, Fl. Peruv. 2. t. 113. f. 6.—— Peru, (herb. 
Mathews, 836, 837 ; Cuming, 1068). Herbaceous, shrubby at the base. 
Flowers as large as in Nolana prostrata. = : i 
8. A. baccata; annua, erecta, pubescens ; foliis lineari-oblongi die ad 
nosis, calycis longipedunculati laciniis triangularibus, corolla glabra. — 
Coquimbo, (herb. Bridges, 1322). Flowers large, an 
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dried state. 
yellow. Drupes quite pulpy in the " : 
9. A. longifolia re radzem f pubescens, „foliis oe 
tenuibus, calycis longipedunculati laciniis insequalibus linearibus coro 
