spermz, basi aperte,” and adopted by Miers, but with a more 
extended character and with “ovaria 30-40.” Our plant exhi- 
bited only five ovaria, unless indeed the glands surrounding them _ 
can be considered as abortive ovaria (see our Fig. 2). | 
- Descr. Plant annual, hoary, branched from the base ; branches 
eight inches to one foot long. Leaves geminate, two inches long, 
lanceolate, the outer one of the two decurrent upon the stem. 
Pedunele solitary, axillary, louger than the leaves, single-flowered. 
Calyx with the tube campanulate, prominently five-angled, with 
five erect, green, subulate segments, at length spreading. Corolla 
large, infundibuliform-campanulate, the ¢vde short, yellowish- 
white, gradually expanding into the large, spreading, five-lobed 
limb, each lobe bifid. Stamens five, three short, two long; fila- 
ments inserted near the base of the hairy tube. Anthers broad, 
ovate. Ovaries five, surrounded by several large glands. Style 
pentagonal, stigma clavate, five-lobed. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the corolla laid open, with stamens. 2. Pistil :—magnified. 
