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LoasA LATERITIA. Rep-FLOWERED LOASA. 
Class and Order. 
PoLyADELPHIA PoLyANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Loasez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus ovario adherens, limbus persistens 5-parti- 
tus equalis. Petala 5 lobis calyci alterna breviter ungui- 
culata concava. Sguame 5 petaloidee petalis alternz bi- 
aut trilobe in conum conniventes et basi intus filamentis 2 
sterilibus instructe. Stamina oo, exteriora 10 sterilia, ex- 
tera in phalanges 15—17-andras petalis oppositas disposita, 
antheris erectis bilocularibus. Stylus apice trifidus. Cap- 
sula turbinato-oblonga, I-locularis, apice 3-valvis calyce 
coronata, valvis margine placentiferis, placentis ideo cum 
Vicina continuis. Semina ovalia creberrima reticulata.— 
Herbe ramose plerumque piloso-prurientes interdum scan- 
dentes. Folia alterna aut opposita, dentata aut lobata. 
Pedunculi oppositifolit axillares aut terminales 1-flori. Pe- 
tala flava, rarissime alba. DC. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Loasa lateritia ; longissime scandens pungenti-hispida, fo- 
liis pinnatis pinnis pinnatifidis laciniis inciso-pinnatifi- 
dis, petalis basi latioribus vix unguiculatis, squamis 
nectariferis apicibus conniventibus 5-appendiculatis, 
 appendicibus 2 interioribus subulatis longissimis, ex- 
terioribus 3 squamiformibus brevibus. 
This singular and truly beautiful species of -Loasa was 
discovered in Tucuman, by Mr. Tweepre, and dried speci- 
mens have been sent by him to me and others (marked 7. — 
1195), and seeds to the Glasgow Botanic Garden. From 
these latter, plants were raised by Mr. Murray, in 1836, 
which survived in the hothouse through the winter, climb-_ 
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