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LospeuiA Bripeesit. Mr. Brinces’ 
LoBELIA. 
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Class and Order. 
PentTanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—LoseniAcez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla tubo hinc fisso (raro integro) ; limbo 5-partito. 
Anthere connate. Stigma bilobum (nunc indivisum). 
Capsula bilocularis (raro trilocularis), apice supero bivalvi. 
—Herbex vel Suffrutices) plereque lactescentes. Folia al- 
terna, integra vel laciniata, raro fistulosa. Flores racemost, 
terminales vel axillares, solitarii, pedicellis bibracteatis vel 
nudis. Anthere sepius barbate. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Losexia Bridgesii ; suffruticosa glabra simplex, foliis lan- 
ceolatis submembranaceis sensim anguste acuminatis 
minute serratis basi decurrentibus, racemo elongato 
bracteato bracteis pedicelli longitudine, laciniis caly- 
cinis lato-subulatis, ciliato-serratis, corolle glaberrime 
tubo dorso fisso basi fissuris 5 (corolla quasi 5-petala) 
laciniis lineari-acuminatis, staminibus exsertis, antheris 
2 apice barbulatis. 
Loge Bridgesii. Hook. et Arn. Contr. S. Am, Bot. in 
Bot. Journ. p. 278. 
An extremely handsome species of Losexi, for our first 
knowledge of which we are indebted to Mr. Briners. He 
discovered it near El Castello de Amorgos, Valdivia, in the 
south of Chili. (It is n. 663 of his Collection.) Since that 
period the plant has been raised from seeds at the Royal 
Gardens of Kew, and to Mr. Arron’s kindness we owe the 
possession 
