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FRANCISCEA LATIFOLIA. BROAD-LEAVED 
FRANCISCEA. 
SKK EEK KEKE EEE EEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
DipynamMiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scroravutarin2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx persistens, inflatus, campanulatus, quinquedenta- 
tus: dentibus equalibus. Corolla hypocrateriformis ; lim- 
bus quinquepartitus subequalis: lobis rotundatis repandis, 
margine incumbentibus, tubus apice inflatus, incurvatus. 
Stylus apice incrassatus. Stigma bilobum. Capsula ovata, 
bilocularis, bivalvis, valvulis impartibilibus. PoAd. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Franciscea latifolia ; ramis brevissimis patentibus, foliis 
lato-ellipticis subacutis, bracteis lanceolato-acuminatis 
calycibusque glabris, floribus paucis subracemosis ter- 
minalibus. PoAl. 
The Genus Franciscea was established by Pout in honor 
of Francis the First, Emperor of Austria; and from the great 
beauty of many of the species, and eminently so of this, it is 
well worthy of bearing so illustrious a name, and that ofa 
sovereign who was so distinguished a patron of Botany. 
We have already figured one of the species at Tab, 2829 
(F. Hopeana, or more properly, F. uniflora) of this work : 
but that and the present species, handsome* though they 
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* Our figure was taken from the first flowers the plant produced ; but Mr. 
MoorE now writes me in a letter, dated Glasnevin, Oct. 4, 1841 ; Tom 
glad to state, that I think the glowing descriptions given of this plant, = 
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