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FucusiA INTEGRIFOLIA. ENTIRE-LEAVED 
Fucusia. 
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Class and Order. 
OcranpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Onacrari®. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus basi ovario adherens, superne productus 
in tubum cylindraceum 4-lobum post anthesin articulatim 
deciduum.  Petala 4 summo tubo inserta lobis alterna, ra- 
rius 0. Stamina 8. Ovarium glandula urceolata corona- 
tum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma capitatum. Bacea ob- 
longo- aut ovato-globosa 4-locularis 4-valvis polysperma. 
—Frutices. Folia sepius opposita. Pediculi axdlares 1- 
flori, interdum ad apices ramorum racemosi. Flores septus 
nutantes, rubri rarius albi, interdum 5-fidi 10-andrt. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Focusia integrifolia ; caule sepe prostrato radicante, foliis 2 
ellipticis oppositis ternisque acuminatis subdentatis — 
glabris subtus purpurascentibus, stipulis transversim 
oblongis carnosis deflexis apiculatis, apiculo sphace- 
lato, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris, laciniis 
calycinis acuminatis petala cuneata duplo exceden- 
tibus, bacca oblonga. : 
Fucusia integrifolia. Cambass. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 
v. 2. p. 213. 
FucustA affinis. Cambass. l. c. 2. p. Sit. 
Fucusia pyrifolia. Presi. Symb. Bot. v. 2. p. 19. t. 65. 
Foucusta radicans. Miers in Lindl. Bot. Reg. Suppl. 1841. 
p. 78 
Mr. Miers has the merit of making this beautiful Brazi- 
lian Fucusta known to Botanists of this country and to. 
cultivators, by the introduction of it to our greenhouses —_ 
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