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 Luxemburg i a ciliosa. Fringe-leaved 



LUXEMBURGIA. 



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Class and Order. 



MONADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



( Nat. Orel. — SauvagesiejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calycis sepala 5 subinaequalia caduca. Petala 5 iiiaequa- 

 lia. Antherce hypogynae subsessiles lineares tetragonae 

 apice biporosae in massulam concavam secundam coalitae. 

 Stylus subulatus incurvus. Ovarium trigonum. Capsula 

 trivalvis, 1-locularis, oo sperma, marginibus introflexis se- 

 miniferis. Semina marginata. — Frutices ramosi glaberrimi. 

 Folia alterna dentata, cuspidata, nervis lateralibus parallels 

 numerosis, petiolo basi bistipulato, stipulis ciliatis caducis. 

 Flores terminales, racemosi, lutei. D C. 



Specific Character and Sj/noni/7ns. 



Luxemburgia* ciliosa ; foliis confertis longe petiolatis ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis glanduloso-setosis apice longe setoso- 

 mucronatis, stipulis deciduis, corymbis multifions, flo- 

 ribus polyandris. 



Luxemburgia ciliosa. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 5677. et in 

 Hook. Ic. PI. t. 516. 



Plectanthera ciliosa. Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. v. 1. 

 p. 40. 



M. Auguste de St. Hilaire characterized and published 

 this beautiful Genus, under the name of Luxemburgia, 



nearly 



* So named in honor of the Duke of Luxemburg, under whose aus- 

 pices, its author, M. A. de St. Hilaire, commenced his botanical 

 researches in Brazil. 



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