( 4095 ) 

 Loasa Pentlandii. Mr. Pentland's 



LoASA. 



Class and Order. 



PoLYADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Loase^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cali/cis tubus ovario adherens, limbus persistens 5-par- 

 titus sequalis. Petala 5 lobis calycis alterna breviter 

 ungniculato concava. Squama 5 petaloideaa petalis alterna 

 bi-, aut triloba? in conum conniventes etbasi intus filament is 

 2 sterilibus instructs. Stamina oo, exteriora 10 sterilia 

 caeterain phalanges 15 — 17-andras petalis oppositas dispo- 

 sita: antheris erectis bilocularibus. Sti/lus apice trifidus 

 Capsula turbinato-oblonga 1-locularis apice 3-valvis calyce 

 coronata, valvis margine placentiferis, placentis ideo cum 

 vicina continuis. Semina ovalia creberrima reticulata. — 

 Herbae ramosce plerumque piloso-prurientes interdum scan- 

 denies. Folia alterna aut opposita dentata aut lobata. 

 Pedunculi oppositifolii axillares aut terminates l-Jlori. 

 Vetnl&Jlava, rarissime alba. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Loasa Pentlandii ; foliis oppositis elongatis pinnatifidis, 

 calycis lobis pinnatifidis, appendicibus duabus cla- 

 vato-filiformibus ad apicem petalorum minorum, stylo 

 trialato, disco epigyno lobato, fructu turbinato recto. 



Loasa Pentlandii. Paxton's Mag. Feb. 1842. 



This handsome plant flowered both in the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh, and in the garden of the Caledonian 

 Horticultural Society, in May and June, 1843, having 

 been received from Melville Castle, from whence many 



new 



