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JUANUXLOA PARASITICA. PARASITIC 



Jlanclloa. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Solanace^s. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx ampins camosus coloratus pentagonus 5-fidus 

 deciduus., laciniis erectis acutis. Corolla subcarnosa tubu- 

 losa, tubo infra lirnbum latiore hinc subinflato, limbo pa- 

 tente 5-partito, lobis brevibus rotundatis. Stamina 5 tubo 

 breviora prope basin tubi inserta erecta. Filamenta filifor- 

 mia. Anthers lineares rimis longitudinalibus dehiscentes. 

 Ovarium conicum basi annulo magno hypogyno 5-lobo 

 carnoso einctum, biloculare; ovulis numerosis placentis 

 centralibus affixis. Stylus filiformis tubo breviore • stigma 

 oblongum incrassatum apice bifidum. °* Fructus: Bacca 

 naagni cerasi magnitudine." — Frutex '* parasiticus," gla- 

 berrimus; rarnis teretibus herbaceis. Folia alterna, majus- 

 cula, carnoso -coriacea, subgeminata, ( alter o scepius minor e), 

 oblongo-obovata obtusa petiolata ; fioribus ramos breves ter- 

 minantibus pendentibus ; pedicellis brevibus crassis / calyce 

 corollaque aurantiacis. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Juanulloa * parasitica. 



Juanulloa parasitica. Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Per. 2. p. 47. t. 



185. fValpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 3. p. 106. 

 Ulloa parasitica. Pers. Syn. I. p. 218. 

 Brugmansia parviflora. Hortul. 

 IBrugmansia floribuiida. Hortul— Paxt. Mag. of Bot. v. 



9, with a figure. T 



* So named by Ruiz and Pavon, in compliment to Don George Juab. 

 and Don Antonio Ulloa, two distinguished Spaniards who were sent to 

 South America with Condamine, to measure a degree of the Meridian. 



