a, as 
(3599 ) 
BLUMENBACHIA MULTIFIDA. MOULTIFID- 
LEAVED BLUMENBACHIA. 
SEER EEE EEK EEE EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
PoLyADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Loasez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus spiraliter striatus ovario adherens, lim- 
bus 5-partitus, marcescens. Pet. 5, compresso-cucullata, 
Squame 5 petalis alterne, singule filamenta 2 sterilia 
includentes. Stam. oo, in fasciculos 5 petalos oppositos 
disposita. Stylus 1, obtusus. Fructus fungosus in partes 
10 basi spirales dehiscens, 5 alterne tenuiores (dissepi- 
menta), 5 crassiores (valve). Semina plure parieti dis- 
sepimentorum versus axim adfixa, epidermida indusiata ru- 
gosa.—Herbe rarmose scandentes piloso-prurientes, habitu 
et inflorescentia Loasex, sed fructus structura distincte. 
Pedunculi axillares, uniflori, bracteati. Flores albi. DC. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Biumensacura multifida ; foliis palmatis lobis bipinnati- 
fidis, floribus bibracteatis, petalis hispidis. 
This new Biumensacuta was first detected by the late 
Dr. Gituirs at Buenos Ayres, and I noticed his specimens, 
preserved in my Herbarium under the description of Bt. 
wmsignis, at t. 2865 of this work. Since that discovery 
Mr. Tweepie has gathered the same plant in the Pampas 
of Buenos Ayres, and seeds from him have been raised in 
the Glasgow Botanic Garden. The plants flourish ex- 
tremely well in the open border, and preserve all the 
characters of my native dried ones, so that I can have little 
hesitation in considering the species perfectly distinet — 
L. 
