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BoussINGAULTIA BASELLOIDES. BASELLA- 
LIKE BOUSSINGAULTIA. 
KEKE KEK KEKE EK EEEEERE 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—CueEnopopes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium 6—8-phyllum, basi bibracteatum. Stam, 6 
sepalis opposita. Ovariwm ellipticum, Stylus filiformis 
basi incrassatus. Stigmata 3, claveformia. “ Fructus 
subrotundus, lenticulari-compressus, membranaceus, mo- 
nospermus, indehiscens, stylo persistente coronatus. Semen 
reniforme, lave, sessile. Hmbryo curvatus.’’—Frutex volu- 
bilis. Folia alterna, integerrima, exstipulata, carnosa. Flo- 
res racemosi, fragrantes. Radix tuberosa. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
BovussincautTiA* baselloides. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 
7. p. 196. t. 645 bis. Spreng. Syst. Veget. cur. post. p. 
108. 
I cannot doubt this being the Boussincauttia of Hum- 
Botpt and Kuntu, although the description of those authors 
is somewhat at variance with our plant ; not more so, how- 
ever, than may be accounted for on the supposition that 
their description was made from a dried individual. I have 
received specimens from various parts of South Ameri- 
ca; but its native country appears to be near Loxa, in 
the Quitinian Andes. It is indeed a most desirable stove 
plant, growing rapidly, and bearing copious and graceful 
racemes 
* Named in honor of J. B. BousstNGAULT, a celebrated Naturalist and 
South American Traveller. 
