( 3379 ) 
CALANDRINIA SPECIOSA. SHOWY-FLOWERED 
CALANDRINIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Portyanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Porrvtacez, ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx persistens bipartitus, sepalis subrotundo - ovatis. 
Petala 3—5 hypogyna aut imo calyci inserta, libera aut 
ima basi subconnata, equalia. Stam. 4—15 toro vel basi 
petalorum inserta, libera, petalis sepé alterna. Stylus 1 
brevissimus apice tripartitus, lobulis in stigma clavato-ca- 
pitatum collectis. Capsula oblongo-elliptica 1-locul., 3- 
Valvis, polysperma. Semina placente centrali funiculis 
capillaribus adnexa.—Herbe succulente glabre Americane 
habitu Samoli. Folia integerrima radicalia aut alterna. 
Pedicelli 1-flori axillares aut oppositifol, Genus vix a 
Talino différt. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Catanprinta speciosa ; caule inferne fruticoso, foliis carno- 
sis spathulatis obtusis glaucis, racemis terminalibus 
laxis simplicibus, calycibus maculatis. 
Catanprinia speciosa. Hort. Eps. 
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This plant was received at the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
om Mr. Youne of Epsom, with the name here given, 
which we find nowhere recorded, and without any mention 
of its native country, which, however, is probably the same 
With that of its near allies lately figured, C. discolor (Bot. 
8- t. 3357), and C. grandiflora (t. 3369), namely Chili. 
From both those species it differs in the more shrubby stem, 
Particularly at the base, in the differently shaped epee 
