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RanpiAa Bowreana. Mr. Bowie's 
Ranplia. 
Class and Order. : 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rusracea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus obovatus, limbus 5-lobus. Corolla hypo- 
crateriformis, tubo brevi, lobis calycinis in Sect. I. vix lon- 
giore, in Sect. II. duplo triplove longiore, limbo 5-partito. 
Anthere intra faucem sessiles incluse. Stigmata 2, crassa. 
Bacca calyce coronata subsicca, corticosa, bilocularis.. Se- 
- mina in quoque loculo plura, placente centrali affixa, in 
pulpa nidulantia, aut deorsum imbricata aptera. Albumen 
cartilagineum. Embryo rectus, radicula tereti, cotyledoni- 
bus orbiculatis planis—Arbuscule aut frutices ramosissimi. 
Spine axillares opposite aut subverticilate. Folia sessila 
aut brevi-petiolata. Stipule utrinque solitaria, interdum 
evidenter é duabus concretis facte. Flores ex axillis sepius 
solitarii subsessiles. Genus affine Posognerie, a qua dig- 
noscitur fructu vere biloculare. D C. 
Srcr. II. Frutices inermes. Corolla tubus apice ad 
Jaucem sepius dilatatus obconicus.—An genus proprium ? 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ranp1a* Bowieana ; inermis, fruticosa, glabra, foliis in ramos 
terminalibus obovato-oblongis acuminatis brevi-petio- 
latis membranaceis-subtus venis obsolete pubescen- 
tibus, stipulis membranaceis, floribus in ultima ramu- 
lorum axilla terminalibus solitariis, corolla tubo lon- 
gissimo, calycis lobis subfoliaceis spathulatis. 
Ranp1a Bowieana. Allan Cunningham, MSS. : 
Fs 
* Named after Isaac RAND, an English Apothecary. 
VOL. IX, ‘KF 
