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CHATOGASTRA GRACILIS. SLENDER Cu2TO- 
GASTRA. 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—ME.astTomace&. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus turbinatus pilosus aut squamosus ; lobi 5 
persistentes. Petala 5 obovata. Staminum filamenta glabra ; 
Anthere 10 oblonge consimiles porose, connectivo basi 
producto nunc in calcar simplex aut bifidum nune in tuber- 
cula 2 obtusa interdum minima. Ovarium liberum, apice 
setosum et spe denticulatum. Capsula 5-locularis, Semana - 
cochleata. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cuzrocastra * gracilis; herbacea, erecta subsimplex 
apice nuda, caule tereti-tetragono villoso, foliis sub- 
sessilibus lanceolato-linearibus acutis integerrimis 
3—5 nerviis villosis, pedicellis axillaribus I-floris et = 
terminalibus ternis, calycis tubo ovato lobis lanceolatis 
acuminatis subequal. a 
Cumrocastra gracilis. De Cand. Prodr. 0. 3. p. 183, 7 
Chamisso in Linnea, v. 9. p. 407. a 
Ruexia gracilis. Humb. et Kunth, Rhex. t. 52. 
An extremely beautiful Melastomaceous plant ; for dried 
specimens of which we are indebted to several travellers in 
Brazil, where the species appears to be common ; and for 
the seeds, from which our living plants were raised in the 
Glasgow 
* From xairn, a bristle, and yaerns; so named, I apprehend, from the 
copious bristles which crown the ovary. : 
