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LEPTOSIPHON ANDROSACEUS. ANDROSACE- 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Po.emoniacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, xqualis, semi- 5-lobus, 
lobis lineari-subulatis, acutis, sinubus membranaceis. Co- 
rolla infundibuliformis (hypocrateriformis) ; tubo longe ex- 
serto tenuissimo ; limbo campanulato (patenti) 5-fido ; lobis 
ovalibus obtusis integerrimis. Stamina fauce inserta: an- 
there oblonge, basi sagittata. Capsule loculi polyspermi. — 
—Herbe annue, basi glabra, apice pubescentes. Folia 
sessilia, opposita, palmatisecta, segmentis linearibus vel subu- 
latis. Flores dense corymboso-capitati, axi sublanato. Brac- 
tee imbricate, foliis conformes, segmentis ciliato-hirsutis. 
Bentham. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Leprostrnon * androsaceus ; foliis 5—7-fidis oblongo-linea- 
ribus, corolla tubo limbo 2—3-plo longiore, stamini- 
bus limbo corollz triplo longioribus. Benth. 
Leprosipnon androsaceus. Bentham, in Bot. Reg. fol. 
1622. Hort. Trans..N. S. v. 1. t. 18. f. 1. 
A Genus of five species, established by our valued friend 
Mr. Bentuam in the work above quoted, all of which are 
remarkable for their graceful habit, slender foliage, and 
exceedingly pretty flowers, and which make a very hand- 
: some 
* From aswrog, slender, and oor, a tube, in allusion to the slender tube 
of the corollas. z . 
