Tas. 5768. 
PALAVA FLEXUOSA. 
Hexuous-stemmed Palava. 
Nat. Ord. Matvacrea.—MonapDELPHIA Po.yeynia. 
Gen. Char. Bracteole 0. Calyx 5-fidus; Columna staminea usque ad 
apicem in filamenta oo divisa. Ovariiloculi © ; styli rami totidem, filiformes, 
superne truncati summo vertice stigmatosi. Carpella matura inordinate 
capitato-congesta, a receptaculo secedentia, indehiscentia. Semen ascendens.— 
Herbe Peruviane et Chilenses, tomentose v. glabriuscule. Folia sepius lobata 
dissecta v. sinuata. Flores aviliares, pedunculati, solitarii, purpuret. Habitus 
Sere Cristarie. 
Paxava flexuosa; annua, pilosa, ramis ascendentibus superne flexuosis, foliis 
oblongo y. deltoideo-ovatis sub 2-pinnatifidis lobis primariis paucis 
oblongis lobulatis v. pinnatifidis, stipulis subulatis, pedunculis folia 
superantibus, sepalis triangulari-ovatis basi purpureis, carpellis mamil- 
latis. 
Patava flexuosa, Masters in Gard. Chron. 1866. 
A lovely hardy or half-hardy annual, discovered in the 
valley of San Lorenzo, in Peru, by Mr. McLean of Lima, 
who sent it to Sir W. Hooker some thirty years ago; since 
which time nothing seems to have been known of the plant | 
until its introduction by Messrs. Veitch, through their suc- 
cessful collector, Mr. Pearce, who sent seeds that flowered in 
the Royal Exotic Nurseries in June 1868. The genus 
consists of five or six species, some annual, others perennial, 
all natives of the Western slopes of the South American 
Andes, and all well worthy of cultivation. One of these, 
P. rhombifolia, Graham, was figured in this work (Tab. 3100) 
many years ago. 
Descr. A slender annual, branched from the roots, covered 
with spreading branched hairs. Stems eight to ten inches 
long, ascending, slender, flexuous above. Leaves on slender 
petioles, one to two inches long; blade one to two inches 
APRIL Ist, 1869. 
