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BresLerta PULCHELLA. STRIPED-FLOWERED 
BEsLERIA. ; 
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Cla/s and Order. 
DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMI Ae 
Generic CharaGer. 
Calyx g-partitus. Cor. tubulofa, limbo 5-lobo, inzquali. 
Germ. bafi glandulofum. Bacca fubglobofa, polyfperma. Sem. 
nidulantia, oe 
Specific Charagier and Synonyms. 
BESLERIA pulchella ; foliis oblongo ovatis rugofis crenatis. 
in petiolum decurrentibus, petiolis’ connatis, 
pedunculis axillaribas corymbiferis, involucra 
pedicellis breviore, calycibus pentagonis ferru- 
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BESLERIA pulchella. Donn Hort. Cant. 140. 
BESLERIA uméellata ; in Herbario Bankf. : 
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Stem fhrubby, but very fucculent. Leaves oppofite, oblong- 
Oval, crenate all round the margin, rugofe, pale underneath, 
fomewhat hairy on the upper furface, narrowing towards the 
bafe and running along the footftalks, which embrace the flem 
and unite. Peduncles axillary, rounded, hairy, bearing a. 
_ corymb of about fix flowers. Pedicles hairy, of a purplifh 
brown colour, the length of the flower inferted into the ex- 
iremity of the peduncle, where there are a few unequal bractes 
of a green colour, or involucres fhorter than the pedicles, 
Calyx of a f{earlet colour, five-angled, five-cleft: divifions acu- 
- Minate and a little fawed at the edge. Corolla yellow, a little 
hairy on the outfide : inde longer than the calyx: /imd 5-cleft, 
lacinie rounded, ftriped with red, the lowermoft rather 
longer than the reft. re Tage 
