a Loasa Puacet, var. 6. Mr. Prace’s — 
Loasa: var. £. RE 
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3 Class and Order. 
- PotyApEenepHIA PoLyAnpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Loaces. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus ovario adherens. limbus persistens, 5 parti- 
tus, equalis. Petala 5, lobis, cal. alterna, breviter ungui- 
culata, concava. Sguame 5 petaloidex, petalis alterne, 
bi- aut trilobz, in conum conniventes et basi intus filamen- 
tis 2 sterilibus imstructe. — at 200, exteriora 10 pam 
cetera in phalanges 15—17-andras petalis oppositas dispo- 
sita ; snttivite erectis bilocularibus’ St us apice trifidas. 
Capsula turbinato-oblonga, 1-locul., apice 3-valvis calyce 
coronata valyis margine placentiferis, placentis ideo cum 
vicina continuis. Semina ovalia creberrima reticulata, DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Loasa* Placei ; suberecta dichotoma setis pungentibus ubi- 
que tecta, foliis sinuato-pinnatifidis incisis inferioribus 
cordatis albo-maculatis longe petiolatis superioribus 
oblongis acuminatis oppositis sessilibus, calyeibus pe- 
talisque reflexis. 
Loasa Placei. Lindl. in Hort. Soc. Trans. v. 6. p. 95. 
Hook. et Arn. in Bot. Misc. v. 3. p. 329. 
Loasa acanthifolia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 785. (not Lam.) 
(8.) foliis minus profunde pinnatifidis, floribus minoribus. 
Descr. Stem herbaceous, three to four feet high, rouch 
_ branched, branches rounded, clothed with long hair-like 
— strings, 
ad ue, 
* A name of ADANSON, of unknown origin. 
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