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ScIZANTHUS PINNATUS. "WHING-LEAVED 
ScHIZANTHUS. 
KERR EEE EEK EERE KER EE 
Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
_ Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. bilabiata, resupinato, labio supe- 
riore 5-partito ; inferiore 3-partito. Stam. 4: duo sterilia. 
Caps. 2-valvis, 2-locularis. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Scnizanruus pinnatus. Rutz et Pav. Prodr. p. 4. Fi. 
Peruv. 1. p.13. t=. 17. Vahl Enum. 1. p. Vi1. Roem. 
et Sch. Syst. Veg. 1. p. 137. 
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Descr. Stem erect, branched at the upper part, rounded: 
branches covered with glandular hairs. Leaves interrupt- 
edly pinnate: pinne pinnatifid : leaflets unequal, larger 
one denticulate, smaller entire. Bractes generally two at 
the base of the petiole, looking one way ; lower ones incised 
at the base ; upper ones quite entire. Petiole one-flowered. 
Calyx five-cleft: segments broadest towards the apex. 
_ Cor. one-petaled. bilabiate : upper-lip 5-cleft : lacinie 
- Sear the upper one obovate, spotted at the base ; 
e rest irregularly incised: lower-lip 3-cleft; the two 
lateral lacinie sickle-shaped, truncate ; lower one chan- 
nelled, deeply emarginate. Filaments two, sterile, inserted 
into the upper lip, two fertile, inserted into the lower lip : 
anthers blue. Germen superior, ovate. Style longer than: 
stamens, coloured ; stigma simple, whitish. _ Se 
Upon comparing our plant with the figure given of it in 
the Flora Peruviana, we were inclined to consider itasa 
distinct species ; but upon comparing our drawing with the 
, 2 specimen 
