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Mania viscosa. Criammy Mapzia. 
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Class and Order. 
2\eha 
~ SynGEnesia PotyeamiA SuPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. 
Recept. nudum. Pappusnullus. Cal. duplex: exterior 
8—10-phyllus :.interior polyphyllus. Sem. plana, convexa. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Mania viscosa; foliis sessilibus sublanceolatis viscosis, 
floribus axillaribus. Cav. Ic. 3. p. 50. t. 298. ; 
Map1A viscosa ; foliis lanceolatis sessilibus viscosis, calyci- 
bus exterioribus decaphyllis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 
1952. Persoon on 2. p. 430. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 
5. p. 31. Poirét Encycl. Bot. Suppl. 3. p. 570, __ ae 
ApIA mellosa; foliis sessilibus, calycibus decaphyllis, — 
radiis quinquefloris. Jacg. Hort. Schenb. 3. p. 29. — 
Mania mellosa ; foliis amplexicaulibus lanceolatis. Molina 
Chil. ed. ital. p. 137, ed. gallic. p. 108. 
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_We have very little doubt, but that Map1a mellosa and 
biscosa are the same species, in different stages of growth ; 
We ought, therefore, perhaps, to have made use of the for- 
iner appellation, as having the right of priority; but the 
tter having been generally adopted in the systems, we 
think it best to adhere to it, as least likely to occasion con- 
on. : 
The number of the leaflets of the outer calyx is uncertain ; 
but after the flowering is over, they increase irregularly in 
Size, and exceed the inner calyx; whereas, in an early stage, 
outer calyx is considerably shorter than the inner. The 
— plant is covered with glandular hairs, which exude 
* clammy secretion. ae 
Our plant was raised in the open ground, and, prow, 
