(| 2445) 
Eropium Gussonu. Gussonr’s Heron’s- | 
Brinn.» 
mei. 
UO SSeEER 
3 MonaDELPHIA PENTANDRIA. | 
Connie Character. 
Cal. 5-phyllus: Cor. 5-petala.. Nect. Squamule 5, cum 
filamentis alternantes et. glandule mellifere basi staminum 
insidentes. Arillz 5,- monospermi, aristati, ad basin recep- 
taculi rostrati : aristis spiralibus introrsum barbatis.. 
£ 
Pi 
Specific Character. and Synonyms. 9 — 
Eropium Gussonii; pedunculis longissimis multifloris, foliis 
petiolatis, cordato-ovatis inciso-lobatis crenatis, utrin- 
que villosis, caule ascendente hirto. 
Eropium Gussonii; pedunculis multifloris longissimis, 
foliis cordatis lobatis obtusis dentatis glaucis, caule 
petiolisque hirtis, corollis calycibus aristatis duplo 
longioribus, petalis emarginatis, caule erecto. Tenoré 
Prodr. fl. Neap. p. 39. 
Eropium Gussoni. Flor. Neap. p. 97. t. 63. Tenoré. 
Hort. reg. Neap. p. 38. 
Descr.. Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, decumbent, 
rounded, hairy: hairs pointing downwards. Cauline leaves 
opposite, unequal, one being generally larger than the 
other, petioled, cordate-ovate, obtuse, somewhat lobed, 
Crenate, soft-villous on both sides. Peduncles axi 8 
alternate, three or four times longer than the hairy petiole. 
Umbel about ten-flowered. ucre scariose, two-leaved, | 
Kidney-shaped. Pedicels horizontal. Calycine leaflets un- 
equal, streaked, each of them furnished with a short arista 
or mucro, inserted a little below the apex. Petals pour 
; quite. 
