decurrent. Peduncles opposed to the leaves, one-flowered, 
at first erect, afterwards cernuous. Calyx five-cleft: seg- 
ments ovate, acute, sagittate at the base, sides compressed 
into five acute angles, persistent and becoming more in- 
flated. Corolla bell-shaped: limb spreading, five-cleft: 
segments rounded. Stamens shorter by half than the 
corolla: Filaments hairy, broad and arched at the base, 
covering the germen, as in the Campanuta. Germen glo- 
bular in the specimens we have examined, always five- 
celled. Capsule or dry berry globular, five-celled: Re- 
ceptacles central, dilated outwards. Seeds many, oval, 
smooth. 
The name of Nicanpra was first given to this genus by 
Apanson, and adopted by Jussieu, Persoon, and others. 
Scureszer applied the same name to the Poraia of Ausiet 
which may occasion some confusion ; but it will be better 
to retain Ausier’s original name for his plant than to 
adopt a new name for this, as Ruez and Pavon have done. 
It ought, undoubtedly, to be separated from Arropa. 
_ _ Native of Peru and Chili; grows very well in the open 
border ; but is best raised in a hot-bed and treated like 
other tenderer annuals; it may, however, be sown in the 
Come in the open ground, but will not flower so early. 
ommunicated by Joun Waker, Esq. — 
