the central portion of the dissepiment (at the axis) in two 
rows, globose. 
The present plant has much affinity with S. Anceps and 
S. Bermudianum, having flowers most resembling the 
former, and germen and ramification most like the latter, 
differing from both in the singularly slender general as well 
as partial flower-stalks. These peduncles too are often 
clustered together, and they give the whole plant quite a 
different appearance from the Bermudian and Virginian 
species. 
Seeds were obligingly communicated by Mr. Cruicx- 
SHANKs in 1826, from the vicinity of Valparaiso to the Glas- 
gow Botanic Garden, where they flowered in June 1827, 
and continued blossoming during the whole of that and of 
the following month. | 
Fig. 1. Upper side of a Petal. 2. Under side of ditto. 3. Pistil, having 
the Style surrounded by the Stamens. 4, Pistil separated from the Stamens. 
5. Capsule :—4il magnified. 
