Calyx in five deep, broadly linear, obtuse, at length spread- 

 ing segments, hairy. Corolla hypocrateriform : its tube 

 deep yellow, hairy within ; its limb five-lobed, spreading, 

 somewhat plicate, pale lilac. Stamens: Anther very small, 

 nearly sessile, inserted near the base of the tube. Pistil 

 exceedingly short. Germen globose, glabrous. Stigma 

 sessile, large, conical, slightly glandular, yellow. Fruit 

 (immature) a nearly globose, but somewhat compressed, 

 four-celled, four-seeded berry, tipped with the black, with- 

 ered stigma, and surrounded by the persistent calyx. 



This plant has so completely the aspect of a Heliotro- 

 pium, that without an examination of the pistil or fruit, no 

 one would suspect it to belong to the Genus Tournefortia. 

 As an ornamental plant, its merits may be ranked with our 

 well-known Heliotropium peruvianum and corymbosum : 

 but its flowers are unfortunately devoid of fragrance. 



Seeds were received at the Garden of Glasgow from the 

 Reverend Mr. Lansburgh ; and the plants flowered in the 

 stove in the month of May, 1831. It is a native of Buenos 

 Ay res. 



Fig. I. Flower. 2. Pistil, with the lower portion of the Tube of the 

 Corolla bearing the Stamens. 3. Calyx and nearly ripe Fruit. 4. Section of 

 the Fruit: magnified. 



