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Class and Order. 
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Generic Character... ois 
: Cor. rotata. ~ Stam. conniventia. Bacea intra calycem 
inflatum bilocularis. be Fis goREebos2 , 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Puysauts viscosa ; foliis geminis repandis obtusis subto- 
mentosis, caule herbaceo superne paniculato. Sp. Pl. 
161. ed. Willden. 1. p. 1021. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. 
p 394. Pers. Syn. 1. p. 2 cm Roem. et. Sch. 
Syst. Veg. 4. p. 672. _ Jacq. Hort. Vindob. 2. p. 64. 
ALKEKENGI Bonariensis repens, bacea turbinata viscosa. 
Dill. Hort. Hlth. p. 11. t.10. 
This species acquired the name of viscosa, not from the 
leaves being clammy, which they are not, but from the 
juice of the berry. We have little or no doubt but our — 
plant is the species figured and described by Dittentus, 
quoted above; but Jacguin’s plant differs in so many 
respects, that we hesitate to pronounce it a true synonym. 
Descr. Root creeping, sending up suckers from it all 
round the plant. Stem dichotomously branched: branches 
square, with sharp angles. Leaves petioled, ovate-acumi- ~ 
nate, with an obtuse point, quite entire, but with undulated 
margins ; base somewhat unequal, smoothish on the upper, 
and soft pubescent on the under surface, generally growing 
two together, on the flowering branches. Peduncles so- 
litary, one-flowered, inserted between the petioles, cernuous 
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