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NIEREMBERGIA FILICAULIS. SLENDER- 
STEMMED NIEREMBERGIA. 
KKK KKK ERK KEKE EKREK EEK EK 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Sotanez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx tubulosus, 5-fidus. Corolla subhypocrateriformis 
tubo longissimo tenui ; limbo 5-lobo, plicato (sub-) zquali. 
Stamina 5, exserta. Filamenta inferne connata (an sem- 
per?). Anthere longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Stigma sub- 
infundibuliforme, bilobum (nobis laterale transverse ob- 
longum utrinque acuminatum recurvum). Capsula infundo 
calycis persistentis bilocularis, bivalvis; dissepimentum 
valvulis parallelum demum liberum ; placente dissepimento 
intime adnate.—Caules lignost aut herbacei, filiformes, 
procumbentes et sepe repentes. Folia sparsa, solitaria, in- 
terdum gemina, integra et integerrima. Flores extra-axil- 
lares aut oppositifoliz, solitarti, subsessiles, albt. Kunth. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
NieremeBereiA filicaulis; erecta glabra, ramis diffusis fili- 
formibus laciniis calycinisque lineari-acuminatis, fila- 
mentis pubescenti-glandulosis. 
Nieremeercia filicaulis. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1649. 
This is a remarkably pretty species of NreremBerera, 
flowering copiously during the summer months, in a cool 
part of the greenhouse. It is well named filicaulis by Dr. 
Lixp.ey, who suspected that the species was a native of Mex- 
ico: but the seeds of the plants raised in the Glasgow Bo- 
tanic Garden, were sent by Mr. T weenie from Buenos Ayres, 
along with dried specimens of the same species. The a 
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