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BracHYsTELMA crispUM. WAVED-LEAVED 
BraACHYSTELMA. 
BARNS OR DR ons Ons Os Oo 
Class and Order. 
PenTANDRIA DieGyNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—AscLEPIADEZ. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla campanulata, simubus angulatis. Colwmna in- 
clusa, Corona monophylla, 5-fida ; lobis antheris oppo- 
sitis, dorso simplicibus. Anthere absque membrana apicu- 
lari. Masse pollinis erecta, basi insert. Brown MSS. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Bracnysteima * crispum; foliis elliptico -lanceolatis, co- 
rolla laciniis tubo duplo longioribus, pedunculis SH- 
pius aggregatis. 
Bracuysreima crispum. Graham, Descr. of Rare Plants, 
in Edin. Phil. Journ. 
Descr. Tuber four inches in diameter, round, flattened, 
slightly depressed, having in the centre a rugged crown or 
i permanent, about half or three 
quarters of an inch high, from which the stems ef ring 7. 4. 
ightly Hat- 
Stems several, 
eee 
my From fpayys, short, and ctaua, a crown, in allusion to the short corona of 
flower. 
