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tomiis aphyllis floi-ifcris:, foliis pctiolatis, 2-3-4-ms et iutcgris, srepc solitariis, ct tunc trisectis, cum 
sinubus rotundatis^ vcl 3-foliolatis, folio intermedio majorc quandoque 3-lobo, foliis foliolisque subdcl- 
toideo-ovatisj imo in petiolum decurrcntibusj apicc repcntc lincari-acuminatis, niargiuibus baud un- 
dulato-sinuatis, ciliolatisj utiiuque Isetc viridibus^ rugoso-punctulatis, ct glabcrrimis, raclii nervisque 
tenuibus, straniineisj petiolo gracili vis alato ; raceme glabcrrimo, brevi, tenui, c dichotomic pondulo, 
sub-3-floro. In waste places about Panama. 
RamuU subfiatuloai, ^allide virides, creberrime albo-punctulati, iu axillis flexuo?i ; potiohia glabor, tonuis, 
1 ad 1| poll. long. ; limbus (incluso lobo intormodio) 3-3^ poll. long. ; acumine G lin., 1% pull, lat, ; lobi 
lateralcs 2 poll, long., 1\ poll, lat., ncrrJs utrinquc circitcr G, vix proinimdis ; pediuiculus tonuis, e dicliotomio 
uudo ortus (rariua ex axillis jauioribus), 9 lin. long. ; pedicellus 3 lin. long., imo articulatus. Calyx glu- 
berrimua, turbiiiatus, dentibus ovatis, acutis, vix lineam longia, limbatis. Corolla glabra, flava, caiiipanidata, 
6 lin. longa, profunde 5-fida, laciniis lanccolatis, acutis, glabris, venosis, maculis opacia pnnctulatis, ex- 
pansis, Z\ lin. longis. Stamina 5, requalia, conniventia, limbo subbrcviora. Filnmcnta brcvia, imo dilutata, 
in aunulum adnatum coalita. Antlierm 3 lin. longn?, Hncares, aplcc brcvitor rostrata^, 2-luli;o, eouncctivo 
lato adnata-, rima longitudinal! utrinque, et poris 2 anticis sub apii-em trajisversim dcliisccntcs. Ovarium 
glabrum, obionguiu. Stylus lougltudine stamiuum, subtcnuis, cum ovario articulatus. Stigma parvulum, 
truncatum, subclavatum, cavum. 
711. Capsicum frutescens, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. xiii. p. 413. — Nomcn vernacul. "Aji." 
Cultivated. 
There are besides several other species of Capsicwn cultivated in the Isthmus. 
712. Physalis pubescem, Linn., var. hygrojihila, Mart., Dc Cand. Prodr. vol. xiii. p. 446. 
Common on road-sides all over the country. 
713. Physalis angulata, Linn., Dc Cand. Prod. vol. xiii. p. 448. Common on road-sides and 
in waste places. 
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arising from the base of the corolla; the style is articulated at its base, often very short and thick, and sur- 
mounted by a stigma, formed like an inverted cone, or sometimes almost umbrae uli form, and nearly as large 
as the ovarium, exhibiting in its hollow truncated apex two large stigmatic glands ; the fruit is generally 
large, fleshy, and edible. Analyses of different species are seen in Martius, Nov. Gen. Bras. iii. tab. 229 ; 
Sendtn. Flor. Bras. fasc. vi, tab. 15, 16; IVIicrs, 111. So. Am. PI. i. pi. 8. In the second group the leaves 
are more or less cuncatc at the base ; the corolla is less fleshy ; the segments more lanceolate ; the filaments 
are straightcr, more erect, dilated at base, and united upon a membranaceous ring, which is completely ad- 
nateto the base of the corolla ; the anthers are long, slender,, erect, attenuately rostrated above, with a cla- 
vate apex, and burst by two lateral slits, and by two anterior transverse pores, which in opening form a 
lower somewhat prominent lip beneath the hood of the club-shaped termination of the cells; the connective 
is shorter, narro^ver, and continuous with the filaments; the style is slender and terete; the stigma smaller, 
obconical, truncated, and hollow ; the fruit does not appear to grow to the same large size as in the fonner 
section, and probably is not edible. Analyses of plants of this group are seen in Martins, Nov. Gen. Bras, 
iii.'tab. 228 ; Sendtn. Flor. Bras. fasc. vi. tab. 17 ; and Miers, 111. So. Am. PI. i. plate 0. 
It is proposed to retain the name of Cypltomamlra for the first section, comprising G. calyci/ia, jjJtysaloiJes, 
sycocarpa, lohata, dij)loconos,Jlorihunda, ciUata,frayrans, sciaihsiyUs,i)remn<Ffolia, IracJ/yjyodia, ohliqua, hetacea, 
omm-fringilla, pendula, corymhijlora, spUndens, and viriJiJlora; and to restore the name Vionandra for the 
second group, as a separate genus, which will comprise F. capsicoides, divaricata, Tegore, Ilartweggii, coriacea, 
cajanumensis, Miers, C. oa^yphylla, laxijlora. Dun., C. vclutina, elJiptlca, cylindricajraxindla, Sendt., C. Cava- 
casana, Dun., P. allophylla above-mentioned, and another Brazilian species with pinnated leaves, which will 
shortly be described elsewhere. 
