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valvis (v. irrcgulariter doliisccns?). Semina oblongaj rugulosa.— HerTore terrcstresj locis 

 tamen humidis crescentes. Folia radicalia rusulata, mtegerrimaj siepius piiigiiiaj superficie 

 quasi cry stallino- viscid ula, marginibiis iiTitatione corporum cxtraneorum involventibus. 

 Scapi erectij l-flori, aphyllij ebracteati. Flos terminalisj saope per anthesin revorsus. 

 Corolla purpxirea violacea v, flava. 



Species descriptse ultra 30, plurinia^ tamen reJuceiul^, per regioncs extratropicas homiapliEerii 

 borealis late dispersal, prresertim in plagis occirleutalihiis utriusqne orbis, nonnullBe in America 

 occidental! secus Andiuni juga usque ad regiones antarcticas exteusai. A. DC. Prod, v'liu 27, JValp. 

 Ann. I 492, iii, 6. La?)!. Ilhistr, f/U, I^ees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Rei-hh. Icovogr. Bot. i. 81 f^^ 84 ; 

 Ic. FL Germ, L 1819 ad 1821. Smh. et Sm. FL G^. t. IL Ten. Fl. Nap. t 201, BroU Bhyt, 

 Liisit. t. 1, Wchh. Olia Hisp. f, 45 {in te,vtu 44). Buh et Pav. FL Per. et ChiL i. 31. Ilook.f, FL 

 Ant. Ll\9. BoL Mag. t. 4231- 



. Genus in s<^ctiones 3 infeliciter divisum ad (!aL'!iris bngitudinem et loborum curul];e proportion em, 

 charactores vnlde incerti, Brandonia, Beickh. Conspect. 127, est P. lutea, Walt, ^Liini. Journ. Iliiit, 

 Nut. i. t 18, UooL Kxot, l^b t. 16, Hot, Reg. t. 126), ex America boroali, corollce flavffi lobis qnam 

 in cegUtIs spceiebus miniis inieqiialibus, uon tamou distincte rcgulariljus. 



Ordo CXYIIL COZ.TT3VCE2:iI,IACZ:2:. 



Lindh Vog. Kingd. 759. 



Florcs hermaphroditic parum irregularcs. Calycis tubus ovario adnatus ; limbus c 

 lobis 5 ovatis oblongiave discretis vix imbricatis. Corolla gamopetalaj tube brevissimo 

 late subrotatO'Campanulata, lobis 5 (rarius G-8 ?) rotundatis imbricatis, 2 (posticis !) con- 

 tiguis exterioribuB. Stamina 2, prope basin corolla? affixa^ cum lobis posticis ot lateraU- 

 bus alteriia, filamentis crassis brevibus erectis apice in connectivum irregulare dilatatis, 

 Anihcramm lociilus connective adnatus, elongatus, valde irregulariter undulato-plicatus 

 et tortuosus, indivisus v. hinc inde constrictus et quasi in locellos 2-6 inaqualos partitus. 

 Pollen simplex, globosum. l>ismts 0. OvaHum fere omnino inferum, vertice intra corol- 

 liini latum convexum^ intus apicem versus subpcrfecte Cieteruni placentis ad medium 

 ovarium vix v, baud attingentibus iraperfecte 2docnIare, Stylus crassiusculus, stigmate 

 termiiiali lato obscure 2-4:-lobo- Ovnla numerosa, placentis 2 parietalibiis prominulis in 

 medio ovario subcoutiguis revoluto-2-fidis cc -seriatim atiixa, anatropa. Capmda ad 

 medium v. altius infera, primum subcamosa demum indurata, placentis accrctis inter se 

 et cum parietibus subconnatis spurie 4-loculare, vertice conico intra lobos calycinoa per- 

 sistentes 4-valvis (septicide 2-partita carpcllis loculicidc 2-tidis), Semhia uumerusa, 

 oblonga, aacendentia v. horizontalia (inferiora pcndiila ?), testa hevi. Albumen carno.suni- 

 EmaWyo minutus, rectus, 2-fidus- 



Arbores fruticesve dense ramosi, partibus novellis minute cano-sericeis. Folia opi^osita, 

 petiolia basi siibconncxis, hand magna, integcnima v. argute paucisorrata, supra dcmum 

 iiitida, exstipulata. Florcs ad apices ramuloruiu terni v, trichotome cymosi^ breviter 

 pedicellatij 2-bracteolati. Corolla llava- 



Species 2, Andium Americse australis iiicola\ 



Ordo niilli arcto affinis, primo intuitu Saxffragects nowrnxWuH frutieosus qiiuad capsulam et haln- 

 tum in nieateni revocat, sed eoroUse gamopetalae festivatione, stamiinim situ, orario imperfect© 2- 

 locnlari, alilsqiic notis longo recedit et qnixlammodo Gcsncraceis AmeixQ-dm^ ovario infero donatio 

 approximatiir. Stamina nobis certe simplicia videntur, ncc, ut proposiierunt Lindley et Endliclicr 

 €x uoioue trium composita. Antlieranim loculum v. indivisum v. iiisequaliter constrictum v, divi- 

 sum vidimus, nee unqaam in loculoa 3 v. 6 fequales partrtani. 



1. Coiumellia, Ruiz et. Pav. Prod. 3, t. 1 ; FL Per. et ChiL I 28, t, 8, 12. (Uluxia, 

 Juss. in Diet. Sc. Nat, x- 103.) — Genus unicum. Character ordinis. 



Species uti supra 2. DC, Prod. vil. 519, EndL Ieo7fot/r. t. 84, BoL Mag^ t. 6183, 



