sively. grogiléal., nue. Pe ae = most si 
_ vegetable ee but scarcely ; ad ere poe 
‘ same genus. ge 
°o 326. * BARTONLA. “Hie 
Calix superior, 5-cleft,— BO ee : Corolle * 
of 10 petals. Capsule cylindric-oblong, 1- cell. 
ed, summit flat, valvular: valvuye 3to7. Re- | 
ceptacular placenta 3 to 7, ‘arighel- Seeds nu- 
merous, compressed, arranged hi sai D in 
a double series, ~ * 
Herbaceous; leaves alternate, pinnatifid, asperate; fie = 
evs large, terminal and solitary, yespertine, (or expand-— 
ing towards sun-set,) not deciduous or marcescent after 
_closing, but pind legs = 2 Be usual pe eS several days 2 
in succession, when , 
of the capsule variable in num dit 
the placente, and the spir: 
germ there exists the dae ee of a columnar rece! 
The whole plant turns blackish in drying, on the slignt- 
est wound it also exsudes a resinous sap which oe. 
blackens in the air. Pubescence 
and tenacious, as appears to be more or k che cae ia 
s the whole order of the LoasEa&. 
Seecres.. 1. B.ornata. Leaves ienccigtns interrupt. 
edly pinnatifid; segments subacute; base of the capsule 
foliose; valves 5 to-7; seeds nearly without 1 
 decapetala, Bot. Mag. Oss. The whole plant, except 
= tals more or less scabrous with short barbed hairs. 
ucculent and fuaiform: 
branched, 2 to 4 
¥ 
e ins . 
r side; apperedss leaves ¢ ovate: 
an jneh long. 
uncommon magnitude a 
of Cactus, solitary and terminal, : 
ate-ovate, concave and sprea 
