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tinctis, capitulis brevi-pedunculalis, bracteis late ovatis 

 brevi-acuminatis. 

 Lippia asperifolia. Rich Cat Hort. Med. Par. p. 67, Humh 

 et Kunthy Nov. Gen. v. 2. p. 214. Spreng. Spst. Veget v. 2. 



p. 751. 



Zapania lantanoides. Lam. III. v. 2. p. 140. 



Zapania odorata. Pers. Syn. PL v. p. 140. 



Verbena globulifera. Herit Stirp. v. 1. p. 23. t. 12. Willd. 



Sp. PLv. 1. p. 116. 



Hab. Copiose in planitiis australibus Provincise ** Cor- 

 dova.'* 

 Caulis erectus, basi fruticosus. Planta tota aspera^ fragrans. 



Fructus subrotundo-compressus, maturitate stylo termin- 



atus. 



PRI VA. 



1. Privafem; herbacea glabra, foliis oppositis ovatis den- 

 tatis basi cuneatis petiolatis, fructu calyce ampliato nudo 

 tecto. 



Priva laevis. Juss. in Ann. du Mus. v. 7. p. 70. 

 Castelia cuneato-ovata. Cavan. Icon. v. 6. p. 61. t. 583. 



Hab. Circa Mendozam, ad vias: et in Provincia Cordova?: 

 alt. 1000 ad2500ped. 



This plant, so well figured and described by Cavanilles, as 

 a new genus, [Castelia^) has been referred to the genus Priva 

 by Jussieu, and perhaps with justice. In habit it is not very 

 dissimilar, but the calyx, though it becomes enlarged in pro- 

 portion as the fruit increases in size, is never inflated, and it | 

 is always naked, free from setae. Flowers fragrant. Roots 

 tuberous, whence the vernacular name " PapillaJ^ 



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WILSONIA. {nov. gen.) (Tab. XLIX.) 



Gen. Char. Cal 5-dentatus, tubulosus, dente anteriore 

 majore, demum hinc longitudinaliter fissus. Corolla tubo 

 cylindraceo, limbo 5-fido, inaequali. Stamina 4, didynama, 

 fertilia. Stigma laterale. Drupa sicca : J^uces duae, bilo- 

 cularesj dispermae, prim urn arete colicerentes, demum so- 

 lutae. 



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