347 



Pistil with the germen cut open to show the situation of 

 the young seeds. Fig. 9, Portion of a leaf, the central 

 part filled with a thread-shaped tough bundle of fibres 

 or vessels : — more or less magnified. 



[TAB. LXXL] 



JABOROSA CAULESCENS. 



Pentandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. So'la.^ilje 



Gen. Char. CaL 5-fidus. Cor. campanulata seu tubulosa. 

 Filamenta brevissima, versus apicem tubi inserta. Bacca 

 bi- (tri- Commerson) -locularis. 



1. Jaborosa cauiescensy {GilL et Hook.); caulibus pluribus 

 decumbentibus, foliis lyrato-pinnatifidis spinuloso-den- 

 tatis petiolatis, bracteis subulatis verticillatis, corollis cam- 

 panulatis intus hirsutis. (Tab. LXXI.) 



Hab. 



Mendozam. Alt. 6400 



ad 10,000 ped. Gillies. 



Radix longe descendens, subfusiformis, hie illic fibrosa- 

 Caules plurimi, prostrati, teretes, vix ramosi, glaberrimi. 

 Folia longe petiolata, oblonga, lyrato-pinnatifida, nervosa. 



radicalia 



sed plerumque majora. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii vel 

 bini, uniflorij duas tres uncias longi, erecti, demum 

 fructiferi deflexi, ad basin bracteati, bracteis subulatis, 

 sub-verticillatis, patentibus. Calyx profunde quinquefidus, 

 inferne pubescens, laciniis lanceolatis erectis appressis. 

 Corolla anguste campanulata, tubo medlocri, extus glabra, 

 intus hirsuta, limbo patente, segmentis acutis. Stamina 

 fauce inserta. Filamenta brevissima. Anthercs oblongge, 

 basi affixae. Germen subrotundum. Stylus brevis. Stiff- 

 nia oblongo-capitatum, apice transversim sulcatum. Cajj- 

 »**Ja globosa, bilocularis. Beceptacvla dissepimento lon- 

 gitudinaliter affixa. Semina nuraerosa, nigra. 



