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cens; foliis spathulatis, radicalibus majoribus, forma Atri- 
plicis hortensis ; calyce campanulato, lobis ovato-lanceolatis, 
acutis ; corollæ tubo intus flavo, "fauce albo, limbo amplo, 
cæruleo.—Peruvia ? an potius Chile? 
With this species I am not acquainted, not having met 
with it in any herbarium that I have seen. 
The figure given in the work above cited, exhibits the 
cauline leaves to be about 11 in. long, and 1 in. broad, they 
are wavy, fleshy, broadly oblong, obtuse, subulate at base, 
on a very broad decurrent petiole, one of the margins of 
which is continuous along the angle of the stem. The species 
is known only from cultivated specimens, raised from seeds 
said to have been obtained from Peru. 
3. Sorema litoralis (n. sp.)—herbacea, prostrata; radice fusi- 
formi, ramulis plurimis, e collo radiatis ; foliis radicalibus 
majoribus, longe petiolatis, cordato-ovatis, obtusis, cau- 
linis geminis, inaequalibus, obovatis, obtusis, uno sessili, 
altero subspathulato, late petiolato, decurrenti: floribus | 
solitariis, corolla ampla, cærulea.—Chile, Valparaiso, v. 
s. in herb. meo (Mathews ;) in herb. Hooker, (Cuming. n. 627, 
Bridges n. 327.) | 
This plant grows sparingly on a sandy beach, within reach 
of the spray of the sea: its tap root descends to a depth of 6 
or 8 inches: its branches, springing from the neck, spread 
along the sand in all directions; the radical leaves have 4 
narrow petiole, about an inch long, and barely a line broad, 
the blade being nearly 10 lines long, and 8 lines broad: the 
cauline leaves are only half that size, in unequal pairs, the 
outer one being sessile, and decurrent on the stem as the 
preceding species, the younger leaves, peduncle, and calyx 
are pubescent, but the older leaves and stem are glabrous: 
the calyx is 5-angular, 5 lines long, divided half way dow? 
into 5 triangular erect teeth: the corolla resembles that of 
S. paradoxa: the nuts are about 16, with sharp angles, each 
1-celled. 
4. Sorema acuminata (n. sp.) :—fruticulosa, prostrata ; 
caulibus ramosis, angulatis ; foliis geminis, pubescentibus, - 
