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anthera 24obee, profunde cordatee, basifixse, lobis ovatis, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium ovatum, breviter 

 stipitatum, cyatho (corollae reliquo) circumsessum, 2-locu- 

 lare, ovulis in loculis utrinque, in septi juxta basin 2- 

 serialiter dispositis, adscendentibus, imbricatis, inferioribus 

 exterioribus. Stylus simplex. Stigma ineequaliter 2-la- 

 mellatum, lobo inferiori breviori, subdeflexo, altero erecto. 

 Capsula coriacea, cylindrica, subarcuata, calyce stipata, 

 2-locularis, apice septifrage 2-valvis, dissepimento libero, 

 valvis parallelis, demum semibifidis. Semina pauca, im- 

 bricata, lineari-oblonga, compressa, margine ala membra- 

 nacea cincta, ventre convexa, dorso carinata. Embryo in 

 axi albuminis carnosi tenui rectus, cotyledonibus lineari- 

 bus, subcompressis, radiculam cylindraceam inferam medio 

 cequantibus. — Frutices Peruviani et Nova Granatenses, 

 foliis alternis, petiolatis, oblongis, pseudo-stipulatis, inte- 

 gerrimis, infra sapissime tomentosis \ racemis terminalibus, 

 paniculatis, calyce corollaque sapius stellato-tomentosis. 

 1. Sessea stipulata, R. & P. Flor. Peruv. 2, 9, tab. 115 b. — 

 Frutex fcetidus, orgyalis; foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 cordatis, supra glabriusculis, subtus stellato-tomentosis, 

 ferrugineo-incanis ; pseudo-stipulis magnis, aurieulaeformi- 

 bus, gibbosis, deciduis, racemis alaribus terminalibusque, 

 pedicellis corymbosis. — Peruvia, v. s. — in herb. meo. 

 The branches are glabrous, compressed, and finely striated. 

 The leaves are about 4\ in. long, 2\ broad, on a petiole 

 9 lin. long, channelled and tomentous, the internodes being 

 about \\ in. apart. The stem of the axile raceme exhibits 

 sometimes a few small leaves, but it is generally bare for 

 the length of 3 inches, when it spreads into a close brandi- 

 ng tomentous panicle of flowers j the terminal peduncles are 

 shorter, closer, and more branched, forming a thyrsoid 

 Panicle ; the pedicels have each a linear, very acute, leaf-like 

 bract, cuneate at base, and tapering into a long slender 

 Petiole. The calyx is 3 lin. long, tubular, 5-toothed ; the 

 ^be of the corolla above the calyx is funnel-shaped, about 

 ? Hn. long, and the border is divided to the mouth into five 



