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between the stamens, which DeCandollehaving overlook- 
ed, referred this genus to the Sazxifragee, probably from 
its distant resemblance to Sax. cernua ; but it really ap- 
proaches very closely to Francoa, and belongs with it to 
the Galacinee of Don, or Francoacee of Ad. de Juss., pro- 
bably a tribe of Crassulacee. The generic name given 
by Bertero is undoubtedly the oldest, but as the other 
alone has been published with a character by DeCan- 
dolle, and more perfectly by De Jussieu, we do not feel 
ourselves at liberty to do away with the latter. 
524, (1.) Francoa appendiculata, Cav. ic. v. 6. t. 596, (pessime.) 
525. 
526. 
Graham in Bot. Mag. t. 3118, (opt.) Don, in Sweet 
Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 151.—F. sonchifolia, Ad. de Juss. in 
Ann. des Sc. Nat. v. 3. p. 197. t. 19.?— Chiloe, Cuming 
(N. 821.) — This species is to be distinguished from the 
next by the sessile, not decurrent leaves, which, webelieve, 
have always their lobes quite distinct and at a little dis- 
tance from each other. Thereis almost no stem. The 
^. lobesof the stigma are cuneiform, and crenulato-incise. 
(2.) Francoa sonchifolia, Cav. ic. v. 6. p. "I. (in ob- 
- serv.)—Llaupanke amplissimo sonchifolio, Feuill. Chil. 
‘v. 2. t. 31.—Conception, Cuming (N.826.)—Our speci- 
mens, gathered nearly at the station given by Feuillée, 
have decurrent leaves, as in his figure, and evidently 
a stem of some length. "The segments of the leaves are 
closely approximate, and slightly overlap each other. 
The lobes of the stigma are ovated and entire. , 
(3.) Francoa ramosa, Don, in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. N. 11. 
P. 52.—Quebrada de las Lacunas, near Valparaiso, 
Bridges, 1832, (N. 191.) Valparaiso, Cuming (N. 119.) 
—Mr. Don has kindly informed us that the character 
given by him of this species, from an imperfect speci- 
men, is faulty; and that Cuming’s N. 197 only differs 
by the acuminate calycine segments, and longer petals. 
This species has the short stems and sessile leaves 
of F. appendiculata, but their lobes are approximate, 
as in F. sonchifolia. a 
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