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Crucxsuanksia (Hook. et Arn.) 
Calycis tubus globosus, subdidymus; limbus 4-dentatus, den- 
627. 
tibus sæpe utrinque denticulo accessorio subulato in- 
structis, 1 vel 2 sæpissime in alam subrotundam mem- 
branaceam reticulatam maximam pedunculatam expansis. 
Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo elongato, limbo 5-fido 
laciniis patentibus, fauce glabra. Stamina 5, exserta, in 
orem corollz inserta : Filamenta clavata, acuta: Anthere 
lineari-oblonge, basi affix. Stylus filiformis, corollae 
tubo paullo longior: Stigma bifidum, pilosum, laciniis 
linearibus acutis. Capsula membranacea, globosa, sub- 
didyma laciniis calycinis magis minusve ampliatis coro- 
nata, bilocularis, 4-valvis; loculis dispermis: valvis ova- 
tis, valde concavis, cymbiformibus, medio 1-nervibus, a 
dissepimento tenuissimo membranaceo albido separabi- 
libus. Semina majuscula, obovata, nigra, tuberculata, 
intus ad hilum valde exculpta. Albumen corneum. 
Embryo centralis valde curvatus ; cotyledones plane: ra- 
dicula teretiuscula infera elongata.— Tota planta magis 
minusve pubescens. Radix perennis, collo multiceps. 
Caules herbacei, teretes, adscendentes, flexuosi, ramosi. 
Folia obovato-lanceolata, acuta, in petiolum attenuata, sti- 
pulata; stipule interpetiolares, late subulate, discrete, 
vel magis minusve coadunate. Bractez involucriformes, 
simplices vel tripartite, basi utrinque stipulis parvis sub- 
ulato-dentatis instructe. Pedunculi terminales axillar- 
esque. Flores in cymam depressam majusculam dispo- 
siti, corolle aleque calycine flave. 
(1.) C. Aymenodon (Hook. et Arn.)—z. foliis incanis.— 
4. foliis minus pubescentibus.—a. Coquimbo, Mr. Cruck- 
Shanks.—5g. Coquimbo, Cuming (N. 861, 875.)— Mr. 
Cuming's No. 861 appears at first sight to have an an- 
nual root; but is, we think, only a first year's growth. 
This most extraordinary plant has little of the general 
appearance of any of the Rubiacee, although in its most 
striking peculiarity, the dilatation of some of the calycine 
