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Allied to 7". reflewiflora, Cav., but apparently distinct. 
334. Tacsonta sanguinea, DC. Prod. 3. p. 334.—Common in woods near Panama; gathered 
also by Cuming, n. 1122. 
LoaSsace®, 
335. Loasa chelidoniifolia, sp. n., divaricato-ramosa, scabro-puberula, foliis pinnatim 3-7-sectis, 
segmentis ovatis inciso-dentatis basi oblique subcordatis, inferioribus subpetiolatis, terminali maximo 
subpinnatifido, pedunculis extra-axillaribus, calycis tubo setosissimo, laciniis lato-ovatis foliaceis, 
petalis calyce vix duplo longioribus.— Atacames. 
Very near L. triphylla and L. papaverifolia, and only differs from Kunth’s 
description of the latter species by the much larger leaves with broader segments, 
the stems and peduncles not setose, and the lobes of the calyx scarcely acute, 
336, Gronovia scandens, Linn.—Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 426. t. 97, B.—Tepic. 
BEGONIACER. 
337. Beconta humilis, Dryand.—Walp. Rep. 2. p. 215.—Atacames. 
338. Brconta jilipes, sp. n., annua, caule gracili glabro, foliis longiuscule petiolatis oblique 
semicordatis ovato-oblongis triplicatim ciliato-serratis tenuibus sparse setulosis, pedunculis tenuibus 
subtrifloris, floribus minimis, capsule ala altera ipsa capsula multo Jatiore, duabus angustis.—Isle of 
Taboga, Bay of Panama. 
B. humili affinis ; petioli inferiores multo longiores, et capsule ala major 4 lin. lata, transverse oblonga, 
nec omnes anguste rotundate. 
339. Brconi#, sp. n., affinis B. hydrocotylefolie —Equador.—The specimens are insufficient 
for description, 
TURNERACER. 
340, Turnera ulmifolia, Linn.—DC. Prod. 3. p. 346.—T. cuneiformis, Hook. et Arn. Bot. 
Beech. p. 426, non Juss.—A very pretty low shrub on the top of the sandy beach, Atacames 
Realejo. s 
341. Turnera Hindsiana, sp. n., foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis serratis basi an : is 
eglandulosis glabriusculis, racemulis axillaribus brevibus paucifloris, capsulis globosis tuberculosis. 
—Guayaquil. a 
Simillima 7. salicifolia, differt foliis latioribus plerisque 3 poll. longis, 14 poll. latis, racemulis simplicibus 
paucifloris, pedunculo communi brevissimo, pedicellis 3 lin, longis infra medium —— ee 
tuberculis evidentioribus, 
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