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4-5 lin. latis ensiformibus obtusiusculis subcomplicatis, superioribus 
minoribus, vaginis undique hispidis, pedunculis terminalibus et in 
bractearum vaginantium axillis pollicaribus plurifloris, floribus race- 
mosis breve pedicellatis, sepalis exterioribus oblongis obtusis glabris, 
interioribus petaloideis rotundatis roseis, ovulis in loculis ternis. 
Anthere fertiles 2 albæ, filamentis albis, pilis roseis barbatis. Stamen 
1, depauperatum barbatum; glanduliformia 3 parce barbata, glan- 
dulis 3-lobis. Capsula oblonga, sepalis exterioribus persistentibus 
- duplo longior, 9-sperma ; capsula cartilaginea.— Crescit in prov. Mal- 
wan; fl. tempore pluviali. 
Very like 4. nudiflorum; the leaves, however, in this species are. 
shorter, more fleshy, darker in colour, and there are more seeds in the 
capsule. The anthers in 4. nudiflorum are blue and the glands bi- 
lobed. This species may be easily distinguished by the compressed 
stems. 
CYANOTIS. 
C. hispida ; 4-5-uncialis annua tota hispida bei versus parce ra- 
mosa, caulibus erectis teretibus striatis rubris, foliis lineari-ensifor- 
mibus carnosis subplanis 1-2 poll. longis 3-6 lin. latis, floribus 
terminalibus in bracteis faleato-semicordatis sessilibus capitato-con- 
gestis paucis (4-5). — * 
Calycis laciniæ exteriores lineari-lanceolatæ, dorso marginibusque cilia- 
tæ, 3-nerviæ, ima basi connate, interiores exterioribus paulo longiores, 
3-lineares,in tubum petaloideum obconicum apice 3-lobatum connate; 
lobi rotundati, læte punicei, tubo albo breviores. Stamina 6 fertilia, 
longe exserta, corollam duplo superantia, stylum æquantia: an- 
there intense violacee ; filamenta superne pilis czeruleis secundis bar- 
bata, sub apice incrassata. Capsula inclusa, oblonga, obtusa, apicem 
versus pilosa, loculis dispermis.—Crescit in rupibus prote Maiwan; 
fl. Aug. et Sept. 
d * (To be continued.) 
Extracts of Letters from RICHARD SPRUCE, EsQ., written during a 
Botanical Mission on the AMAZON. 
(Continued from p. 89.) 
Santarem, June 28, 1850. 
I wrote to you last when just recovering from a rather severe attack 
of fever. I was beginning to get out again when I had another seizure, 
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