298 - PLANTS OF MADEIRA. 



Notwithstanding Solauder's apposite name of salicifolia, the leaves 

 have rather the aspect and texture of those of an Epilobium than a 



Salix. 



14. Musschia? JFollastoni.ljOwe, — M.? herbacea hirtiusculo-pubescens, 

 caule succulento basi suflratescente apice folioso, foliis (1-2-pedaUbus) 

 oblongo-lanceolatis acutis deorsum longe attenuatis sessilibus argute 

 et concinne duplicato-serratis membranaceis nervis prsesertim pubes- 

 centibus medio subsueculento subtus hirsuto, paniculse elatse multi- 

 florse pyramidatae ramis divaricato-patentibus, floribus cernuis, calycis 

 sinubus simplicibus exappendiculatis tubo prismatico 5-angulari 10- 

 costato laciniis erectis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis tubo duplo 

 longioribus, corolk lateritio-ochracea velutino-pubescente cyliudrico- 

 tnbulosa laciniis angustis linearibus canaliculato-cornutis. 



Hab. In advtis umbrosis convalliura Madera rariss. 



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Herba macrophylla, perennis. Caules crassitie digiti, fere simplices, 

 panicula e medio foliorum terminali bipedali erecta. Folia flaceido- 

 membranacea 1-2-pedalia 2-6-poll. supra medium lata Itete viridia 

 ssepe pulchre purpuras centia. Mores magni, 1 J-2-poll. longi. Co- 

 rolla colore fere Canarince Campanul^^ L.^ v. hoplexidls Sceptri, L., 

 so. ochracea r, aurantio-gilva lateritio v. ferrugineo-purpurascente 

 picta, tubo tenui angusto sepalis subbreviore laciniis eadem superan- 

 tibus. Stigmata 5, semipollicaria, magna, conspicua, exserta, stylo 

 tubum coroUae superante. Filamenta oranino libera glabra tenuissiraa, 

 basi membrauacea dilatata, antheris rectis linearibus distincte cuspi- 

 datis sublongiora. Ovarium 5-loculare : capsula . . . 

 The mode of dehiscence in the ripe capsule will determine whether 

 this highly curious and rare Campanulaceous plant be really a second 

 species of the Madeiran genus Musschia, Otherwise, it will be found 

 probably to form a new genus, Codocnemia or Codonemia; for besides 

 that it ill accords in habit and various other respects with Campanula, 



Medii 



Medium 



sinuses of its calyx, and from Eucodon in its quinquelocular ovary, so 

 that, if placed in Campanula, it would require the formation of a third 

 division of the genus, sinu cahjcxs non ohtecto, capsula ^-loculari, fov its 



reception. 



Symphyandra 



in 



mas and qmuquelocular ovary. Thus Musschia 



ally in its five long stig- 



