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tis, corona pentaphylla summo tubo filamentorum imposita, 
foliolis membranaceis lingulatis simplicibus obtusis integerri- 
mis, stigmate mutico.— Woods of the isle of * Los Dos 
Maranheros," S. Brazil. Tweedie, (n. 216.) — Flowers small, 
with very long singularly incurved laciniz to the corolla. 
725. (8?) Cynanchum? Macrei (Hook. & Arn.); sub- 
pilosum, foliis (parvis) oblongis acutis brevi-petiolatis pedun- 
culis subbifloris folio brevioribus, corolla urceolato-campanu- 
lata 5-fida intus basi hirsuta, laciniis obtusis apicibus recurvis, 
corona brevissima ad basin columns inserta 5-loba, filamentis 
dorso uniglandulosis.— Cordillera of Chili. Macrae. 
126. (1) Asclepias citrifolia. Jacq. Jc. Rar. v. ii. p. 343. 
«. Dry places, Banda Orientale. Tweedie, (n. 229 and 
330.)—8? foliis latioribus. Asclepias Lindleyi. Gill. MSS.— 
Lech tresma, Nom. vern. Cerro del Morro, province of 
San Louis, Dr. Gillies. This state of the plant we possess 
only with the fruit.—7.? angustifolia; foliis lanceolatis 
longe acuminatis. Pampas of Buenos Ayres. Dr. Gillies. 
Tweedie.—This var., as we are disposed to consider it, has 
very long narrow leaves. It approaches A. Mexicana, Cav. ; 
but differs in having axillary as well as terminal peduncles, 
which, moreover, are more than half as long as the leaves. 
The flowers are smaller than in «. 
727. (1) Gonolobus hispidus (Hook. & Arn.) ; foliis cor- 
dato-ovatis acutis nervis caule petiolis pedunculisque hispi- 
dissimo-hirsutis, pedunculo 1—2-floro.— Growing luxurian tly 
_ in very dry situations among withered grass at Entre Rios. 
Tweedie.—The pod (or follicle) is described by Mr. Tweedie 
as being very large, resembling a toad, and it is eaten by the 
natives. i 
128. (1) Ditassa? Burchellii (Hook. & Arn.) ; foliis ovalibus 
mucronatis ramulorum multo minoribus, pedunculis hirsutis 
brevibus 1— 3-floris, corolla subrotata, corona duplici, ext. 
membranacea 5-partita laciniis apice bifidis, int. breviore 
5-phylla laciniis linearibus crassiusculis exteriori antherisque 
oppositis, stigmate mutico.— Woods, Rio Grande, where laa 
climbs to a great height on trees and bushes. Tweedie, 
