52 Mr Don on Colmnellia, Tovaria, and Francoa, 



1. F. appendiculata, acaulis; foliis petiolatis, racemo laxo secun- 

 do, laciniis calycinis lanceolatis acutis, stigmate lobis ovalibus. 



Francoa appendiculata, Cav. in Arm. Sc. Nat. Matr. iv. p. 287.— ./con. vi. 



p. 70. t. 596. 

 Habitat in insula San Carlos de Chiloe. Ludovicus Nie. IJ.. 



Herha acaulis, hirsuta. Scapus subsimplex, teres, pedalis et ultra. Folia pe- 

 tiolata, lyrata, 4-pollicaria. Racemus laxus, secundus. Petala dilute ro- 

 sea, macula saturatiore prope unguem notata. Filamenta subulata, alter- 

 nis sterilibus triplo longiora. 



Obs. — Clariss. Cavanilles, in tabula supra citata, petala ut acuminata de- 

 picta. 



2: F. sonchifoUa, caulescens ; foliis sessilibus, racemo laxo nu- 

 tante, laciniis calycinis lanceolatis acuminatis trinerviis, stigmate 

 lobis orbiculatis. 



Francoa sonchifolia, Cav. Icon. 1. c. (in Obs.) 

 Panke sonchifolia, Willd. Sp. PL ii. p. 487- 



Hab. in Chili. Fmillee, Eschscholtx. 7/. (V. s. in Herb. Lamb, ab 

 Eschscholtzio communicatum). 



H£rba caulescens, tripedalis, hirsuta. Folia sessilia, lyrata, utrinque villosa, 

 nunc demiim denudata, 5-pollicaria v. pedalia. Racemus laxus, apice nu- 

 tans. Flores secundi, cernui. Calyx copiose villosus. Petala spathulata, 

 retusa, lilacina, macula oblonga violacea prope unguem notata. Filamenta 

 subulata, alternis sterilibus gracilioribus vix ter longiora. Stigma 4-lobum : 

 lobis orbiculatis, crassis, disco pruinosis, margine revolutis, primum conni- 

 ventibus. 



3. F. ramosay caulescens ; foliis petiolatis, racemo spicato erec- 

 to, laciniis calycinis lanceolatis obtusis enerviis, stigmate lobis cu- 

 neatis. 



Hab. in Chili ad Santiago urbem. Caldcleugh. y. (V. s. in Herb. Lamb.) 



Caulis tripedalis, erectus, ramosus, teres, hirsutus, ad basin digitum minorem 

 crassitie fere jequans, foliis minoribus, petiolatis simplicibus, profundius 

 dentatis, hirsutis ornatus. Folia radicalia nondum vidi. Racemi erecti, 

 spicati. Flores minores et copiosiores, erecti, undi que versi. Petala ob- 

 ovata, obtusa. Filamenta setacea, alternis sterilibus complanatis obtusis 

 quadruple longiora. Styliis distinctus, at brevissimus. Stigma 4-lobum: 

 lobis cuneatis, emarginatis v. bilobis, crassis, margine revolutis. 

 Obs. — Panke tinctoria Molina genere omnino diversa videtur. 



The imperfect descriptions already given of Francoa have 

 given rise to much difference of opinion regarding its relative 

 affinities ; and from this cause equal difficulties have attended 

 a knowledge of its species. The genus seems to me to be 

 widely different from all the families to which it has hitherto 

 been referred, and to approximate most near to Galax, with 

 which it agrees in almost every particular : the seeds, how- 

 ever, must be excepted, as their structure is as yet unknown. 

 They both agree in the structure of their calyx, which is 

 persistent, the form and nervation of the petals, which are five 



