SOUTH AMERICAN PLANTS. 5 



dilatata, et hinc in annulum fere coalita ; anthera oblongae, 

 2-loculares, basi emarginato-cordatse, loculis connectivo an- 

 gusto dorsali parallele connatis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 

 Ovarium ovatum, 2-loculare, ovulis plurimis, utrinque disse- 

 pimento adnatis. Stylus simplex, longitudine staminum, apice 

 iucrassatus, fistulosus. Stigma subintegrum, glandula gluti- 

 nosa 2-loba semi-immcrsa. Bacca ovata, calyce aucto tecta. 

 Semina compressa, rhomboideo-reniformia, in pulpam tenuem 

 nidulantia, testa scrobiculata, subscabra, hilo perforate in sinu 

 marginali. Embryo in albumen carnosunij subspiralis : coty- 

 ledonibus semiteretibus, radicula 3-4-plo brevioribus.— Fm- 

 tices Brasilienses , dichofome ramoscB ; folia alterna, vel gemina 

 altera mino'ri {in turionibus subfasciculata), integra ; flores pe- 

 dunculati, axillares, vel in dichotomiis solitarii, bini, vel plures 

 fasciculati, et tunc alterna vice singulatim tardius enati, pedun- 

 culo fructifero demum erecto, elongato et ina-assato. 



1. Witheringia picta, Mart., Nov. Gen. et Spec. iii. 74. tab. 227. 

 Witheringia birsuta, Gardn.Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 541. Athencea 

 picta, Sendtn. Flor. Bras. fasc. vi. p. 134 ; Walp. Repert. vi. 580. 

 Brasilia, Prov. Rio de Janeiro et JVlinas Geraes. 



To the long and excellent description of Von Martins above 

 referred to, it is quite unnecessary to offer the smallest additional 

 remark, except that Gardner's plant which I collected at the same 

 time does not appear to me to offer any difference from that 

 figured by Martius, and that it is a little more hairy* : il 

 therefore it does not belong to this species, it most probably is 

 referable to W. pogogena. Of the following seven species I have 

 no knowledge whatever, beyond the short notice extracted by 

 Dr. Walpers from Dr. Sendtner's description, to which 1 refer 



trip "PPJlfiPl* 



2. Witheringia pogogena. Aihen^aiposo^ena, Sendtn. loc.cit. 

 p 135 : Walp. Repert. vi. 580. Solanum pogogenum Moncand, 

 PL Nouv. d'Amer. iii. 24. tab. 17.-Brasilia, Frov. Bahia 



3 Witheringia micrantha. Athensea micrantha, Sendtn. loc. 

 cit. : Walp. Rep. vi. 580.— Brasilia, Villa Vicosa. 



4 Witheringia Schottiana. Athenoea Schottiana, Sendtn. loc. 

 cit. ; Walp. Rep. vi. 581. -Brasilia, Frov. Rio de Janeiro. 



5. Witheringia Pohliana. Athen^aPohhana, -S^ff/n. foc.c//.; 

 Walp. Rep. vi. 581.— Brasilia, Prov. Minas Geraes. 



* As Dr. von Martius's admirable work is within the reach «f ^^J' I"-;- 

 sons, and as it may be desirable to compare the above with f J^j'^f^"; 

 genera, I have given a figure with full details of the structure of thi. spec es 

 Sch I first collected at^ejuca in 1833, and aftervv-ards with Mr. Gardner 

 in 1837 (Gardn. no. 237) ; it is shown in Plate 35 of this work. 



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