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30 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



ciliatis, pilis minutissimis utrinqne conspersis j floribus plu- 

 riniis, subfasciculatis, pedunculis pilosis, calyce, corolla^ fruc- 

 tuque ut in prsecedente. — -Mexico, ad Xalapam. 



This species differs only from the former in its more acuminate 

 leaves, equal at base and pilose on both sides, and in its fasci- 

 culafe flowers. The leaves are from 4 to 5 inches long, 20 to 

 21 lines broad, on a petiole of 12 to 15 lines in length. The 

 flowers resemble those of the former species in size and shape ; 

 they are probably fasciculate, as in the first-mentioned species, 

 and not umbellate, a mode of expression often used by Professor 

 Kunth in that sense, which is the more evident, as he makes no 

 allusion to any general peduncle, 



Maugaranthus. 



Among the various collections of Mexican and South American 

 plants, I have not been able to find any specimen corresponding 

 with this genus, of which indeed nothing appears to be known, 

 except the description given of it by Prof. Schlechtendal, and 

 the figure drawn by that able botanist from living specimens 

 raised in Halle from seeds received from Mexico. On comparing 

 this with Physalis and its allied genera, it will be seen to differ 

 from them in the smaller size and pale blue colour of its flowers, 

 and particularly in the great contraction of the mouth of the 

 corolla, which gives it a globular instead of a campanular form. 

 The calyx is more entire on its margin, and like Physalis en- 

 larges, becomes vesicular, and incloses a small globular berry 

 with aqueous juice, which becomes exsuccous. I have here 

 amended its character as contrasted with its allied genera. 



Margaranthus, Schl. — Ca/ya? urceolato-tubulosus, 5-angularis 

 breviter 5-dentatus, persistens et accrescens. Corolla m'ceo- 

 lato-globosa, 5- sulcata, imo attenuata, medio ventricosa, ore 

 valde contracta, marglne dentibus 5 minutis instructa, intus 

 villosula. Stamina 5, sequalia, inclusa, coroUse dimidio bre- 

 viora ; aniherce conniventes, 2-lobse, dorso affixse, rima duplici 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium globosum, 2-sulcatum, 

 disco carnoso annulari basi immersum, 2-loculare, placentis 

 multiovulatis, medio dissepimenti utrinque adnatis. Stylus 

 simplex, apice attenuatus. Stigma truncatum. Bacca sub- 

 stipitata, 2'locularis, exsucca, pericarpio membranaceo, poly- 

 sperma, calyce inflato, ovoideo, reticulato-venoso, dentibus ore 

 clauso laxe inclusa. Semina orbiculato-reniformia. Embryo 

 in albumen semipellucidum curvatus. — Herba Mexicana dicho- 

 tome ramosa, foliis alternisj ovatis, vel ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, 

 petiolatis ; floribus axillaribtLSj solitariis, parvulis^ pedunculatis, 

 nutantibu^. sordide cterukscentibus^ 



