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imam corollae inserta^ basi villosa^ antherts sublineares, 2-lob8e, 

 lobis parallelis, connectivo linear! dorsali adnatis, intus longi- 

 tadiualiter debiscentibus. Ovarium couicum^ disco carnoso 5- 

 lobo impositum, 2-loculare^ multiovulatum, placentis centra - 

 libus incrassatis dissepimento utrinque adnatis. Stylus inclu- 

 susj apice crassescens. Stigma oblongum^ sub-bilabiatum, lobis 

 carnosis, adpressis, intus glandulosis. Bacca ovata, sepalis 

 sejunctis cincta, 2-locnlaris. Semina plurima in pulpam nidu- 

 lantia^ oblonga, vix reniformia^ compressa, hilo infra medium 

 latcrali. Embryo intra albumen carnosum^ fere rectus^ radi- 

 cula inferaj teretij paulo incurvata, cotyledonibus oblongis, 

 crassis, compressis, accunibentibus, rectis^ duplo longiore. 

 SufFrutices Peruviani et Mexicani dependentes ; folia alterna, 

 obhnga, integra^ coriacea, pube tomentosa stellata plus minusve 

 induta; r^icemi termiualespeaduli'y flores aurantiaciyVcl punicei. 



1. Juanulloa parasitica^ R. & P. Fl. Peruv. ii. 47. tab. 185. Ul- 

 loa parasitica, Pers. Ench. i. 218; — suffrutex epiphytica, ra- 

 mulis junioribus angulatis, glabris, epidermide teuui rimosa ; 

 foliis oblongis, acuminatis, coriaceis, nitidis, ruguloso-punctu- 

 latis, subtus albido vel flavido-furfuraceis, petiolo canaliculato, 

 tenui, iimbo 4-6-plo breviore ; racemis terminalibus, pendulis, 

 dicbotome ramosis; calyce magno, ovato, carnoso, colorato, 

 inflato, 5-anguIato, laciniis demum sejunctis; corolla punicea, 



. cylindrica, calyce paulo longiore, medio subinflata, fauce 

 coarctata, lobis brevibus rotundatis, patcntibus ; bacca cerasi 

 magnitndine punicea, sepalis erectis vestita. — In Andibus 

 Peruvianis excelsis, Pozuzo, Prov. Tarmse, v, s. in ha^b. Mus. 

 Brit. (Pavon). 



Tbc leaves in this species are 5| inches long, 2^ inches broad, 

 with a thick channeled petiole of | inch in length ; the raceme 

 is paniculate, 4-5 inches long, the pedicels | inch; the calyx, 

 almost glabrous, is 1^ inch long, and | inch diameter ; the corolla 

 is 1| inch long, 4 lines in diameter in the middle, 3 lines at both 

 extremities, the lobes of the border being scarcely 2 Ihies in size ; 

 the filaments are 5 lines long, the anthers of equal length, the 

 berry being 1 inch long and f inch in diameter. 



2. Juanulloa Mexicana. Laureria Mexicana, Schlecht. Lmn. Tin. 



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cum icons ; — frutex orgyalis, ramis glabris, epidermide rimosa, 

 junioribus fulvido-tomentosis ; foliis ovatis, v. lato-lanceolatis, 

 utrinque breviter acutis, supra Isevibus, subtus prsesertmi in 

 nervis tomento molli stellato tectis, breviter petiolatis; calyce 

 magnoj e sepalis 5, lato-ovatisj imo anguste attenuatis, tertia 

 parte infima in tubum 5-gonum 5-alatum margine cohseren- 

 tibus, demum sejunctis ; corolla calyce paulo longiore, tubu- 



