64 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



interstitiis eveniis membranaceis, 5-anguloso-sulcatus^ 5-den- 

 tatusj dentibus acutis linearibus callo-mucronatis. Corolla 

 tubularis^ clongata, tubo imo carnosulo 5-sulcato constricta^ 

 medio subcylindrica^ in faucem antice breviter ventricosa, 

 limbo obliquo^ 5-lobo, lobis suborbicularibus^ 2 anticis mino- 

 ribus reflexis, postico erectiusculo, sestivatione imbricata^ veri- 

 similiter replicativa. Stamina 5^ insequalia^ inclusa^ quorum 

 4 didynamaj cum quinto sterili ; filamenta subdilatata^ tenuis- 

 simaj posticorum e coarctatione tubi orta, anticorum dimidio 

 breviora medio corollse inserta^ sterili sub-breviore intermedio ; 

 antherce in faucem conniventes^ stigmate deflexo circumplexse^ 

 2-lobsej in sinu apicifixse, lobis basi divaricatis^ apice sine eon- 

 nectivo connatis, et rima marginali bivalvatim transverse hian- 

 tibus ; posticorum dimidio minore ; sterili oblonga^ cassa^ erecta. 

 Pollen simplex_, globosum^ 3-sulcatum. Ovarium oblongum^ co- 

 nicum, longiuscule stipitatum^ glandulis 5^ carnosis, coloratis^ 

 subliberis, rotuudatis^ summo stipitis connatis, et discum by- 

 pogynum cupuliformem persistentem fingentibus^ 2-loculare^ 

 placentis centralibus^ multiovulatis, dissepimento utrinque ad- 

 natis* Stylus tenuis^ inclusuSj apice incurvatus^ comprcssus^ 

 valde dilatatus. Stigma emarginato-2-labiatumj lobis latis- 

 simis, brevibuSj truncatis^ intus incrassatis et viscoso-glandu- 

 losis, inferne longe auriculatis et membranaceisj antheras am- 

 plectentibus. Capsula calyce persistente tecta, 2-locularis^ 

 septicide 2-valvisj valvis semibifidis^ placenta centrali demum 

 solutis, Semina plm-ima^ parva^ reticulato-favosa ; cetera ig- 

 nota. — Herba Peruviana viscoso-pubescens ; folia alterna,parva, 

 sessilia^ lanceolata^ Integra ; cy msd plurimce^ alterna^ terminales, 

 ex axillis foliorum superiorum lateraliter ort{Ey longe et paten* 

 tim pedunculatce ; flores parvuli^ pedicellati^ conferti ; corolla 

 albida. 



1. Leptoglossis Schwenkioides, Bth, Toy. Sulph. 143; — undique 

 viscoso-pubescens; foliis lineari-lanceolatis^ acutis, l-nerviis^ 

 apice callosis, sessilibus, in turionibus sa^pe fasciculatis^ supe- 

 rioribus decrcscentibus; corolla tenui, glabra, intus imo re- 

 trorsim pilosa. — Peruvia, v. s. in herb. Hook. (Huamantango, 

 Barclay; Peru, Mathews, no. 1011; Cuming^ no. 1010). 



This plant bas very much the habit of some of the small-leaved 

 species of Petunia ; its branches are virgate^ the leaves 6 to 9 lines 

 long, 1 to li line broad; the floral branchlets are about 1 inch 

 long, generally with three to five flowers at the extremity of each ; 

 the pedicels are very short; the calyx 2 lines in flower, 3 lines in 

 fruit; the tube of the corolla is 8-9 lines in length, 1 hue broad, 

 the border 3-4 lines in diameter; the capsule is 2 lines long ** 



A figure of this species, with sectional details, is given in plate 5^ of 

 ihis work. 



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