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136 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



carnosis, utrinque ramulisque pilis brevissimis rigidiusculis 

 brachiatis pubescentibus ; floribus e fasciculis solitariis^ pubes- 

 centibus; pedunculo tenuis calyce poculiformi^ 5-dentatOj den- 

 tibus acutis, corollse tubo imo coarctato annulo barbate cincto, 

 infundibuliformi, limbi laciniis ovato-oblongis^ staminibus in- 

 clusis^ insequalibus, filamentis in coarctationem tubi insertis, 

 hinc glandula linear! Isevi margine dense fimbriata donatis^ 

 imo geniculatis^ inde glabris, 2 faucem attingentibus^ 3 paullo 

 longioribus; stylo subexserto; bacca ovata^ sicco fusco-brun- 

 neaj calyce suffulta. — In Provinciis Mendozse et Tueuman 



morum. — v. s. tn herb. Hook. fEl Tortoral. L. Grevil 



leanum, GilL MSS.) 



This plant is of straggling bushy habit^ and grows abundantly 

 in the moist pasturages to the southward of Mendoza. It much 

 resembles L. scoparium^ and might almost be considered as a 

 variety of that species^ which is equally abundant in drier places ; 

 it differs however in having the stamens and style much shorter. 

 The leaves are 5 lines to 1 inch long, I to 1| line broad : the pe- 

 duncle measures 3 lines ; the calyx, 2^ lines long, is divided nearly 

 half-way into five narrow acute erect teeth j the corolla much 

 resembles that of L. Chilense in form, size, and colour, and is 

 equally pubescent externally, the tube being 1 i line, and the seg- 

 ments of the border 2 lines in length ; the tube a Httle above its 

 base is much constricted, fleshy, and clothed by a densely barbate 

 ring: the stamens are inserted a little above the constricted 

 portion of the tube, where they are geniculated and glabrous ; 

 above this they are each furnished with an adnate fimbriated 

 linear gland, forming together a fornix, that closes the mouth of 

 the corolla over the ovary ; the berry is nearly 4 lines long and 

 3 lines broad*. 



■inerme 



libus, virgatis, pallidis, striatis, nodis cupuliformibus ; foliis 

 alternis, lanceolato-ellipticis, acutiuscuhs, versus basin atte- 

 nuatis, vel interdum rotundatis, brevitcr petiolatis, margine 

 erosis, pilisque glandulosis ciliatis, vetustioribus utrinque 

 g;labris et punctis minutissimis elevatis albidis rugosis, junio- 

 ribus pubescentibus ; floribus solitariis pedunculatis, calycis 

 laciniis 5 acutissimis subulato-hnearibus tubo brevi costato 

 duplo longioribus, margine ciliatis, sinubus rotundatis, mem- 

 branaceis, corolla C8erulea, Hneis violaceis venosis, tubo brevi 

 imo coarctato et annulo dense barbato extus cincto, limbi laci- 

 niis 5 oblongis tubo 3-plo longioribus, staminibus 5 longe 

 exsertis, filamentis e coarctatione basali orta^ hinc infra glan- 



* This plant, with analytical structure of the flower, is shown in plate 73 F. 



