148 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



tosuiriy but they seem to be different states of the same plant 

 varying with its age. Its leaves are from 2 to ^ inches in 

 lengthy 8 to 13 lines in breadth^ upon a petiole 2 to 4 lines long : 

 the peduncle of the inflorescence is not more than 4 to 6 lines 

 in length, often much shorter ; the pedicels being 2 to 4 Knes 

 long, and when in fruit 6 to 8 lines in length ; the corolla ex- 

 panded is 8 Hues in diameter ; the stamens are 2 lines long ; the 

 enlarged calyx enveloping the fruit forms a sphere of 8 lines in 

 diameter. 



Cliocarp 



Du 



xiii. 124; — ramis divaricatis, flexuosis, piloso-scabriusculis, 

 ramulis foliis utrinque, pedunculo, pedicellis, calyce quaqua- 

 versus, coroUaque extus pilis longis simplicibus hirsutis^ foliis 

 ssepe geminis, altero minori, ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, basi 

 insequalibus frequenter auriculatis, cihatis, flavicantibus, costa 

 media nervisque prominulis, petiolatis, folio altero ter quaterve 

 minori, ovato-rotundato, subsessili ; racemis brevibus, hirsutis, 

 sub-oppositifoliis, 7-8-floris, pedicellis elongatis, filiforraibus, 

 confertis, sub-umbellatis : calyce rufescente, pilis sordide albis 

 hirsutis, laciniis ovato-oblongis, apice subnudis ; corolla semi- 



5 -fid 



a 



gracilib 



ribus, apice prsecipue auriculato-hiantibus ; stylo filiform! ; 

 bacca subglobosa, calyce amplo obvoluta. — Brasilia (Lund) . 



This plant, from the above details founded on the description 

 of M. Dunal, appears to conform closely with the three preceding 

 species in all respects, except in the mention of stellated pubes- 

 cence intermixed with simple hairs : as it is arranged by M. Dunal 

 between the two last-described species, it may be safely infen-ed 

 to be congeneric with them. The leaves are said to be 2-2|- inches 

 long, 10 to 13 lines broad, on a petiole 1 or 2 lines in length : 

 the twin leaf is 7 lines long and 6 lines broad : the peduncle is 

 2 or 3 lines long, with seven or eight almost umbellate slender 

 pedicels 7 to 9 lines long : the calyx is 4 or 5 lines in diameter. 



PCECILOCHROMA. 



As it is always better to retract an error when its ill tendency 

 becomes apparent^ I do not hesitate to do so in the following 



cases. 



op 



3 typical species of Witheringiay 

 L^Her., belonged to the genus Saracha of the ^ Flora Peruviana,' 

 and under the influence of too much eagerness to follow the 

 strict rule of science, I recommended that all the plants of this 

 latter genus should be called JVitherinffia, as a title of older date ; 

 also that the name of Pcecilochroma should be suppressed, and its 

 different species referred to Saracha. Several of my botanical 



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