2 ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



tlie Solandre^B^ near Jiianulloa (Ann. Nat. Hist. 2nd Ser. vol. iii. 

 lU. So. Am. Plants, vol. ii. pi. 53). The following is offered as an 

 emended character of the genus from my observations upon the speci- 

 men above referred to. 



Thiguera, Cav, Char, emend. — Calyx profunde B-partitus, submem- 

 branaceus, persistens, laciniis subseqnalibns, lanceolatis. Corolla 

 campanulata, limbo 5-lobo obliquo, lobis inseqnalibus, brevibus, 

 obtusis, mucronulatis, superiori breviori reflexo, 2 inferioribus erecti- 

 oribus, eestivatione induplicato-valvata. Stamina 5, inclusa ; Jtla- 

 menta brevia, glabra^ imo in urceolam mellifluam liberam annularem 

 e basi coroUee ortam coalifca ; antlierm magnoe, conniventes, oblongse, 

 inferiori panlo minori, basi cordatse, imo dorsi affixee, 2-loculares, 

 apice 2-cornntse, introrsse, loculis parallelis adnatis, primum poris 

 geminis apicalibus, demiim rimis longitudinalibus intus dehiscentibus. 

 Ocarium subglobosum, 2-loculare5 pauci-ovulatum, ovulis dissepi- 

 mento placentifero utrinque adnatis. Stylus simplex, gracilis, per- 

 sistens. Stigma parvum, obtusum, globoso-clavatum, cavnm. Bacca 

 sicca, 2-locnlaris, calyce aucto membranacco suffulta, cortice mem- 

 branaceo, dissepimento tenuissimo, subobliterato, Semina 4-6, 

 magna, compressa, reniformia, hilo in sinu profundo laterale : testa 

 favosa : embryo intra albumen carnosum spiraliter curvatus, teres, 

 radidda ad angulum basalem spectante, hilo latcrali evitante, cotyle- 

 douihm semiteretibus sublongiore. — Herbae Hispauicce anniits narco- 

 ticfje st^epe ' museum reiolentes^ folia alterna^ sessiliay subdecurrentiay 

 obovata-y dnuato-dentata^ vel Integra ; pedunculus extra-axillariSy 2- 

 Jidns^ %-fiorns^ pedicelli graciles, articulati, nutantes^ corolla superne 

 coirultscem^ imo albescens^ et radiis 5 albidis notata, 

 1. Triguera amfjrosaica, Cav. Diss, 2. App. 2. tab. A. Triguera 

 baccata, Gmelin^ Sysi. vol. i. p. 338. Verbascum Osbeckii, Lvnn. 

 Sp. pi. 255. Rdb. Cent. vol. v. tab. 17. fig. 52. Tournef. Itin. vol. ii. 

 p. 83. cum icon. — Annua, caule sulcato, subalato, glabro; foliis 

 radicalibus, integris, glabris, cauhnisque obovatis, sessilibus, imo 

 cuneato intcgro in angulis alatis decurrentibus, liinc grosse ser- 

 ratis, apice obtusiuscuHs, glauco-viridibus, utrinque glabris, mar- 

 gine ciliatis; pedunculo solitario, lateraliter sub-axillari, bifido, 

 pedicellis e glandulis totidem cupuliformibus articulatis, calyceque 

 dense lanato-pilosis ; corolla purpiu*eo-violacea, glabra, lobis 

 rotundatis extus pilosis, urceolo staminifero brevi, ovarium dimidio 

 includeiite. — Hispania, Prov. Andalusiae, — r. s. in herb. cLBoissier. 



