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anthere 2-lobee, profunde cordate, basifixe, lobis ovatis, 
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium ovatum, breviter 
stipitatum, cyatho (corolle reliquo) cireumsessum, 2-locu- 
lare, ovulis in loculis utrinque, in septi juxta basin 2- 
serialiter dispositis, adscendentibus, imbricatis, inferioribus 
exterioribus. Stylus simplex. Stigma inequaliter 2-la- 
mellatum, lobo inferiori breviori, subdeflexo, altero erecto. 
Capsula coriacea, cylindrica, subarcuata, calyce stipata, 
2-locularis, apice septifrage 2-valvis, dissepimento libero, 
valvis parallelis, demum semibifidis. Semina pauca, im- 
bricata, lineari-oblonga, compressa, margine ala membra- 
nacea cincta, ventre convexa, dorso carinata. Embryo in 
axi albuminis carnosi tenui rectus, cotyledonibus lineari- 
bus, subcompressis, radiculam cylindraceam inferam medio 
eequantibus.—Frutices Peruviani ef Nova Granatenses, 
foliis alternis, petiolatis, oblongis, pseudo-stipulatis, inte- 
gerrimis, infra sepissime tomentosis ; racemis terminalibus, 
paniculatis, calyce corollaque sepius stellato-tomentosis. 
1. Sessea stipulata, R. & P. Flor. Peruv. 2,9, tab. 115 6.— 
Frutex foetidus, orgyalis; foltis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 
cordatis, supra glabriusculis, subtus stellato-tomentosis, 
ferrugineo-incanis ; pseudo-stipulis magnis, auriculeformi- 
bus, gibbosis, deciduis, racemis alaribus terminalibusque, 
_ pedicellis corymbosis.— Peruvia, v. s.—in herb. meo. 
The branches are glabrous, compressed, and finely striated. 
The leaves are about 44 in. long, 2} broad, on a petiole 
9 lin. long, channelled and tomentous, the internodes being 
about 14 in. apart. The stem of the axile raceme exhibits 
sometimes a few small leaves, but it is generally bare for 
the length of 3 inches, when it spreads into a close branch- 
ing tomentous panicle of flowers ; the terminal peduncles are 
shorter, closer, and more branched, forming a thyrsoid 
panicle; the pedicels have each a linear, very acute, leaf-like 
bract, cuneate at base, and tapering into a long slender 
petiole. The calyx is 3 lin. long, tubular, 5-toothed; the 
tube of the corolla above the calyx is funnel-shaped, about 
7 lin. long, and the border is divided to the mouth into five 
