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fruit. From Lycioplesiwm, to which mm many of its species it 
approaches greatly in habit, and in the peculiar appearance of its 
leaves, it differs by its being destitute of spines, by its larger, 
broader, and more campanulate corolla. 
Pacrtocnroma: gen. nov. — Calyx turbinatus, ore valde 
coarctatus et in dentibus 5 brevissimis approximatis desinens, 
tubo subcoriaceo, colorato, ineequaliter in fissuras 1+2-3 abrum- 
pens, persistens et non augescens. Corolla speciosa, campanulata, 
imo in tubum brevem contracta, plus minusve crassiuscula, seepis- 
sime ornatim maculata, limbo expanso, sinuato-5-lobo, estivatione 
plicato. Stamina 5, imo corollz inserta, inelusa : jilamenta tenuia, 
erecta, colorata: axthere oblonge, 2-lobee, lobis parallele adnatis, 
intus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarian obovatum, 2-locu- 
lare. Stylus longitudine staminum, gracilis. Stigma clavato- — 
bilobum. Bacca pisiformis, calyce suffulta, 2-locularis. Semina 
plurima, ceetera ignota. | 
Frutices euadorenses et Peruviani glabri : folia integerrima 
oblonga vel spathulato-ovata, breviter petiolata, crassiuscula, venis 
immersis: flores axillares, solitarii, vel bini, interdum plurimi, 
pedunculis \-floris elongatis, apice incrassatis, coloratis : corolla 
aurantiaca, pulcherrime maculata, vel rubicunda : baceee pisi- 
Sormes, rubra. 
1. Peecilochroma punctate. Saracha punctata, R. & P. (Fl. 
Peruv. vol. ii. p. 42. tab 1784:) suffruticosa: ramulis teretibus, 
fusco-coloratis, glabris, junioribus pulveralentis : foliis solitariis, 
rarius geminis, ovato-oblongis, venosissimis, supra glabris, subtus 
pulverulentis: floribus ad summum ramorum fasciculatim aggre- 
_ gatis, nutantibus, pedunculis 6-7, elongatis, unifloris, apice incras- 
satis; calyce in dentibus rotundatis rumpente; corolla magna, 
late campanulata, limbo sinuato-5-angulato, extus pulverulenta, 
intus luteo-purpurascente, punctis' purpureis maculata : genitalibus 
inclusis, glabris.—Ad Muna, Tambo, Portachuelo, et Obrajilla, in 
Andibus Peruvianis. — 
The above plant, referred by Ruiz and Pavon to Saracha, un- 
questionably differs from all other species of that genus, which 
are generally herbaceous, straggling plants, and very pubescent, 
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