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collection. From the shape of the unripe seeds it is probable that the 

 embryo is curved. 



NOTHOCESTRUM, Nov. Gen. 



Calyx campanulatus 4-dentatus vel subbifidus, immutatus. Corol- 

 la breviter hypocraterimorpha, limbo 4-partito, lobis ovatis isstiva- 

 tione valvato-iudupHcatis. Antherse 4, infra faucem insertae, sessiles, 

 lineares, inappendiculatte, loculis introrsum longitudiualiter dehiscenti- 

 bus. Discus hypogynus nullus ? Ovarium globosum, estipitatum, 

 biloculare, loculis pluriovulatis : stylus breviusculus : stigma bilobum : 

 ovula subcampylotropa. Bacca calyce suffulta. Semina subreniformia, 

 majuscula. — Arbores vel frutices, Cestri seu Lycii facie, Sandwicenses, 

 foliis alternis integerrimis, pedunculis unifloris seu pedicellis in axillis 

 foliorum solitariis vel fasciculatis. 



NoTHO OESTRUM LATIFOLIUM (sp. nov.) : foliis subpuberuHs late 

 ovalibus seu ovatis obtusis ; corolla extus subsericea, tubo calyce 

 breviter campanulato duplo longiore ; bacca globosa. — Oahu, on the 

 ridge of the Kaala Mountains. " Shrub about 1 2 feet high." Leaves 

 membranaceous, about 2 inches long. Pedicels fascicled. Calyx 3 

 lines long. Corolla white ? its tube half an inch long ; the lobes not 

 half the length of the tube, their margins strongly induplicate and 

 the sinuses plaited. Anthers almost two lines long. 



NoTHOCESTRUM LONGIFOLIUM (sp. nov.) : glabrum ; foliis oblon- 

 go-lanceolatis oblongisve basi attenuatis ; pedunculis solitariis ; calyce 

 obtuse 2 - 4-dentato longiuscule campanulato ; bacca (immatura) 

 elongato-oblonga. — Oahu, on the mountains behind Honolulu, at 



nunc breviter quadriloba nunc altius 4-fida. — Texas and the adjacent parts of 

 Mexico along the Rio Grande, from its mouth to Monterey and to the borders of 

 Arizona, Berlandier (1411, 1426, 1788, 3022), Gregg (199), Wright (540, 542, 

 1610), Bigelow, Thurber, Schott. Corolla " white," fully 3 lines long ; the lobes 

 varying from one fourth to one third the length of the undivided portion, or in the 

 older flowers sometimes reaching almost to the middle. Stamens and style usually 

 exserted. Calyx with 4 broad, blunt, equal or unequal teeth, sometimes splitting 

 deeply on one or two sides. Berries red. 



11. L. PAKViFLORUM (sp. uov.): foliis lineari-spathulatis (2-5 lin. longis) ; 

 floribus tetrameris brevi-pedicellatis ; corolla (2 lin. longa) calyce 2 - 3-plo longiori, 

 fauce ampliata, lobis tubo dimidio brevioribus. — Arizona (Sonora), Thurber ; also 

 Dr. Parry, without indication of particular locality. Perhaps this may pass into the 

 foregoing ; but the flowers are smaller, and the corolla proportionally much shorter. 

 Calyx either equally 4-toothed or 2-3-cleft. Stamens inserted very low down 

 on the corolla. Pedicels a line or a line and a half in length. 



