1710 



* LliPTOSlPHON aiidrosaceus. 



Androsace-likc Leptosiphon. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGY^'IA. 



Nat. Old. PoLEMONiACEjE. Juss. (^Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany, p. 219.) 



LEPTOSIPHON. Bentham. Calyx tubuloso-campaiuilatus, a^qualis, 

 semi-5-fidus, lobls Ilneari-subulatis acutis, sinubus membrauaceis. Corolla infuii- 

 dlbuliformis, (hypocrateriformis) tubo long^ exserto tenuissimo, limbo campanu- 

 lato (rotate) 5-fido ; lobis ovalibus obtusis integerrimis. Stamina fauce inserta ; 



antherce oblonga?, basi sagittatiE. Capsules locull polyspermi. Herba; annucB, 



basi glabrce, apice piibescentes. Folia sessilia, opposita, palmatisecta, segmen- 

 tis linearibus v. suhulatis. Flores dense corymboso-capitati, axi sublanato. 

 Bractea; imbricatce, foliis conformes, segmentis ciliato-hirsutis. Bentham, 

 supra, fol. 1622. 



L. aiidrosaceus ; foliis 5-7-fidis : laciniis oblongo-linearibus, corolla tubo limbo 

 2-3pIo longiore, staminibus limbo corollas triple brevioribus. Bentham, I. c. 

 Hort. Trans, vol. \. n. s. t. \%. f. \. 



Herba erecta, spithamcea, ramosa, annua, internodiis foliis duplo lon- 

 gioribus, undique pilis rigescentihus articulatis sparsis vestita. Caulis teres, 

 purpurascens. Folia opposita, sessilia, digitato-4-lO-partita, nunquam v. 

 rarissime 3-5-7-v. 9-partita, laciniis linearibus acuminalis, ciliatis; superiora 

 densissime flores fosciculatos irwolucrantia, eorumque tubo cequalia. Calyx 

 infundibuliformis, ^-fidus, laciniis cequalibus, triangulari-subulatis, pilosis, 

 memhrana tenui ad sinus junctis. Corolla unciam longa, alba, purpurea, 

 aut violacea, hypocrateriformis ; tubo gracillimo lutcscente, glanduloso- 

 pubescente ; limbo planiusculo utrinque glabra : laciniis oblongis obtuse 

 apiculatis. Stamina brevia, exserta, fouce ptirpurea sub sinubus inserta. 

 Pollen lutcum. Ovarium joarvM7«, oblongum, atroviride, disco nulla ; '3-locu~ 

 tare, polyspermum. Stylus capillaris ; stigma luteum 3-partitum, laciniis 

 angustissimis obtusis cequalibus. 



" This is a bushy annual, growing to tlie height of eight 

 or ten inches, smooth in the lower part, with the upper 

 leaves and extremities of the branches slightly downy. The 

 leaves are opposite and sessile, but nearly divided to the 



* \AitxdX\y slender-tube, in allusion to the btriicturc of the corolla. 



