The followino' brief characters will serve for the discri- 

 mination of these plants, until they can be described in 

 greater detail. 



NoLANA, Linn. 



Corolla campanulata. Ovmia 5, 4-locularia. Drupes 4-loculares, 4-spermae, 

 basi apertae. ^Herbse annuce prostratcE, floribus convolvulaceis. 



1. ^. prostrata, Linn. Chile. 



2. N. tenella, Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 1827.=N. paradoxa, Bot. Mag. t. 2604. 



Chile. Obs. A precedente calyce bilobo diversa. 



3. N. spathulata, Fl. Peruv. Peru. 



4. N. infiata, Fl. Peruv. Peru. 



5. N. ? coronata, Fl. Peruv. Peru. 



Alona. 



Corolla campanulata. Ovaria plura, 1-6-locularia. Nuces v. drupce 1-6- 



loculares, seminibus paucioribus, basi apertae. Plantse floribus con- 



spicuis, nunc fruticosse teretifolice, nunc herbacepe planifolice. 



1. A. coslesfis; fruticosa, glabriuscula, foliis teretibus fasciculatis, calycis 



hirsuti longe pedunculati dentibus apice teretibus subsequalibus, corollas 



plicis pilosis, nucibus quibusdam multilocularibus. Coquimbo, (herb. 



Cuming, 857 ; Bridges, 1329). 



2. A. rostrata ; fruticosa, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis teretibus sparsis, 



calyce glabro subsessili subbilabiato in alabastro rostrato, corollse plicis 



glaberrimis. Coquimbo, (herb. Bridges, 1326). A very fine species, 



with flowers as large as the last. 



3. A. obtusa ; fruticosa, ramulis scabriusculis, foliis teretibus sparsis, calyce 



glabro breviter pedunculate subbilabiato in alabastro obtuso, corollse 



plicis glaberrimis. Coquimbo, (herb. Bridges, 1327). Like the last, 



but leaves shorter, flowers smaller, and calyx different. 



4. k. glandulosa ; fruticosa, undique corolla etiam glanduloso-scabra, foliis 



brevibus teretibus sparsis subsquarrosis basi vald^ productis, calycis 



subsessilis angulati dentibus brevibus abrupt^ teretibus. Coquimbo, 



(Macrae). Flowers smaller than in the last. 



5. A. carnosa', fruticosa, glabriuscula, foliis brevibus rigidis trigonis incurvis 



sparsis, calycis subsessilis bilobi teretis carnosi dentibus tenuibus, co- 

 rolla glabra. Coquimbo, (herb. Bridges, 1328 ; Cuming, 863). 



Flowers as large as those of A. obtusa. 



6. A. tomentosa; fruticosa, incano-tomentosa, foliis spathulatis obtusissimis 



sparsis planis margine revolutis, calycis 5-fidi brev6 pedunculati dentibus 



triangularibus, corolla pubescenti. Valparaiso, on rocky cliffs, (herb. 



Bridges, Cuming, 481). Flowers white, small. 



7. A. revoluta.=^l:{o\&na. revoluta, Fl. Peruv. 2. t. 113. f. 6. Peru, (herb. 



Mathews, 836, 837 ; Cuming, 1068). Herbaceous, shrubby at the base. 

 Flowers as large as in Nolana prostrata. 



8. A. haccata ; annua, erecta, pubescens ; foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis car- 



nosis, calycis longipedunculati laciniis triangularibus, corolla glabra. 



Coquimbo, (herb. Bridges, 1322). Flowers large, and apparently 

 yellow. Drupes quite pulpy in the dried state. 



9. A. longifolia ; annua, procumbens ?, pubescens, foliis ovato-oblongis 



tenuibus, calycis longipedunculati laciniis insequalibus lineavibus corolla 



