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STEMODIA* cliilcMisis. 

 ( It (I hut Sfcntnf/id. 



I)II)^■^•.\.MIA ixciosrEJiMi.i. 



Nat. ord. ScRorii I' 1. \ HI N r.v. J«.ss. {Introductio7i to the natural system 

 of Botami, p. 2-28.) 



STEMODI A L. — Calyx canipaniilatus, o-Hdus vel .O-partitus. Corolla 

 infimdihiililbrniis, tubo recto, limbo bihibiato, labiis patentibus, superiori 

 cinarixinato, iiif'eriori trifido, lobis omnibus planis, rotundalis. Stamina 4, 

 didyiiama, incUisa. Antherce per paria approximata;, liberop, locidis coii- 

 iiecfivo filiformi HIamento acbiato disjunctis. Stiymata dilatato-coniplanata. 

 Capsula bilocidaris, bivalvis, ulrimpie secundum dissepimentum sulcata, 

 valvulis locubcido-dehiscentibus integris, vel septicidc l)ifidis, vel septicido- 

 dchiscentibus et loculicidc bitidus. dissepimento dcmiim libero, placeutifero. 

 Bcntham MSS. 



St. chilensis ; herbacea, perennis, erecta, viscosa, foliis oppositis verticillatisve 

 oblong^o-lanceolatis acutis serratis basi cordato-amplexicaulibus : racemo 

 terminali niultiHoro : Horibus axilliribus sessilibus, caiycibus quin(|iie- 

 partitis : laciniis lanceolato-subidatis, corollis calyce duplu longioribus : 

 labio inferiore supra <j,labro. Benih. MSS. 



Herba perennis, rndicibus rrpentibus. Caules t hasi duro ])lurcs, erectly 

 siibsitnplices, auyulati, pubescentcs, I'iscosi, seniipedales pedalesve et ultra. 

 Folia scepiiis tcrnatim-verticillata, rarh opposita rcl (jiiatcrnatiin-verticillufa, 

 \-l}j-pollicaria, acuta, aryiite et profundi: serrata, hasi vix anyustafn et 

 auriculis rotundatis amplexicaidihus cordato-dilatata, ^itrinquc puLescentia 

 et viscosa, superiora gradafim minora, fioralia vix calyccm superuntia, lineari- 

 lanccolata, acutissima, suhintcyerrima. Flores sessiles, oppositi vel S(ppiiis 

 tematim-verticilluti, verticillis infenoribus remotis, supremis approximatis. 

 Calyces oblongo-campamdati, laciniis viscosis, basi lanccolatis, apice subitlatis, 

 capsula lonyioribus. Corolla purpurea, calyce vix duplb lonyior. Stylus 

 pcrsistcns, culycempatdh supcrnns. Capsula ouoitiea, acuta, ylubra, septicidi 

 bivalvis, valvulis devium bifdis. Dissepimentum e valvularum vwryinibus 

 iiifiexis, et ab Us solubilc, demitm liberum. Semina ininuta, ruyosa. — Benlh. 



* Named by Linnaeus from (rrnuv*, a stamen, and S««, double; becatise he 

 thought each filament had two anthers, mistaking tlie two se|)arated lobes 

 for distinct anthers. 



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