of the Galapagos Archipelago. 203 
anthere incluse. Ovarium disco carnoso insertum ; stigmate capitato. Capsula evalvis, 
indehiscens, bisulcata, incomplet? 4-locularis, calyce ventricoso inclusa. Semina plu- 
rima, majuscula, tuberculata, dissepimento medio prope angulum parietalem affixa; 
testa nitida obscuré granulata. Embryo arcuatus. 
Herba Americanz repentes, glanduloso (?)-pubescentes, cum tribu Daturearum, suadente 
clariss. Miers, conferende. Folia membranacea, angulata v. sinuata, subopposita v. bina. 
Flores axillares. 
140. Dicryocatyx Mrersu, Hook. fil.; caule herbaceo procumbente (?) flexu- 
oso glanduloso-pubescente, foliis sæpiùs binis longè petiolatis triangulari- 
v. rhombeo-ovatis repando-dentatis petiolisque pubescentibus, floribus 
axillaribus longé pedunculatis, corollà subinfundibuliformi tubo valdé 
elongato limbo breviter 5-fido segmentis rotundatis acuminatis tri- 
nerviis, capsulà ovata acutá sub 4-gonà calyce membranaceo subinflato 
nervoso inclusáà, seminibus majusculis. 
Hab. Charles and Albemarle Islands, Charles Darwin, Esq. & Mr. Macrae. 
Caules } pedales et ultra, herbacei, divaricatim flexuosi, uti tota planta plus minüsve glan- 
duloso-pubescentes. Folia magnitudine varia, 1-2 unc. lata, interdüm profundé sinuato- 
dentata, tenera; petiolis laminá bis terve longioribus, divaricatis. Flores numerosi, 
solitarii, v. rariüs bini, longitudine sat variabiles, pedunculo folio 4 breviore. Calyx 
cylindraceus, sub 4 unc. longus, nervosus, 5-fidus, segmentis acutis. Corolla mem- 
branacea, 1-21 unc. longa, gradatim superné ampliata, extüs puberula, limbo brevi vix 
explanato. Stamina 5; filamentis gracilibus; antheris inclusis. Ovarium parvum, 
disco carnoso insertum ; stylo elongato; stigmate subcapitato, incluso. Capsula ater- 
rima, nitida, utrinque bisulcata, calyce ventricoso, membranaceo, reticulatim venoso 
obtecta; pedicello fructifero plerumque deflexo. Semina plurima, pro genere maxima, 
atra, nitida, subtuberculata. 
This plant I find nowhere described, though it exists in the Hookerian Her- 
barium, from various parts of the coasts of Peru and Columbia. It appears, 
judging by Galapagoan specimens, to vary considerably in the size of all its 
parts. From Nicotiana it is remarkably distinguished by the large seeds, 
curved embryo, habit and minor points. 
141. AcNisTUs ELLIPTICUS, Hook. fil.; fruticosus, ramis lignosis apices versus 
foliosis, foliis petiolatis ellipticis utrinque attenuatis integerrimis glaber- 
rimis, floribus ad axillas foliorum plurimis longé pedicellatis, pedicellis 
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