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las, fl. rosate and white. These 2 shrubs ap- 

 pear to form a very natural Genus, near Evol- 

 vulus and next. Dedicated to Buchar a great 

 botanist and traveller of Malaga in the 10th 

 century. 



1054. Peripiias Raf. (around cup) difT. Conv. 

 and Evolv. cal. basi camp, limbo 5fido rotato. 

 cor. rotata Sangulata, plicis opp. anguHs. stam. 

 5 equahs ! lilam. subul. pilosis, antheris incurvis 

 extrorse dehiscens , nectarium cupularis in dis- 

 co carnoso ovario cingens stylo bifido, stig. 2 

 clavatis — Type P. pamtifoUus Raf. Convolv. 

 do Salisb. par 20, bot. reg. 222. Volub. pilos. 

 fol, cord. obi. ped. 3-5fl. bract. lane, remotis. 

 Canary Ids. fl. pale violaceous. Quite a dis- 

 tinct G. by calix and nectary, probably not of 

 this family. Near to Phacelia, EUisia 4*c or 

 rather of Cuscutaria family with Evolvulus, 

 Hydrolea &.c. 



1055. ECHIDIA Raf. 1815, pronounce FM- 

 dia. This family of mine is perfectly distinct 

 from the Labiates by 5 stamens, and from Bor- 

 ragines or Trachytes by irregular or labiate co- 

 rolla with 5 unequal stamens, the G. Lycopsis 

 appears by its curved tube to form a link be- 

 tween them and also the Verbenacea. They 

 all belong to the natural order Lobogynia with 

 lobed ovary and one central style. The G. be- 

 longing to EcHiDES are 1 EcniuM with oblique 

 campanul. corolla, stigma bifid, calix 5parted 

 unequal. 2 Exioxylon Desf. P. Raf with cal. 

 4parted and cor. bilabiate, 3 Isorium Raf. see 

 219 with equal cor. but unequal stamens, be- 

 sides the 6 next Genera till 1061. 



105G. Traxara R. (rough head) diff. Echium 

 cor. infundibulif. limbo campanul. 5 lobo eq. 

 stam. longissimis filif ineq. stylo declinato, stig- 



