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2 obov. coccineis ad floribus. Antilles. 



1174. PLKUKAnKNA Raf. 1833 atl. journ. Poin- 

 setia Grab. 1830. diti". Euph. periaiitho urceol. 

 carnoso apice sub 81obo, ad latere glandula 

 magna transversa unica concava melliflua, pho- 

 rantho villoso alveolate, fl. niasc. paucis inclusis, 

 antheris planis 21oc. stylis3 b'\fidisi. frutic, fo- 

 liosa, fl. umb. involiicratis — Type /-*/. cocci- 

 nea Kaf. atl. j. p. 182. Euph. poinsetiana et piil- 

 cherima Hortis. Poinsetia piilcherima Gr, b. 

 mag. 3493. fol. ovat. siibang. acutis, umbellade- 

 pressa coryinbosa, invol. bracteif. obi. coccineis. 

 Mexico, akin to the last G. described and nam- 

 ed by me 3 years before Graham. Poinset was 

 no botanist, he merely sent the seeds to our gar- 

 dens where seen alive. 



1175. Desmonema R. 1833 (fasc. fil.) diff. 

 Euph. periantho duplex, ext. tubul. 5dent. vel 

 5part. connivens, per. int. 5 petaloideis membra- 

 nosis cuneatis emarg. stani. vel fl. masc. fascicu- 

 latis ad gynophoro insertis, plurimis filif. vix ar- 

 tic. interdum castratis. Gynophoro trigone elon- 

 gate, ovar. 3lobo, stylis 3 simplices. Herbacea 



foliosa, fl. umbel, invol. — Type D. hirta Raf. 

 atl. j. 178. fl. tex. 19. caule simpl. striate scabro, 

 apice hirto, fol. opp. petiol. ovat. obt. hirtisden- 

 tatis, imis alt. ovatolanc. acum. invol. triphylo 

 lanceol. sess. From Texas to West Kentucky 

 very rare, pedal, fl. green, petals white not glued 

 to the perianth as in the others, G. akin to Tra- 

 gia, a link with the Tragides. 



1176. Lepaijena R. (scaly gland) diff*. Euph. 

 periantho simplex urceol. limbus Sfidus, 4 alt. 

 brevis barbatis, 4 alt. major subrot. coloratis, ad 

 basis ferens squamis magnis carnosis glanduli- 

 formis concavis dilatatis, pherantho aristato vel 

 fl. masc. castratis mixtis, gynophoro tereto, stylis 



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