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Petals fags nearly to their "E but being afterwards recurved 
form a truly campanulate Flower, which has oval Nectaries ; and 
in this Genus, the preveire is pried st the top. Poiti 
formerly admitted by LixwÉ himself, has qui 
different st the rest to say nothing P its fasciculated Flowers, 
comose Bractes, and pearly Nectaries. 
pyramidal Spike of dull purple Flowers, its Petals converging. into 
a Bowl, the 3 inner much longer and dilated at their base nearly 
ad two ears; its Nectaries are oval, Stigma truncated, and Leaves 
ry glaucous; my name alludes to the sombre aspect of its Flowers. 
mention it in common conversation, its revolute Petals being in my 
opinion a sufficient diagnostic, if there were no other, but the Peri- 
earpium of every Species I have seen, is more 6-angular. 
Ord. 9. ALSTREMERER, 
Pericarpium plus minus inferum, 3-loculare, 3-valve -: nunc dis- 
siliens, vel succulentum et i indehiscens. Petala in cunis ri- 
€ plus minus irregularia, nunc mellifera, decidua. Filame nta 6, 
asi petalorum inserta. Antheræ vacillantes, post anthesin parvæ. 
Stylus 1. Stigma 3- fidum. Semina fulva, numero indefinita 2 
plici serie inserta, funiculis post ejiciuntur septo ee te erecta, 
cow seepe tuberculata; Albumen corneum; Emb vis, su 
; Chalaza ampla. Herbe in America Meridionali, }-20-pedales 
ix tuberosa, scpe filipendula, perennis. Caules 
 volubiles. Folia alterna, nunc disticha, spatulata vel p seen in 
multis denar sed torsione petioli pagina inferior solem aspicit, raro 
escentia. res speciosi, nunc. fragrantes, fasciculati, vel pani- 
culati, erecti vel nutantes. Pedunculi der vel longi. Bractee 1- 
æ vel squa 
ric, foliacec vel squamacee. 
tremeria J. L. Pericarpium cartilagineum, 6-angulum, usque 
ad basin in 3 valvas dissiliens Satis felictin. Corolla irregularis 
Caules breves, 3-pedales vel paulo di non volubiles. Folia spatu- 
lata, ultima in una approximata in Rosu "lores n summis axillis. 
Cras ALSTRGMER, nobilis LINN EI amicus. * Specie A. Peregrina 
et Lintra L. 
Vandesia. Pericarpium membranaceum, 3-angulum, parte superá 
tantum 3-valve. Corolla regularis. Radix tuberibus filipendulis 
globosis. Caulis volubilis, 5—10-pedalis. Folia cn ee 
fere Eustreptia. Flores paniculati. Anne, Comtesse de VAND 
eximia Botanicorum fautriv. Species 2. — Alstroemeria Edulis. 
illa L. 
nbya. Peri ce : 
laris. Caulis volubilis, Folia eee Pore fasciculati, Henry, 
An Order yet little known in Europe, containing several Genera, 
