Mr. J. Miers on the genus Leptoglossis. 35 
interstitiis eveniis membranaceis, 5-anguloso-sulcatus, 5-den- 
tatus, dentibus acutis linearibus callo-mucronatis. Corolla 
tubularis, elongatus, tubo imo carnosulo 5-sulcato constricta, 
medio subcylindrica, in faucem antice breviter ventricosa, 
limbo obliquo, 5-lobo, lobis suborbicularibus, 2 anticis mino- 
ribus reflexis, postico erectiusculo, zstivatione imbricata, veri- 
similiter replicativa. Stamina 5, ineequalia, inclusa, quorum 
4 didynama, cum quinto sterili ; fidamenta subdilatata, tenuis- 
sima, posticorum e coarctatione tubi orta, anticorum dimidio 
breviora medio corollee inserta, sterili sub- breviore intermedio ; 
anthere in faucem conniventes, stigmate deflexo cireumplexee, 
2-lobze, in sinu apicifixe, lobis basi divaricatis, apice sine con- 
nectivo connatis, et rima marginali bivalvatim transverse hian- 
tibus ; posticorum dimidio minore ; sterili oblonga, cassa, erecta. 
Pollen simplex, globosum, 3-sulcatum. Ovarium oblongum, co- 
nicum, longiuscule stipitatum, glandulis 5, carnosis, coloratis, 
subliberis, rotundatis, summo stipitis connatis, et discum hy- 
pogynum cupuliformem persistentem fingentibus, 2-loculare, 
placentis centralibus, multiovulatis, dissepimento utrinque ad- 
natis. Stylus tenuis, inclusus, apice incurvatus, compressus, 
valde dilatatus. Stigma emarginato-2-labiatum, lobis latis- 
simis, brevibus, truncatis, intus incrassatis et viscoso-glandu- 
losis, inferne longe auriculatis et membranaceis, antheras am- 
plectentibus. Capsula calyce persistente tecta, 2-locularis, 
septicide 2-valvis, valvis semibifidis, placenta centrali demum 
solutis. Semina plurima, parva, reticulato-favosa ; cetera ig- 
nota.—Herba Peruviana viscoso-pubescens ; folia alterna, parva, 
sessilia, lanceolata, integra ; cyme plurime, alterne, terminales, 
ex axillis foliorum superiorum lateraliter orte, longe et paten- 
tim pedunculate ; flores parvult, pedicellati, confer ti; corolla 
allida. 
1. Leptoglossis Schwenkioides, Bth. Voy. Sulph. 14:3 ;—undique 
viscoso-pubescens ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, 1-nervus, 
apice callosis, sessilibus, in turionibus szepe fasciculatis, supe- 
rioribus decrescentibus ; corolla tenui, glabra, intus imo re- 
trorsim pilosa.—Peruvia, v. s. in herb. Hook. (Huamantango, 
Barclay ; Peru, Mathews, no. 1011; Cuming, no. 1010). 
This plant has very much the habit of some of the small-leaved 
species of Petunia ; its branches are virgate, the leaves 6 to 9 lines 
long, 1 to 12 line broad; the floral branchlets are about 1 inch 
long, generally with three to five flowers at the extremity of each ; 
the pedicels are very short ; the calyx 2 lines in flower, 3 lines in 
fruit ; the tube of the corolla is 8-9 lines in length, 1 line broad, 
the border 3-4 lines in diameter ; the capsule is 2 lines long *. 
* A figure of this species, with sectional details, will be given in plate 53 
of the ‘ Illustr. South Amer. Plants.’ 
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