Berlandiem. N. O. Loaseae. 



TAB. CCXXXIV. 



MiCROSPERMA LOB ATA, 



Gen. Char. Calycis tubus obovatus, ovario adhserens, limbi 

 laciniis 5 lanceolatis patentibus. Petala 5 patentia, ovalia. 

 Stamina numerosa, calyci inserta: FUamenta libera, brevia, 

 aequalja: Antherce rotundatae, compressae, ad margines longi* 

 tudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium apice solummodo liberum, in 

 stylum filiformen attenuatum, demum deciduum. Stigma 



obtusura. Capsula calycis limbo coronata, ad apicem, intra 

 calycem, dentibus 5 dehiscens. Iteceptacula 5, filiformia, 

 parietalia, longitudinalia. Semina minutissima, numerosa, 



ovali-oblonga, subpellucida, angulata. — Herba aspera^ Mexi- 

 cana^subsucculenfa. Cnulis Jiexuosus^ subvolubiiis ? Folia aiterna 

 cordatO'Ovata^ sublonge petiolata^ penninervia^ lobata^ serrata. 



Flores majusculiy racemosi^ secundi^ bracteati^ terminales. Corolla 

 Jlava. 



Microsperma lobata, 



Hab. Santa Catarina, near Monterrey, Nouv. Leon, Mexico. 

 Berlandier. 



The specimens I possess of this plant are not so perfect as I 

 could wish, yet I think the figures made from them are quite 

 correct; and from these it will be seen that it belongs to the 

 LoasecB^ but to an undescribed Genus, most allied to Mentze- 

 lia ; dijffering in habit, in the inflorescence, in the more abund- 

 ant stamens, and especially in the 5 valves of the capsule, and 



the exceedingly numerous minute seeds. 



Fig. 1. Flower. /. 2. Anther. /. 3. Calyx and nearly ma- 

 ture capsule, f. 4. Ripe capsule^ laid open. f. 5. Seeds: 

 magiiijied. 



