Gunniane. : N. O. Umbelliferae. 
TAB. DCCCLIX. 
Pozopsis corpiroLia, Hook. 
Guy. Cuar. Pozorsts, Hook. (Umbell. § Mulinex).—Dioica. 
asc, Calycis margo integer, tubus parvus cyathiformis. Pe- 
tala patentia, obovata, unguiculata, integra, eequa alia. Stamina 
5 ; filamenta petalis duplo breviora, patenti-i incurva; authere 
subglobose. Ovarium nanum, abortivum, calycis tubo adna- 
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atentia, obovato-spathulata, integra, aqualia. Styli 2, bre- 
viusculi, subdivaricati, Stylopodia incrassata. Stamina nulla. 
Fructus oblongo-ovalis, tetragonus, commissura valde con- 
tracta (utroque latere profunde canaliculata). Mericarpia / 
dorso compressa (hine fructus quasi parallele biscutatus), jugis / 
vittisque (sub jugis) 5, quorum 2 ad commissuram sitis.—Herba 
dese endens, crassiuscula, fibrosa. Folia 
omnia radicalia, cordata, firma, glabra, crenata, longe p —— 
Scapus solitarius, omnino aphyllus, folia superans, defen 
villosus. Umbella simpler, solitaria, densa, hemispherico-capi- 
tata. Involucri foliola subdecem, linegtia. membranacea, um- 
bella breviora. Pedicelli dreviusculi, filiformes, glabri. 
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An exceedingly sieetty “and very distinct Umbelliferous plant, 
with very mach the habit of Pozoa of the Chilian Andes, and o 
which the fruit is not much at variance with that genus: but the 
dicecious flowers in our plant, and the many-leaved, not entire 
Sivalinthe, will readily distinguish it. The specimens, when ” 
at least, assume a rich brown hue, and the hairs of the 
cles and pa are ferruginous and very coarse. The blade of the 
leaf is pe very pale, and with prominent nerves 
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Fig. i. — plant. f. 2. Female plant i 4 size. F-3. 
Male flower. f. 4. Female dowes. J. 5. Fruit. f6. Transverse 
section of the fruit :—magnified. 
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