Gardneriane, N. O. Sauvagesiew. 
TAB. CDLXXXIV. 
SAUVAGESIA DEFLEXIFOLIA. Gardn. 
Fruticosa, caule erecto versus apicem ramoso, foliis deflexis 
lineari-lanceolatis marginatis subserratis acuminatis, stipulis 
subulatis setoso-pectinatis, pedicellis solitariis erectis, sepalis 
ovato-oblongis aristato-acuminatis supra medium subserrato- 
ciliatis, petalis obtusis. 
Sauvagesia deflexifolia. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3008. 
Has. Rare in a moist sandy upland campo near the mission of 
Duro, province of Goyaz, Brazil, Oct. 1839. : 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, ad apicem ramosus, pedalis. Folia 
demum deflexa, alterna, vix petiolata, 4 lin. circiter longa, 
lineari-lanceolata, subserrata, acuminata, pellucido-marginata. 
Stipule subulate, setoso-pectinate, persistentes. Flores soli- 
tarii, axillares, pedunculati, pedunculis 2 lin. longis simplicibus, 
erectis, nunquam deflexis. Calyx quinquepartitus; sepalis 
ovato-oblongis, aristato-acuminatis, supra medium subserrato- 
ciliatis, margine scariosis. Petala 5, hypogyna, «qualia, 
obovata, obtusa, alba. Stamina hypogyna. Staminodia exte- 
riora 10 spathulato-oblonga, interiora 5 petaloidea, petalis 
opposita. Filamenta fertilia 5, brevissima, staminodiis petalo- 
ideis basi adherentia: antheris oblongis bilocularibus, loculis 
lateraliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium liberum, uniloculare. 
Stylus simplex. Stigma obtusum. Capsula ovato-oblonga, 
trivalvis. Semina plurima ad suturas valvarum biseriata.— 
G. Gardner. 
Tab. CDLXXXIV. A fruit-bearing specimen of Sauvagesia 
deflexifolia. Fig. 1. Fruit. f. 2. Leaf and stipules. f. 3. Cap- 
sule, with the calyx removed :—magnified. 
