38 Mr. J. Miers on the genus Laroax. 



calyce globoso, urceolato, vesicario, membranaceo inclusa. 

 Semina plurima, reniformia. Embryo ignotus. — Herbae Peru- 

 vianse et Mexicanse, annuce, erectce, dichotome ramosce; folia 

 alterna, soUtaria am gemina, petiolata ; flores axillares, subsoli- 

 tariif aut plurimi fasciculati ; pedunculi \-flori, floriferi erectly 

 fructiferi cernui; corolla lutea. 



1. Larnax suhtrifiora. Pbysalis subtriflora, R. et P. Flora 

 Pei-uv. ii. 42. tab. 176 « ; — caule angulato ; foliis ovatis, acutis, 

 solitariisj vel geminis, venosis, utrinque villosis_, pilis mollibus 

 articulatis ; pedunculis 2-3iiisve, gracilibus, erectiusculis ; 

 corolla lutea, venosa; bacca pisiformi, lutescente. — Peruvia, 

 ad Obragillo. 



This is an annual, growing to the height of 2 feet; the 

 leaves are represented as being 3 inches long, IJ broad, on a 

 petiole of 4 or 5 lines, they are somewhat unequal at base, and 

 covered with long soft pubescence ; the peduncles are from 6 to 9 

 lines long, the calyx scarcely 2 lines in length, the tube of the 

 corolla 2 lines long, campanulate above, and the lobes of the 

 border, of the same length, are somewhat patent. 



2. Larnax Orinocensis. Physalis Orinocensis, H. B. K. iii. 12 ; — 

 caule herbaceo angulato, dichotome ramoso ; foliis ovatis, sub- 

 acuminatis, basi inaequalibus, et in petiolum decurrentibus, 

 supra glabris, subtus pallidioribus, nervo venisque hirtellis ; 

 floribus geminis, pedunculatis, pendulis; calyce urceolato- 

 globoso, piloso, 5-dentato, dentibus acutis, pilis articulatis ; 

 corolla infundibulif ormi-campanulata, pilosiuscula, limbo 5 -fido, 

 laciniis obtusis sequalibus ; bacca globosa, pisiformi, calyce ve- 

 sicario aucto reticulato tecta. — Orinoco. 



Neither -this plant nor the following, from their inflorescence 

 or general appearance, accord with Physalis, and so much was 

 Prof. Kunth impressed with this idea, that he adds respecting 

 them, " species anomalse, an genus distinctum ?" They appear 

 to agree in all essential respects with the characters of the plant 

 last described. The leaves are from 3 to 3^ inches long, 19 to 

 20 lines broad, on a pubescent petiole of 8 to 10 lines in length. 

 The flowers are 5 lines long ; the peduncles 2 lines in flower, 

 4 hues in fruit. The stamens are included within the corolla and 

 are glabrous. 



3. Larnax Xalapensis. Physalis Xalapensis, H. B. K. loc. cit. 

 p. 13; — caule herbaceo, angulato, subdichotome ramoso; foliis 

 oblongis, acuminatis, basi augustatis et sequalibus, integris, 

 ciliatis, pilis ininutissimis utrinque conspersis ; floribus plu- 

 rimis, subfasciculatis, pedunculis pilosis, calyce, corolla, fruc- 

 tuque ut in praeccdente. — Mexico, ad Xalapam. 



