Mr. J. Miers 071 the genus Leptoglossis. 35 



interstitiis eveniis raembranaceis, 5-anguloso-sulcatus, 5-den- 

 tatus, dentibus acutis linearibus callo-mucronatis. Corolla 

 tubularis_, elongatus, tubo imo carnosulo 5-sulcato constricta, 

 medio subcylindricaj in faucem antice breviter ventricosa, 

 limbo obliquo, 5-lobo, lobis suborbicularibus, 2 anticis mino- 

 ribus reflexis, postico erectiiisculo, sestivatione imbricata, veri- 

 similiter replicativa. Stamina 5, insequalia, inclusa, quorum 

 4 didvnama, cum quinto sterili ; filamenta subdilatata, tenuis- 

 sima, posticorum e coarctatione tubi orta, anticorum dimidio 

 breviora medio corollse inserta, sterili sub-breviore intermedio ; 

 antherce in faucem conniventes^ stigmate deflexo circumplexse, 

 S-lobse, in sinu apicifixse, lobis basi divaricatis, apice sine con- 

 nectivo connatis^ et rim a marginali bivalvatim transverse bian- 

 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 tccta, 2-locularis, 

 septicide 2-valvis, valvis semibifidis, placenta centrali demum 

 solutis. Semina plurima, parva, reticulato-favosa ; cetera ig- 

 nota. — Herba Pei^uviana viscoso-pubescens ; folia alterna, parva, 

 sessilia, lanceolata, Integra ; cymse plurimce, alternce, terminates , 

 ex axillis foliorum superiorum lateraliter ort(B, longe et paten- 

 tim pedunculate ; flores parvuli, pedicellati, conferti ; corolla 

 alhida. 

 1. Leptoglossis Schwenkioides, Btb. Voy. Sulpb. 143; — undique 

 viscoso-pubescens ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, 1-nerviis, 

 apice callosis, sessilibus, in turionibus ssepe 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 li 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. Smth Amer. Plants." 



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