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CXIV MALESHERBIACE I , i 



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Panifli 



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Herbaceous ot half-shrubby plants. Leaves a I, without stipules, I'l 



axillary or terminal, solitary, yellow or blue. Calj x tubular, mi mbran- 

 uu^, inflated, 5-lobed, the lobes \s i 1 1 1 an imbricated aestivation. Petals 5, 

 alternate with the segments of the calyx, persistent, with :i convoluti 

 BBstivation, arising from without a short membranous rim or coronet. 

 Stamens 5 or LO, perigynous; filaments filiform, distinct, or conn© 

 with the stalk of the ovar j ; antbere versatile. Ovary superior, -tipi- 

 tate, I celled, «itli parietal placentae; ovules 00, pendulous, anatropaJ ; 

 - ."., filiform, very long, arising from distant pointB of the apex of 

 the ovary; stigmas clavate. Fruit capsular, l-celled, 3-valved, mem- 

 branous, more <>v less manj -seeded Seeds attai hed t" placentae arising 

 either from the axis of th<- valves, or from their base : !• Bta brittle, with 

 a fleshy crest, and no aril; embryo taper, in (he midst of abundant 

 fleshy albumen, with the radicle next the hilum. 



According t>> Don, by whom these plants wen 

 considered the rudiments of an Order, u the\ at 

 ■ ■li the one hand with Passionworts, and on the other 

 with Turn. irads ;" and I am persuaded that this is 

 their true position. From 1 1 1* • former they differ in 

 the insertion of then styles at the back, not <>n the 



k of the ovary, in their taper embryo, want of aril 

 and of stipules, and altogether in their habit : from 

 Turaerads, t.. which their babif quite allies them, 

 tin v differ in tlir presence of a membranous coronel 

 within the petals, in the remarkable insertion <>t' the 



Btyles, and in the want of all trace of 



aril. 



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their thin-sided fruif they approach Sun lathmanni 

 in Passionworts. Their tubular, somewhat furrowe 

 calyx is m>t altogether different from thai of I rank 



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All are natives of Chili and Peru. 

 Their uses arc unknown. 



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ii XXVIII.— Moleslierbia Bucicnutta; I. aflowei 

 snowing 2 petals and n portion of the coron 

 ol the man Kudlichcr. 



