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VIVIANIAI 





t CXXVIII. \1VI.\M.\ 



■ 

 Herbaceous or half-shrubby plants. Leaves opposite or wborled, 

 without stipules, often covered beneath with :i hoarj down. Flow! 



corymbs, white, 

 l\\ ten-ribbed, wil 

 <Hn i-t. »u-. I 

 furnished with , 

 up and remaining 

 I r tund thi with a 



• ' ( tw ivation. £ 



( , *., hypogynous ; tl 



,lr Bepab inserted into :i Bi -).;, 



filaments distinct ; anthi i - 

 celled, opening lengthwise. < >■ 

 free, :',-•■• Ued ; -; ; _!. 

 ,• ovule b 2 in each cell, 



*Tf the central axis, 



the other suspended. i 

 3-lobed, 3-celled, splitting through the <■■ 11- ; tl 

 bearing the partitions in the middle. S roughish, i 

 tftinjng n curved embryo lying among n largi 

 fleshy albumen; cotyledons linear; radicl 

 hilum. 



Tin' fi'\v plants which recent writers I 

 into this Natural < tader, b 



some place in the Geranial Alliance, from ;ill which I 

 are distinguished by their valvate calyx; from . 

 ( !ri — | Tropseolacete | they a 

 small albuminous seeds, and regular 

 lowworts, iVc. by their not having colui 

 Tlieir ribbed calyx and perman nl wit] 



quite peculiar. It may be tha 

 proach to Frankeniads. 



All the members of tlii- Order which ; 

 discovered inhabit Chili and South Bi 



They are uo( n port* d to ] 

 but the Vivianias woul 

 could be procured. 



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 Position. — Tiliao 



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