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Herbaceous plants. Leaves altcrnal , without ti] 

 which are either terminal or opposite tlii urrounded 1 _■ I 



ile, hermaphrodite, or 

 Calyx superi unequal pii 



Corolla regular, valvate, funnel-shaped, 

 with ;i long Blender tube and 5 

 merits, each of which has '■'• principal 

 reins; glandular spaces below thi 

 mens and alternate vwtli them, 

 mens 5, monadelphous; . ~^, 

 anthers combined 1>\ 

 their lower half in :i 

 cylinder, t ivory inf. 

 rior, 1 -celled ; ovule 

 solitary, pendulous : ~^D 

 Btj le >iinpl<-, smooth ; 

 stigma capitate. Fruit 

 an indehiscent peri- 

 carp, usual]} crowned 

 by the ri:;i'l Bpinj 

 Hunts ot the cal) \. 

 : solitary, pendu- 

 lous, embryo 

 in the :i\i-- "t fli ~h_\ 

 albumen ; radicle >n- 

 perior, longer than the 

 plano-< vex cotyle- 

 dons. 



\ ren Bmall and 

 curious Order, differ- 

 ing from Composites in 

 ■ i< >t 1 lit ilt but their albu- 

 men, pendulous ovule, and half-distinct anthers, and fromTi 

 being monadelphous and tin ir anthers partly connate . I 

 Bidered t>> hold a middle station between those two i >r 



Sncli species as are known inhabit S.mtli Amei 

 districts, but hut,- plentiful in South Chile. The) are, how 

 Thej are <\< scribed as asu nding from tlie - 

 Anil s. 



Thej are m>t mentiom .1 as pos 



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 compose it have been inves he has] 



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