NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



XXIV. NYCTAGINACE^. 



The Marvels of Peru (Fr., Belle-de-nuit ;' figs. 1-10) have regular 

 hermaphrodite flowers. Their convex receptacle bears below a first 



Mirabilis Jalapa. 



Fig. 1. — Floriferous branch (f). 



1 MiraMUsL.,Gen.,ii. 139.— GmTiT$.,I'ruct., 84; III., t. 105.— End!., Gen., n. 2003.— 

 ii. 207, 1. 127. — Lamk., Diet., iv. 481 ; Suppl., iv. Duciiartke, in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 3, ix. 263, 



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