the Natural Family of Plants called Scrophulari?ia. 353 



1. L. seandens, foliis cordatis acuminatis inciso-serratis, pedun- 



culis ebracteatis, caule herbaceo. 

 Besleria seandens. Scsse ct Moc'mno Mss. 

 Habitat in Mexico. Sesse et Mocinno. % . (v. s. in Herb. Lamb.) 



Planta formosissima, seandens, herbaeea. Kami eylindraeei, 

 pilis mollibiis artieulatis viscidis copiosè vestiti. Folia fere 

 Campanuhe Trachelii numerosa, alterna, petioiata, eordata, 

 aeuminata, inciso-serrata, hirsuta, 5-nervia, 3—4 uneias 

 longa, 2 V. 3 lata. Petioli semiteretes, villosi, bipollieares. 

 Flores penduli. PeduncuU axillares, solitarii, unitlori, tere- 

 tes, villosi, ebraeteati, petiolo fere duplc) longiores, cum 

 foliis uno latere versi. Calyx hirsutus, profundè ,5-parti- 

 tus : segmentis ovatis, acuminatis, integris v. hinc indè dente 

 parvo instructis ; diiobus exterioribus latioribus. Corolla mag- 

 na, speciosa, purpureo-violacea ? 



This is truly a most magnificent plant. Its climbing stems, 

 copiously adorned with leaves and large, campanulate blossoms, 

 render it a very desirable object It is necessary to observe, 

 that the character and description of the genus are constructed 

 principally from this species, because in the following there are 

 some important points, particularly with respect to the ripe fruit 

 and seeds, still remaining undetermined. 



2. L. phijsalodes, foliis lanceolatis acutis denticulatis scabris, 



pedunculis bibracteatis, caule fruticoso. 

 Scrophularia physalodes. Sesse et Mocinno Mss. 

 Habitat in Mexico. Sesse et Mocinno. ^ . (v. s. in Herb. Lamb.) 



Caulis erectus, fruticosus. Rami teretes, rigidi, papilloso-scabri. 

 Folia alterna v. nunc (praesertim suprema) subopposita, sub- 

 sessilia, lanceolata, acuta, denticulata, aculeis minutissimis 

 callosis scabra, sesqui- v. bi-pollicaria. Pediinculi axillares, 



2 z 2 solitarii, 



