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ly flowered panicles; whole plant filled with a reddish 2 i 
low juice; flo owers scarcely more than 1 line long; s 
very narrow, linear, Gtreputarty and sparsely lacininte-Ambri- 
ate towards the tip; seeds 0.7 line long. 
RNICULATA, n. sp.: caulibus filiformibus crassi- 
corolle tubum equantibus seu cst laciniis tubo 
fi sabeiasosdiania tubum excedentibus i incurvis ; aie ovarium 
pyriforme equantibus stigmatibus magnis pileatis; capsula 
corolla marcescente indusiata apice nuda, —— intrastylari 
magno; muiibae oblique ovatis intus carin 
ar, RACEMULOSA: floribus laxe Soetaubne samaal 85 
calyais iobis apice nodoso me ip uthern Brazil, Sel. 
low ! 2489 and rol, 
ar. 8. SPHROCYMA : floribus sithons-aomeaie’ calycis lo- 
bis acutiusculis seu obtusis—Brazil, Prov. Goyaz, co the 
campos near the Buixas, Weddell! Vaateamese on the Rio 
Meta, Karsten! 
This is the first of a series of intricate, mostly Brazilian 
species, which includes nros, 54-58, and which will not be 
: ru in 
of the largest flowered specimen 0.6-0.7 line seg oblique ely 
ovate, with a very short linear-oblong transverse 
5d. C. RacEMOSA, Martius ; ; Spread in several forms over a 
great part of South America, } just like C. Gronovii over 
North America, and C, planiflora over Asia and the Medi- 
seeds into Europe, where it has given rise to us- 
sions, and ha as, to some peeiaty stimulated botanists to a fur- 
er examination of this genus.—All the form s of this spe- 
cies are characterized by t the oose racemose- JoSiai iculate in- 
florescense ; calyx usually shorter than the deeply campanu- 
