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much smaller than in some other species, the general effect of 

 the blossoms is not equalled. The species is abundantly dis- 

 tinguished by its spreading, narrow, spathulate, pliable, obtuse 

 leaves, and small spikes of flowers. Cuttings formed of the points 

 of the young shoots, in spring, when these ave in a growing state, 

 and planted in sand and covered with a bell-glass, root freely. 

 {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 

 Passijlm-ea:. 



1923. PASSIFLO'RA 



*onyc\\ma. Lindl. purple-Jlowercd fi_ lAl or 10 n lapis-lazufi B Buenos Ayres 1835 C p. I 



Raised by Messrs. Low and Co., from seeds received from 

 Mr. Tweedie of Buenos Ayres. It flowered in the garden of 

 Miss Traill of Hayes Place, Bromley, Kent, in November of 

 last year. {Bot. Beg., n. s., p. 2.) 



[mag. 3635 

 16885a *nigeUifl6ra Hoo/c. Nigella-flowered; §_ CD or 10 s W.G Buenos Ayres 1835 C p.l Bot. 



Leaves yielding a fetid smell when bruised, exactly cordate in 

 their circumscription, 5-lobed, hairy, or almost silky, on both 

 sides ; the margin distinctly serrated; on the under side, and at the 

 margin, there are numerous hairs, tipped with unctuous glands. 

 It is plentiful at St. Jago de Estero, on the Rio Dulce, where it _ 

 was discovered, in 1835, by Mr. Tweedie, on his way from M 

 Mendoza to Tucuman. It will be at once seen that it is nearly 

 allied to P. ^ossypiifolia, P. /zibiscifolia, P. foe'tida, and P. ciliata ; 

 four species which have, indeed, a near affinity for each other : 

 but the present may be at all times distinguished by its truly 

 cordate leaves (which are 5-lobed, except in the upper part of 

 the stem), and strongly serrated. {Bot. Mag., Feb.) 



[Bot. mag.. 3636. 

 *tucumanensis Hook. Tucuman, or large-stipuled £.0 or 10 jl W.G Chili 1836. C p.l 



Leaves copious, dark-green above, pale and glaucous beneath, 

 broadly cordate, deeply 3-lobed; the lobes spreading, oblong, 

 sometimes approaching to ovate or lanceolate, entire, except at 

 the base, where they are gland uloso-serrate. Discovered by 

 Mr. Tweedie at St. Jago and Tucuman, at the eastern foot of 

 the Cordillera of Chili, inhabiting, though rarely, the woods. 

 It is a free grower, and flowered copiously the second year in 

 the stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden. {Bot. Mag., Feb.) 



Loasese. 



2193. LOA'SA 



*lateritia Hoo/c. red-flowered J, IS el 20 my R Tucuman 1835 S s.l Bot. mag. 3632.. 



Leaves petiolate, opposite, pinnate, especially the lower ones, 

 with from 5 to several pinnae; upper leaves bipinnatifld, and 

 much shorter than the lower ones. This singular and truly 

 beautiful species of Lodsa was discovered in Tucuman by Mr. 

 Tweedie, and plants were raised, from seeds sent home by liim, 

 in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, in 1836, which survived in the 

 hot-house through the winter, climbing to the uppermost light; 



