Mr. J. Miers on the genus Thinogeton. 359 



pressa, subreniformia, testa scrobiculata, hilo laterali, margi- 

 nali. Embryo intra albumen carnosum teres, subspiralis, ra- 

 dicula angulo basali spectante, hilo evitante, cotyledonibus se- 

 miteretibus paulo longiore. — Herbse America inter tropica pro- 

 strata, subpilosa, subcarnosa, Convolvuli facie; fbliis atternis, 

 axillaribus, oblongis, acutis, sinuato-incisis, vel undulatis, Ion- 

 gissime petiolatis, petiolo canaliculato, demum producto; floribus 

 solitariis vel binis, pedunculatis subsecundis. 



1. Thinogeton maritimum, Bth. Voy. Sulph. 142; — viscoso-pu- 

 bescens, carnosulum; foliis lanceolatis vel lineari-oblongis, 

 sinuoso-lobatis, vel grosse dentatis, basi in petiolum alatum 

 angustatis, crassiusculis, longiuscule petiolatis, floralibus de- 

 crescentibus ; floribus solitariis vel geminis, lateralibus, axillis 

 approximatis hinc pseudo-paniculatis et terminalibus, corolla 

 sub-violacea. — Ecuador, ad Tumbez, in littoris maritimis ; v. s. 

 in herb. Hooker (Lima, Cuming, no. 972). 



This is a prostrate plant, with much the habit of a Nolana, its 

 branches measuring a foot and upwards. Its petioles and pedi- 

 cels are erect, and therefore are all somewhat secund : I have not 

 seen any cauline leaves, but the floral leaves are much smaller, 

 greatly narrower, and upon a shorter petiole than in the follow- 

 ing species; the pedicels are 2 to 4 lines long, the calyx is 3 lines 

 long, and 1 line diameter, swelling afterwards to a length of 7 

 lines and a diameter of 5 lines : the corolla is 15 or 16 lines long, 

 and 10 to 13 lines broad across the border; it is pubescent out- 

 side, is persistent, and on withering, coils up in a spiral form, 

 when the peduncle increases to a length of 9 lines and becomes 

 suddenly reflexed. The berry is 4 lines in diameter, enclosed 

 within the enlarged vesiciform calyx. 



2. Thinogeton Miersii. Dictyocalyx Miersii, Hook, fil. Linn. 

 Trans, xx. p. 203 ; — subpubescens, foliis ovatis, acutis, basi 

 inaequalibus, cordato auriculatis, et in petiolum angustatis, ir- 

 regulariter sinuato-angulatis, angulis subobtusis, 3-5-nerviis, 

 crasso-coriaceis, utrinque pilis brevibus rigidiusculis articulatis 

 conspersis, longissime petiolatis ; floribus solitariis vel geminis, 

 lateralibus, corolla sub-violacea extus puberula, limbo vix expla- 

 nato, staminibus corolla brevioribus. — Ins. Gallapagos, v. s. in 

 herb. Hook. (Charles et Albemarle Islands, Darwin.) 



This plant possesses a habit similar to that of the former spe- 

 cies. The branching stems of woody texture are fistulose, smooth 

 and terete. The leaves are from 2^ to 3 inches long, 2 to 2£ 

 inches broad, on a channeled petiole 5 inches long, that is nearly 

 rectangular with the stem : they are almost smooth, or sparsely 

 covered with very short rigid hairs : the peduncles are slender, 



