Mr. J. Miers on the genus Leptoglossis. 3,j 



interstitiis eveniis membranaceis, 5-anguloso-sulcatus, 5-den- 

 tatus, dentibus acutis linearibus callo-mucronatis. Corolla 

 tubularis, elongatus, tubo imo carnosulo 5-sulcato constricta, 

 medio subcylindrica, in faucem antice breviter ventricosa, 

 limbo obliquo, 5-lobo, lobis suborbicularibus, 2 anticis mino- 

 ribus reflexis, postico erectiusculo, a?stivatione imbricata, veri- 

 similiter replicativa. Stamina 5, insequalia, inclusa, quorum 

 4 didynama, cum quinto sterili ; filamenta subdilatata, tenuis- 

 sima, posticorum e coarctatione tubi orta, anticorum dimidio 

 breviora medio corolla? inserta, sterili sub-breviore intermedio; 

 antherce in faucem conniventes, stigmate deflexo circumplexse, 

 2-lobse, in sinu apicitixse, lobis basi divaricatis, apice sine con- 

 nectivo connatis, et rima marginali bivalvatim transverse hian- 

 tibus ; posticorum dimidio minore ; sterili oblonga, cassa, erecta. 

 Pollen simplex, globosum, 3-sulcatum. Ovarium oblongum, co- 

 nicum, longiuscule stipitatum, glandulis 5, carnosis, coloratis, 

 subliberis, rotundatis, summo stipitis connatis, et discum hy- 

 pogynum cupuliformem persistentem fingentibus, 2-loculare, 

 placentis centralibus, multiovulatis, dissepimento utrinque ad- 

 natis. Stylus tenuis, inclusus, apice incurvatus, compressus, 

 valde dilatatus. Stigma emarginato-2-labiatum, lobis latis- 

 siinis, brevibus, truncatis, intus incrassatis et viscoso-glandu- 

 losis, inferne longe auriculatis et membranaceis, antheras am- 

 plectentibus. Capsula calyce persistente tecta, 2-locularis, 

 septicide 2-valvis, valvis semibifidis, placenta centrali demum 

 solutis. Semina plurima, parva, reticulato-favosa ; cetera ig- 

 nota. — Herba Peruviana viscoso-pubescens ; folia alterna, parva, 

 sessilia, lanceolata, integra ; cymse plurimce, alternce, terminates, 

 ex axillis foliorum superiorum lateraliter orta, longe et paten- 

 tim pedunculate ; flores parvuli, pedicellati, conferti ; corolla 

 albida. 



1. Leptoglossis Schwenkioides, Bth. Voy. Sulph. 143; — undique 



viscoso-pubescens ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, 1-nerviis, 



apice callosis, sessilibus, in turionibus ssepe fasciculatis, supe- 



rioribus decrescentibus ; corolla tenui, glabra, intus imo re- 



trorsim pilosa. — Peruvia, v. s. in herb. Hook. (Huamantango, 



Barclay ; Peru, Mathews, no. 1011 ; Cuming, no. 1010). 



This plant has very much the habit of some of the small-leaved 



species of Petunia ; its branches are virgate, the leaves 6 to 9 lines 



long, 1 to 1| line broad; the floral branchlets are about 1 inch 



long, generally with three to five flowers at the extremity of each ; 



the pedicels are very short ; the calyx 2 lines in flower, 3 lines in 



fruit ; the tube of the corolla is 8-9 lines in length, 1 line broad, 



the border 3-4 lines in diameter ; the capsule is 2 lines long *. 



* A figure of this species, with sectional details, will be given in plate 53 

 of the ■ Illustr. South Amer. Plants.' 



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