I>t/simchia. pentandliia moxogynia. 6f 



a line long, pubescent. — Peduncles filiform, axillary, solitary, soread- 

 ing, about as long as the leaves, pubescent. — Flowers yellow, smaller 

 than in the preceding species. — Calyx with linear-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, slightly ciliate segments. — Lacinia of the corolla fringed 

 with numerous glandular dots. — Filaments dotted, scarcely mona- 

 delphous. — Capsule smaller than the calyx, erect, ferruginous, re- 

 gularly iive-valved. — N. W. 



3. L. evalvis, Wall. 



Smooth, erect, with slender, simple stems; leaves alternate, ovate, 

 acute, and tapering at both ends, with many oblique nerves, on slen- 

 der petiols ; calyx glaucous, consisting of five ovate finely acuminate 

 leaves, larger than the corolla ; filaments broad, shorter than the sa- 

 gittate, erect anthers ; capsule round, smooth, much smaller than the 

 calyx, very thin, bursting irregularly. 



Hoot consisting of many capillary fibres — Stems several, from one 

 to two feet long. — Leaves about two inches long, much resem- 

 bling those of some species of Amaranthus, and membranaceous, 

 scarcely at all dotted, with oblique, approximated, parallel, elevated 

 nerves underneath, pallid and glaucous when dried. — Petiols slen- 

 der about half an inch long. — Flozccrs large, yellow, erect, on filiform, 



sub-clavate, angular peduncles Lacinia of the calyx large and foli- 



aceous, ovate, ending in a long capillary acumen, glaucous ; those 

 of the corolla ovate, acute, with very few dots, one-third shorter. — i 

 Stamina shorter than the corolla. — Filaments membranaceous, 

 smooth, scarcely united at their base, shorter than the erect, thick, sa- 

 gittate anthers, which burst at the sides of the apex with two oblique 

 pores.— Style smooth ,• stigma capitate.— Capsule smooth, round, 

 nodding, half the size of the calyx, exceedingly thin and membrana- 

 ceous, sub-diaphanous, glaucous, pointed with the permanent base 

 of the style, having the vestiges of five-valves, but bursting irregu- 

 larly. — Receptacle large, globular, fungous, and cellular, on a short 



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