» gcn Stamina corolla 
breviora. 
GrossosTYLIS. Corolla oblique 
Semina intra membranam 
9! PHTHEIROSPERMUM. Corolla cam- 
panulata. Stigma bilobum. 
*** Calyx compressus hinc fissus. 
10. CENTRANTHERA. 
I. Escopepra. Ruiz et Pav. 
Calyx longe tubulosus apice 5-fidus, 
laciniis subpatentibus. Corolla infundibu- 
liformis, tubo longo tenui, limbo ample 
9-lobo obliquo patente. Stamina didy- 
nama, tuboinclusa. Anthereomnesfertiles, 
loculis basi aristatis—Herbe Americane, 
Jolas sepius oppositis. Pedunculi axilla- 
res uniflori. Corolle albe. 
l. E. scabrifolia (Ruiz et Pav.! Syst. 
Veg. Fl. Per. et Chil. 158.) foliis ovatis 
oblongisve basi cordatis dentatis. 
Buchnera grandiflora. Linn.! Suppl.287. 
ab. Peru, New Granada. Humboldt 
and Bonpland. Eastern declivity of the 
Cordillera of Peru. Mathews (n. 204 48). 
Minus geraes, Brazil. Langsdorff in 
xs Hook. (v. s. sp. 
E. linearis (Schlecht. Linnea 8. 
ng foliis longe linearibus. 
AB. Mexico. (v. s. sp.) 
Calyx two inches and a half long. Co- 
rolla, tube four inches long, limb two inches 
iameter. 
IL Puysocatyx. Pohl. 
Calyz inflatus 5-dentatus coloratus. Co- 
tamina di- 
dynama inclusa. Anthere omnes fertiles, 
loculis basi breviter aristatis. — Frutices 
 Brasilienses superne dense tecti folus ar- 
 Teclis crassiusculis integerrimis Pe 
TRISVE 
P. major (Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 
tá Bras, 3. 2. t. 201.) foliis ovatis vel ova- 
longis obtusis mucronulatis, bracteolis 
is s flores. subulato-linearibus, filamentis 
: — antheris dorso barbatis 
SYNOPSIS OF THE GERARDIE X, 
_tis, pedunculis calyce brevioribus mt 
Has, Diamond district. Martius, Sie 
a Muela. llow 
. P. minor (Mart. l. c. 3. 4. t. 202) - 
foliis obovatis acutiusculis, bracteolis infra 
flores subulato-linearibus, filamentis gla 
bris, antheris dorso barbatis. 
AB. Diamond district. Martius 
. P. aurantiacus (Pohl. Pl. Brad 
Icon. 1. 65. t. 53.) foliis obovato-ellipticis, 
bracteolis infra flores o oblongo-lanceolatis, | 
filamentis superne antherisque dorso vil- | 
losis. : 
Has. Serro Frio in the Province of 
Minas. Pohl d 
he shove: characters are taken from 
Martius's above-quoted work. The three 
each other 
III. MELAsMa. Berg. 
Nigrina Linn. Mant.—Gerardie sp. 
Linn. f. Suppl.—Physocalycis sp. et = 
cea. Cham. et Schlecht. 
Calyx laxus, foliaceus, dein inflatus, a- 
pice 5-fidus. Corolla infundibuliformi 
campanulata, limbi lobis brevibus lati i 
latis—Herbe Americane vel Capenses, 
foliis sepius oppositis; pédunculis azilla- 
ribus unifloris bracteatis subracemosis. 
. MM? hispidum, piloso-hispidum, 
liis lanceolatis subdentatis, basi ang gustatis, 
pedunculis apice bracteatis. 
Lyncea hispida. Cham. et. Schlecht. in 
Linnea 5.108. et 8. 94. , 
Schiede et Deppe. —— 
The above character is taken from the 
descriptions of Lyncea in the Linnea. 
2. M.rhinanthoides, scaberrimum, 
bracteatis. 
Physocalyx rhinanthoides. 
| Schlecht. in Linnea, 8. 23. 
Has. Rio Grande, South Brazil. 
Tweedie. (v. s. sp. 
Flowering calyx about half an ucl did 
rolla nearly an inch long. Calyx in 
resembling that of a Physalis. Cap: 
obtuse, valves apparently entire. | 
M. scabrum (Berg. Fl. Cap. 1€ 
Cham. ét. 
