Sixinece.] 



CHILI. 



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4. CAPSELLA. Vent. 



I. C. Bursa-Pastoris. Moench. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 177. — Thlaspi Bursa-Pas- 

 toris. Linn. 



Hab. Conception. In all probability imported from Europe. 



5. MENONVILLEA. DC. 

 1. M. linearis. — De Cand. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 420. Prodr. v. hp. 184. Deless. Ic. 

 Sel. v. 2. t. 56. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 1. p. 28. 



Hab. Conception. — It is remarkable that De Candolle, who has so fully described this plant in his 

 Systema Vegetabilium, and De Lessert, who has otherwise given so excellent a figure of it in his Icones 

 Select*, should both consider the cotyledons to be accumbent; whereas, in many seeds that we have 

 examined, we find that they are constantly incumbent (||o), hence we have removed the genus to the 

 " Notorhizese angustisepte." 



Ord. v. bixine^e. 



1. AZARA. R. §• P. 



Cal. 4-6-partitus. Pet. nulla. Stam. plurima, filamentis filiformibus liberis et fila 

 plurima capillaria e toro orta. Antherce 2-loc. Stylus subulatus. Stigma obtusum. Bacca 

 stylo apiculata, 1-loc, polysperma. Placentce 3 (seu 4) parietales. — Frutices Chilenses. 

 Folia geminata incequalia. Flores fragrantes. DC. 



1. A.serrata; foliis geminatis serratis, majori elliptico-lanceolato minore subrotundo, 

 corymbis multifloris. (Tab. IV.) — Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. Prodr. p. 79. f. 36. " Syst. p. 

 137." De Cand. Prodr. v. hp. 262. 



Frutex valde ramosus ; ramis alternis, subdistichis, fusco-pubescentibus, foliosis. Folia geminata, geminis 

 alternis, membranaceo-coriacea, nervosa, distincte serrata, breve petiolata, glabra vel ad costam solummodo 

 obscure pubescentia ; majori duas vel tres uncias longo, elliptico-lanceolato, basi apiceque acuto, altero quadru- 

 ple minori rotundato, basi obtuso, apice plerumque acuto. Flores in corymbis axillaribus, pedunculatis, ple- 

 rumque pendentibus. Pedunculi bracteati, pedicellique pubescentes. Calyx nostris exemplaribus 5-partitus, 

 extus pubescens, laciniis oblongo-ovatis, acutis, cito retlexis. Corolla nulla. Stamina certe perigyna, ad 

 basin calycis inserta, numerosa. Filamenta longa, filiformia, basi setis numerosis iutermixta. Antherce 

 didymce, subglobosae, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Germen ovatum, glabrum, uniloculare, recep- 

 taculis 4 longitudinalibus parietalibus cui ovula plurima affixa. Stylus elongatus, filiformis. Stigma obtusum. 



Hab. Conception. — We have given a figure of this plant, because we are not aware that any exists ; 

 but we have to regret that the fruit is unknown to us, and that it is therefore out of our power to offer 

 any remarks on the natural order in which it should be placed. Ventenat thought it ought to rank with 

 the Sarnydece or the Rosacea, only that Ruiz and Pavou expressed their opinion that it was allied to 

 Prockia. Adrien de Jussieu, in the Diet. Classique, says, that allied to Abatia and Prockia, it should be 

 ranked with these genera among the Bixinem of M. Kunth, where, indeed, De Candolle has placed it : but 

 this latter author has classed Abatia with the Tiliaceas. The leaves of this plant are bitter, the flowers 

 fragrant. 



Tab. IV. Azara serrata. Fig. 1, Flower ; fig. 2, Stamen ; fig. 3, Flower from which the stamens are 

 removed; fig. 4, Section of the germen -.—magnified. 



