MR DAVID DON 
Stamina 10-12 eidem margini inserta: Jilamenta brevia, 
sequalia, compresso-plana, basi dilatata: antherae longse, 
valde declinata?, carinatae, subtrigonae, apice obtusae absque 
rostro, poro gemino hiantes, basi in calcare longius productffi, 
infra ad latus internum filamentis adnatae. Ovarium glo- 
bosum, liberum. Stylus incurvus, crassiusculus, staminibus 
multo brevior. Stigma simplicissimum, obtusum. Capsula 
globosa, sicca, 5-6-locularis, 5-6-valvis, calyce coriaceo laxe 
obvoluta, et eundem superans, angulis 5-6 corniculatis 
coronata : valvis coriaceo-crustaceis, rima oblonga singulis 
in medio loculi hiantibus. Dissepimenta crassiuscula, Crus- 
tacea, valvarura medio inserta, axi centrali adnata. PlacentiB 
5-6, oblongae, crassae, subtrigonae, valde rugosae et scrobi- 
culatse, axi centrali longitudinaliter adnatae. Semina ovata, 
fusca, punctata, umbilico oblongo convexo laterali aucta : 
testa duplex ; exterior crassa, Crustacea ; interior membra- 
nacea : albumen nullum. Embryo rectus, cavitati seminis 
conformis : cotyl. crassae, hemisphaericse, sequales : radicula 
cylindracea, crassa, obtusa, cotyledonibus longior. 
Aibores aut frutices {Peruviee) frondoscE. Folia ovato^ 
lanceolata v. late cordata, coriacea^ de7itata v. crenata, 5- 
nervict, reticulatim veiiosa, opposita, petiolata, supra rugosa 
V. plana nuda^ subtus tomento brevissimo fusco tecta. 
Flores terminaleSy corymbosi v. subracemosi, magni, pur- 
purei aut albi. 
Obs. Hue species sequentes, scilicet : 
1. A. purpurea, foliis cordatis 7-nerviis crenatis reticulato- 
venosis supra rugogis scabris subtus lacunosis fusco- 
tomentosis, pedunculis unifloris corymbosis. 
Axinaea purpurea, II . P. Syst. Veg. Fl Per. et Chil 
1. p. 122. 
Ibid. Fl Peruv. 4. ined. t. 510, 
