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KRAMERIA TRIANDRA. 
Triandrous or Peruvian Krameria. 
Class Tetandria.— Orc?er Monogynia. 
Gen. Char. Ca/yx none. Petals four. Nectaries two: the 
superior three-parted, the inferior two-leaved. Berry dry, 
echinated, and containing' one seed. 
Spec. Char. Leaves oblong-ovate, pointed. Stamens 
three. 
This species of Kiameriaf is a native of Peru, delighting in a dry 
argillaceous or sandy soil. It is found growing very abundantly on 
the declivities of the mountains in the provinces of Tarnia, Huauuco, 
Caxtambo, and Huamilie». It was first discovered by Don Hypo- 
lito Ruiz, in the year 1780, in the provinces of Tarma and Xanca. 
Humboldt found it in the province of Guancabunba. It grows also 
in abundance near the City of Huanuco, and in the vicinity of Lima. 
It flowers throughout the year, but in the greatest perfection in 
October and November.' 
The roots of this shrub are very long, spreading, and much 
branched, externally of a dark reddish brown, internally red, and 
having an intensely bitter, styptic taste; the stem is procumbent, 
round, and much branched ; the branches, when young, are white and 
silky, but as they grow older, the lower part becomes naked, and 
acquires a blackish colour ; the leaves are scattered, sessile, oblong- 
ovate, pointed, entire, and covered with a white silky pubescence on 
both surfaces; the flowers are terminal, solitary, and stand upon 
short peduncles; the corolla consists of four petals, of a deep lake 
colour : the inferior are somewhat larger than the others : they are 
all smooth and glossy on their internal surface, but seriaceous exter- 
nally ; the nectary is composed of four leavei^ the twanpper being 
* Fig. a. the pistil. 6. The seed vessel divided transversely, c. The leaves of the 
nectaries, d. The seed. e. The stamens and pistil. 
+ The roots are also known by the uame of Ratany, derived from the creepin^ 
mauuer of tlleir growth. — Ed, 
