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other, whereas in the reft of the Akekengi their an- 
therae incline to each other. The moft remarkable 
character in this plant is, the pofition of the five fi- 
milar feeds, (each of thefe has its peculiar receptacu- 
lum) which lay in fuch a manner in the center of the 
calyx, that, at firft fight, it appeared as if it belong- 
ed to that clafis of plants called Herbae verticillatae.; 
but, on a clofer infpe&ion, it appeared, that each of 
thefe fimilar feeds were feparate feed veflels (or a. 
trifpermous fruit) and contained three feeds. 
The ingenious and learned Dr. Albert Schl offer, of 
Amfterdam F. R. S. prefented me with many curi- 
ous dried fpecimensof plants, which he had collected 
in the Botanic Garden at Paris in the year 1755 ; 
amongft which was this plant, under the name of 
Belladona Peruviana minor. Jufiieu. Hort. Reg.. 
Paris. 
.Mr. Philip Miller propofed to honour this plant 
with the name of Walkeria, in gratitude to- 
Richard Walker, D. D. Vice-mafter of Trinity 
College in Cambridge and Cafuiftical Profeflor, who, by 
his indefatigable pains, and at a large expence of his 
own, has lately founded a Phyfic Garden in thatUni- 
verfity, to incite and extend the ftudy of Botany in that 
famous feat of the Mufes,. 
Defcription of the Chara&er, Tab. X. 
Fig. a. Reprefen ts a fide view of the calyx, whofe 
leaves are open, and cover the tube of 
the flower : when thefe flowers drop off, 
the calyx clofes inftantly again (to pro- 
tect the Embryo) and forms a pentagonal 
conical figure, fee Fig. h, 
T 2 Fig: 
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