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Lvgistum flexile fruticosum, Browne, 142. t. 3. f. 2. — 
Manettia lvgistum, Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. I. 323. 
II A B. Mountains, on the South-side. 
FL. 
Suflrutescent, climbing to a considerable height. Flow- 
ers pedicelled, blue, furnished with minute bncteoles at 
the base of the pedicels. Calyx superior, 8-partite : 4 of 
the lobes lineari-lanceolate, erect ; and 4 minute. Tube 
of the corolla one-third of an inch in length : limb 4- 
partite, with the lobes equal, acute, spreading. Style 
bifid : stigmata simple. Capsule subrotund, 2 celled, 2- 
valved. 
Browne describes this as a weakly shrub, which he 
found in tlie lower mountains of St Mary’s. 
2. Manettia cuspidata. Sliurp-leuved Manettia . 
Glabrous, stem twining, branches filiform sub- 
tetragonal, leaves ovah-oblong acuminate, stipules 
broad very short, peduncles axillary bipartite, 
pedicels elongated 1 -flowered. 
Beriero, in Spreng. Syst. I. 415. 
II A B. 
FL. 
Calyx turbinate, slightly scabrous, with the lobes 8» 
elongated, lineari-subulate. Corolla somewhat glabrous. 
Capsule oval, compressed, glabrous ; with 8 nerves per- 
sistent after the seeds have dropt : seeds with the wing 
dentate. 
Bertero is the only Botanist who has met with this 
species. 
b. Calycine lobes 4. 
3. Manettia tenuifolia. Thin-leaved Manettia. 
Glabrous, leaves elliptic attenuated at both 
ends with the apex bluntish, peduncles tciminal 
3-chotomous few- flowered scarcely as long as the 
leaves, flowers pedicelled. 
II A B. St. Elizabeth, Kevd. II. R. Wullschlcegel — Near 
Moneague, Dr. Alexander. 
F L. June. 
