of Plants called Polemoniacea, 289 
in Nov. Gen. p. 164 , aristata Kunth in loc. cit. p. 164., 
conglomerata ejusd. p. 165. 
Cantu A, Juss. 
Periphragmos, Ruiz et Pavon. 
Calyx tubulosus, 5-dentatus, saepius utroque later! usque 
medium fissus. Corolla infundibuliformis, calyce triplo lon- 
gior, limbo 5-loba : lobis obcordatis. Stamina in tubo juxta 
basin inserta. Capsula oblonga, trigona, sulcis 3, septis opposi- 
tis exarata : loculis polyspermis : valvis coriaceo-crustaceis. 
Semina ovalia, compressa, ala oblonga membranacea cincta ! 
Albumen pa cum. Radicula cotyledonibus brevior. 
Frutices (Peruviani) erectly ramosi, Lycii facie. Folia 
alterna^ petiolata^ elliptica^ acuminata vel cuneato-oblonga^ inte~ 
gerrima v. serrata^ aut rarius pinnatfido-sinuata, subtus cum 
junioribus pubescentia. Flores terminates., corymbosi v. subso- 
litarii {ut in C. ovata Cavan, icon. t. 363.), albi v. purpurei^ in 
C, buxifolia maximiy speeiosissimi. 
Characieres specierum. 
1. C.pyr folia, foliis ellipticis acuminatis integerrimis, corym- 
bis densifloris, pedunculis pubescentibus, staminibus corolla cur- 
vata duplo longioribus. 
C. pyrifolia, Juss. in Ann. Mus. Paris. Q. p. 117. t. 7. Lam. 
Encycl 1. p. 603. ejusd. Illustr. 1. t. 106. f. 1. Willd. Sp. PI 
\. p. 878. Kunth in Nov. Gen. ^c. 3. 161. 
Periphragmos flexuosus, Ruiz et Pavon FI. Peruv^ 2. p. 17» 
t. 131. 
Hob. in Peruvia, • Ttiru ab Indigenis nominator. 
2. C. Iheifolia, foliis ovato-lanceolatis obtuse acuminatis ser- 
ratis, eorymbis tenuifloris, pedunculis glabris, staminibus corolla 
curvata brevioribus. 
Periphragmos, sp. nova. Pavon MSS. 
Hab. in Peruvia, . 
Frutex praecedentis facie ; sed distinctissima foliis longioribus 
serratis obtuse acuminatis, Corymbis paucifloris, pedunculis gla- 
bris, corollis duplo majoribus staminibus inclusis, capsulis lon- 
gioribus, seminibus multo majoribus. 
3. C. querc folia, foliis oblongis sinuato-pinnatifidis acumina- 
tis, corymbis densifloris, pedunculis glanduloso-pilosis, stamini- 
bus corollam curvatam longe superantibus. 
