S90 Mr Don on the Natural Family 
C. quercifolia, Jiiss. in Ann. Miis. Paris. 3. p. 118. Kunth 
in Nov. Gen. ^c. 3. p. 161. 
Hab. in Peru via, . Pip iso ab Indigenis dicta. 
4. C. hiix^olia, foliis cuneato-oblongis mucronulatis integer- 
rimis, corymbis paucifloris, pedunculis tomentosis, staminibus 
corolla recta brevioribus. 
Cantua buxifolia, Juss. in he. cit. 3. p. 118. 8. Lam. Enc. 1. 
p. 603. ibid. Illustr. 1. t. 106./* % Willd. Sp. PI. 1. p. 878. 
Cantua tomentosa, Cavan. Icon. 4. p. 43. t. 364. 
Periphragmos dependens, Ruiz et Pavon FI. Peruv. ^.p. 18. 
U 133. 
Hah. in Peruvia, b • Ccantu ab Indigenis dicitur. 
Obs. Frutex pulcherrimus cujus flores admodum speciosi 
templa adornanda in festis usitati sunt. Folia et Lignum hujus 
lit etiamque cseterarum specierum colorem eleganter luteum 
quando contrita aut masticata praebent, ideoque ad lintea infici- 
enda forsan utilia essent. 
5. C. ovata, foliis obovatis mucronatis integris rarius inciso- 
dentatisve, pedunculis solitariis unifloris glabris, staminibus co- 
rolla recta longioribus. 
Cantua ovata, Cavan, Icon. 4. p. 43. t. 363. Juss. in Ann. 
Mus. Paris, ^.p. 118. 
Periphragmos uniflorus, Ruiz et Pavon FI. Peruv. S. p. 18. 
Hah. in Peruvia, b . Ccantuttica^ id est Ccantu Fhs, verna- 
cule nuncupatur. 
I shall now conclude this essay, by adding a full description 
of the genus Vestia, hitherto so improperly referred to the 
Polemoniacecey and to whose distinguishing marks so little atten- 
tion has been paid. 
Nat. Ord. SOLANE^, Juss. 
Pentandria Monogynia, Syst. Linn. 
Vestia, Willd. 
Cantus sp. Juss. Kunth. 
Periphragmi sp. Ruiz et Pavon. 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-dentatus : dentibus late ovatis, apice 
subulato-cuspidatis. Corolla infundibuliformis, recta, calyce 
