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Mr Don on Five New Genera of Plants 
rolla basi tubulosa, fauce dilatata, campanulata, limbo 5-loba, 
bilabiata : lobis ovali-rotundatis, margine crispato-crenatis ; inji - 
mo maximo, oblongo. Stamina 4, didynama, fertilia ; quinti 
rudimentum sterile, breve, glabrum. Anther a, nudge : lobis 
sequalibus, divaricatis. Capsula brevis, siliquosa, bilocularis. 
Dissepimentum contrarium, placentiferum. Semina transversa, 
margine membranacea. 
Frutex ( Mexicanus ), erectus , ramosus. Rami teretes , pubes - 
rentes . Folia alterna, linear m , plana , elongata , 3-5 pollicares 
longa , glabra , coriacea , tom apicem versus attenuata. Spica 
terminalis , brevis , densa , tomentosa. Flores breve, pedicellati , 
bracteolis duabus lineari-lanceclatis muniti. Corollse atro-pur- 
purece, magnitudine Chelonis. Ovarium oblongum , compressum. 
Stylus fliformis , glaber , stamina longiora aquans . Stigma 
bilamellatum : laciniis ovali-oblongis, obtusis , ecqualibus, repli- 
catis. 
C. Saligna. 
An elegant shrub, native of Mexico, from whence fine speci- 
mens have been received by Don Jose Pavon, and by him trans- 
mitted to Mr Lambert. It forms a very distinct and well- 
marked genus, readity distinguished from Spathodea by the 
structure of its capsule, and by having simple alternate leaves. 
I have named it Chilopsis , from labium , and facies , 
on account of the corolla being furnished with a distinct Tip. 
ASTI AN THUS. 
Calyx tubulosus, limbo quinquedentatus, sequalis. Corolla 
basi tubulosa, fauce dilatata, ventricosa, campanulata : Zmz&o 
5-lobo, bilabiato ; inferior e trilobo, lobo medio maximo. 
Stamina 4, fertilia, didynama ; quinti sterilis rudimento bre- 
viore, glabro. Anther ce nudge : lobis aequalibus, conHuentibus. 
Capsula longissima, siliquosa, bilocularis. Dissepimentum valvis 
parallelum, crassum, utrinque placentiferum. Semina trans- 
versa, compressa, margine alata et villis numerosis papposa. 
Frutex (Mexicanus), erectus , ramosus, frondosus. Rami tere- 
tes, glabri. Folia terna , simplicia, elongata, late linearia , corics- 
cea, integerrima, glabra, 6- — 1 Q-pollicaria, latitudine %-Uneari v. 
semiunciali, uninervia, utrinque attenuata. Flores terminates, 
numerosi, paniculati. Calyces oblcngi, tubuldsi , limbo cequales , 
5 -dent ati, glabri. Corollse ampler, campamdcdce, basi tubidosce , 
rubro-purpurea, Digital! purpurea majores : limbo 5-lobo, bila- 
biato ; labio superiore bilobo, reflexo ; inferiore trilobo patente , 
longiore , lobis latissimis, rotundaiis, margine crispatis erosisque. 
Stylus erectus, filformis, robustus , glaber, staminibus longior. 
Stigma bilamellatum : laciniis oblongis, obtusis, cequalibus. Cap- 
sula longissima (6-uncialis ), siliquosa, compressa, bilocularis, 
