Bixine(B?[ 
CHILI, 
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4. CAPSELLA. Vent. 
1. C. Bursa-Pastoris. Mcench. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 177. — Thlaspi Bursa-Pas- 
toris. Linn. 
Hab. Conception. In all probability imported from Europe. 
5. MENONVILLEA. DC. 
1. M. linearis. — De Cand. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 420. Prodr. v. 1. p. 184. Deless. Ic. 
Sel. V. 2. t. 56. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 1. p. 28. 
Hab. Conception. — It is remarkable that De Candolle, who has so fully described this plant in his 
Systema Vegetabilium, and De Lessert, who has otherwise given so excellent a figime of it in his leones 
Selectse, should both consider the cotyledons to be accumbent; whereas, in many seeds that we have 
examined, we find that they are constantly incumbent (|lo), hence we have removed the genus to the 
“ Notorhizeae angustiseptae.” 
Ord. V. BIXINEiE. 
1. AZARA. B. §■ P. 
Cal. 4-6-partitus. Pel. nulla. Slam, plurima, filamentis filiformibus liberis et fila 
plurima capillaria e toro orta. Antherce 2-loc. Stylus subulatus. Stigma obtusum. Bacca 
stylo apiculata, 1-loc., polysperma. Placentae 3 (seu 4) parietales. — Frutices Chilenses. 
Folia geminata inoequalia. Flores fragrantes. DC. 
1. A.serrata; foliis geminatis serratis, majori elliptico-lanceolato minore subrotundo, 
corymbis multifloris. (Tab. IV.) — Ruiz et Pav. FI. Per. Prodr. p. 79. f. 36. “ Syst. p. 
137.” De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 262. 
Frutex valde ramosus ; ramis alternis, subdistichis, fusco-pubescentibus, foliosis. Folia geminata, geminis 
alternis, membranaceo-coriacea, nervosa, distincte serrata, breve petiolata, glabra vel ad costam solummodo 
obscure pubescentia ; majori duas vel tres uncias longo, elliptico-lanceolato, basi apieeque acuto, altero quadru- 
plo minor! rotundato, basi obtuso, apice plerumque acuto. Flores in corymbis axillaribus, pedunculatis, ple- 
rumque pendentibus. Pedunculi bracteati, pedicellique pubescentes. Calyx nostris exemplaribus 5-partitus, 
extus pubescens, laciniis oblongo-ovatis, acutis, cito reflexis. Corolla nulla. Stamina certe perigyna, ad 
basin calycis inserta, numerosa. Filamenta longa, filiformia, basi setis numerosis intermixta. Antherce 
didymae, subglobosae, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Germen ovatum, glabrum, uniloculare, recep- 
taculis 4 longitudinalibus parietalibus cui ovula plurima affixa. Stylus elongatus, filiformis. Stigma obtusum. 
Hab. Conception. — We have given a figure of this plant, because we are not aware that any exists ; 
but we have to regret that the fruit is unknown to us, and that it is therefore out of our power to offer 
any remarks on the natural order in which it should be placed. Ventenat thought it ought to rank with 
the SamydecB or the Rosacece, only that Ruiz and Pavon expressed their opinion that it was allied to 
Prockia. Adrien de Jussieu, in the Diet. Classique, says, that allied to Abatia and Prockia, it should be 
ranked with these genera among the Bixinece of M. Kunth, where, indeed, De Candolle has placed it : but 
this latter author has classed Abatia with the Tiliacece. The leaves of this plant are bitter, the flowers 
fragrant. 
Tab. IV. Azar a serrata. Fig. 1, Flower; fig. 2, Stamen; fig. 3, Flower from which the stamens are 
removed; fig.^. Section of the germen : — magnified. 
