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so different from each other in structure and general appear¬ 
ance, that considering the principles adopted in the classifi¬ 
cation of the Convolvuiaceous, Boraginaceous, and other allied 
orders, it is necessary to break it up into several genera, for 
which good characters will be found in the very remarkable 
fruit, and probably in the flowers also, whenever an opportunity 
shall occur for examining them in a fresh state. 
“ If we regard Nolana prostrata as the original species of 
Nolana, we shall find its distinctive character resides in the 
regular combination of its twenty ovaries into five nuts or 
drupes, each of which is four-celled. 
“ But there is another group, consisting principally of shrubs, 
in which the ovaries are very irregularly combined, so that 
while some of the nuts or drupes are four or more celled, 
others have not more than one, two, or three cells. They may 
be conveniently separated under the name of Alona (the 
anagram of Nolana). 
“ Corresponding with these in the irregular condition of the 
fruit, but not having more than eight or ten ovaries in com¬ 
bination, are two singular plants, with all the habit of shrubby 
Salsolas, and a very small hypocrateriform corolla. They may 
be named Dolia (from doXiog, deceptive) ; they being one thing 
and looking another. 
“ On the other hand, in Nolana paradoxa and atriplicifolia, 
there is a complete breaking up of the twenty ovaries into so 
many independent drupes. Those species constitute a group, 
bearing the same relation to the other genera, as Malope to its 
neighbouring Malvaceae. The name Sorema (from aupoc, a 
heap) may be applied to them. 
“ Finally, under the name of Aplocarya (ciTrXoog, simple, and 
icapva, a nut) it will be desirable to station a singular scrubby 
shrub, in which the ovaries are five in number, and altogether 
simple.’’ 
In addition, brief characters are given of each species under 
this new arrangement, by which it appears the first division, or 
Nolana, contains five ; viz. 
*N. prostrata, a 
*N. tenella , 
N. spathulata, 
N. iiijiata, 
N. ? coronata , 
native of Chili. 
— Chili, syn. N. paradoxa, 
— Peru. 
— Peru, 
— Peru. 
