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CALANDRINIA* erandifléra. 
Largejflowered Calandrinia. 
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POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PortuLAcen. 
CALANDRINIA Kunth. — Calyx persistens, bipartitus, sepalis sub- 
rotundo-ovatis. Petala 3-5, hypogyna aut imo calyce inserta, libera aut 
ima basi subconnata, eequalia. Stamina 4-15, toro v. basi petalorum inserta, 
libera, petalis sepits alterna. Stylus 1, brevissimus, apice tripartitus, 
lobulis in stigma clavato-capitatum collectis. Capsula oblongo-elliptica, 
1-locularis, 3-valvis, polysperma. Semina placentee centrali funiculis capil- 
laribus annexa. Dec. prodr. 3. 358. 
C. grandiflora ; caule suffruticoso, foliis carnosis rhomboideis acutis glaucis 
petiolatis, racemis terminalibus laxis indivisis, calycibus maculatis. 
Caulis suffruticosus, tortuosus, carnosus, 2-pedalis, erectus, glaucus. 
Folia sparsa, carnosa, glauca, rhomboidea, acuta, petiolata, avenia. Racemi 
terminales, long pedunculati, pauciflori, secundi, floribus pendulis. Brac- 
tere 2, ovate, nigro lineate, serrulate, ad basin omnis pedicelli. Se- 
pala 2, ovalia, concava, persistentia, glauca, purpurascentia, estivatione 
imbricata, nigro lineata. Petala 5, ephemera, obcordata, plana, roseo- 
purpurea, hypogyna, post anthesin convoluta et persistentia. Stamina 30-40, 
mequalia, hypogyna, et basibus petalorum adnata. Ovarium superum, 
uniloculare, placentd liberd, centrali, polyspermd. Stylus cum ovario con- 
tinuus; stigma capitatum. Capsula membranacea, petalis et sepalis obvo- 
luta, unilocularis, placentd columnari funiculis brevibus erectis supertectd. 
Semina reniformia, fusca, a funiculrs decidua. 
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This beautiful’ succulent plant is a native of Chile, 
whence seeds were brought to the Horticultural Society 
by Mr. James M‘Rae, in 1826. It forms a handsome bush, 
covered with fair glaucous leaves, and from the summit 
of its tortuous branches arise racemes of large bright rosy 
purple flowers, opening in succession for many weeks. 
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* This genus has been named by M. Kunth after J. L. Calandrini, an 
Italian Botanist, who lived in the beginning of the eighteenth century. 
