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HERRERIA parviflora. 
Small-_flowered Herreria. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASPHODELER. : 
HERRERIA Fi. Per.—Perianthium inferdm hexaphyllum, foliolis basi 
imbricantibus, subeequalibus, recurvis. Stamzna sex, basi foliolorum inserta, 
erecta; anthere ovate versatiles. Ovarium 3-quetrum, 3-loculare, poly- 
spermum ; ovulis horizontalibus placentee axili affixis. Stylus 3-gonus cum 
ovario continuus. Stigma sessile, trilobum, papillosum. Capsula (ex Fl. 
Peruy.) membranacea, 8-alata, 3-locularis, polysperma, valvulis medio septi- 
feris. Semina atra, alata, membranacea, ——Suttrutices flecuost, foliis fasct- 
culatis, vestigiis induratis aculeiformibus, racemis multifloris, floribus her- 
bacets odoratis. 
H. parviflora ; foliis lanceolatis, perianthii laciniis ovatis obtusis. 
Caulis suffruticosus, sarmentosus, volubilis, teres, durus, glaber, atro- 
viridis. Folia fasciculata, lanceolata, ad basin attenuata, canaliculata, 
lineata, glabra, lete viridia. Racemi ex azillis foliorum, multiflori, pendulr. 
Flores binati, a pedicello decidui, luteo-virides, mel dulce sptrantes. Peri- 
anthium hexaphyllim; foliolis ovatis, obtusis, reflexis, subequalibus, bast 
imbricatis. Stamina sex, basi foliorum inserta. Filamenta subulata. An- 
theree ovate, antice, versatiles. Ovarium ovatum, trigonum, triloculare, 
polyspermum, ovulis placente axili affixis. Stylus cum ovario continuus, 
triqueter, glaber. Stigma trilobum, papillosum, lobis decurrentibus. 
Another rare Brazilian plant, for which we are indebted 
to Mr. Richard Harrison, by whose brother, William 
Harrison, Esq., it was sent to Liverpool, from Rio Janeiro. 
Our specimens were supplied from the hot-house at Aigh- 
burgh, in October 1826. The plant is a desirable hot- 
house twiner, growing freely in any good soil, The flowers 
appear in profusion, and emit an agreeable odour of honey. 
Till now, the genus Herreria consisted of but one species, 
which was found by the authors of the Flora Peruviana in 
woods in Chile, near Conception, and elsewhere. Whether 
this is actually a native of Brazil, or of some part of the 
