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TROPAXOLUM peregrinum. 
Fringed-flower Indian Cress, or Canary-bird-flower. : 
See eel 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. GERANIA. Jussieu gen. 268. Div. Genera Geraniis affinia. 
TROP ZOLUM. Cal. profundé 5-fidus coloratus, lacinid superiore basi 
calearatA, calcare intra florem hinc hiante extra stamina. Petala 5, calyci 
Mserta, ejusdem laciniis alterna, quorum 2 superiora sessilia remota, cal- 
“aris fauci infixa; 3 unguiculata germen ex opposito ambientia. Filamenta 
Istincta, germini arcté circumposita et ejusdem disco (perigynot) im- 
Posita ; anthere oblongz erectz biloculares (4-loculares ex Linngo). Ger- 
men 3-conum; stylus unus gylindricus 3-striatus; stigmata 3 aucta. Peri- 
Carpia 3 reniformia suberosa 1-sperma non dehiscentia; hinc sulcata indé 
Mo stylo persistenti affixa; semina conformia; embryo magnus absque 
albumine, radiculd intra lobos rectos supra latente non prominuld. Herbe 
‘fuse aut volubiles; folia alterna non stipulacea, simplicia peltata aut 
"arids digitata; pedunculi uniflori longi axillares. Flores T. pentaphylli 
USS. neruv. et Commers. herb. Bonar. tantim dipetali, petalis ceteris nullis 
Gut citids caducis; tidem in summo caule vie calcarati fere regulares, infe- 
"oribus longé calcaratis multd minores. Genus affine GERANIO staminum 
se etalorum siti, stylo unico, stigmate multiplict, pericarpits imo stylo 
@ wis, perispermi defect. Affinitas quedum calcaris TROPHOLI et tubi 
ERANIORUM africanorum intra florem similiter hiantis, sed tubus pedicello 
“rete inheret, non autem calcar. Preterea TROPHOLUM discrepat stipulis 
Nullis, floribus nom oppositifoliis, lobis embryonis rectis. Juss. 1. c, 269, 
T peregrinum, foliis subpeltatis subreniformibus 5-7 lobis, petalis minoribus 
Ciliato-laceris. Curtis’s Magaz. 1351. \ 
Topxolum peregrinum, Ruiz et Pavon fl. per. 3.36. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 299. 
Bae: hort. scheenb. 98. Andrews’s reposit. 597. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 
. 339, ; 
Cardamindum quinquefolii folio, vulgd Malla. Feuzllée peruv. 2. 756. t. 42. 
; Annua: caule teretiusculo, levi, scandente. Fol. petiolis longis (propter 
pstonem suam cirrhorum gerentibus vices): subpeltata, quinqueloba, lobis 
otundatis, mucronatis; interiora 7-loba lobulatague. Pedunculi solitarii, 
saillares, uniflores, folium cquantes. Cal. subtus intrusus, quinquefidus, 
meres subequalibus, inflexione subbilabiatum: \abium superius calcare 
A ulato fine hamato-reflexo. Cor. pallidé lutescens, sulphurea, ringens, pen- 
“petala, calyce inserta; petala duo superiora magna, quinquefida, obtusa 
ee mucrone, lacinid (v. lobo) media labii superioris calycis ab wngue suo 
Nserta; inferiora 3, spathulata, lacero-fimbriata. Fil. bast calyctnd inserta. 
Nth. quadrisulcate. Germ, 3-lobum, trigonum. Stylus filamentis brevior. 
bg’. tripartita, acuta. . 
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A tender annual. Native of Peru. Drawn from a plant 
Sent us from Boyton by Mr. Lambert, to whom we are 
®tten and essentially obliged. ae 
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