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2NOTHERA acaulis. 
Stemless CHnothera. 
OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNTA. +a 
| Nat. ord. ONAGRARIZ., Jussieu gen. 317. - 
NOTHERA. Supra vol. 7. fol. 562. 
Div. Capsulis ventricosis angulatis quibusdam pedicellatis. 
GE. acaulis, foliis pinnatifidis: lacinia terminali majore denticulata. Cav. 
ic. 4.60. t. 399. Pers. syn. 1. 408... } 
QG£nothera grandiflora. Fl. Peruv. 378. ¢.318. 
- Herba perennis?, lenta, depressa, primam acaulis, tandem caulescens. 
Caulis teres, pallidus, pubescens. Folia longe petiolata, oblonga, dentata, 
lyrata: laciniis inferioribus linearibus obtusis, supreméd majore denticulata, 
pubescentia, obscuro-viridia, Flores sessiles, axillares, vespertini, foliis 
dimidio breviores. Calyx tubo terete, gracili, subclavato: lobis ovato-lan- 
ceolutis, acutis, hinc apice conniventibus, inde fissis. Petala alba, patentia, 
obovata, retusa, basi virescentia. Stamina. erecta, pallidé lutea, petalis 
breviora. Ovarium tetragonum. Stylus jiliformis, tubi calycis longitudine. 
Stigma exsertum, 4-lobum: lobis linearibus. Capsula sessilis, oblonga, lig- - 
nea, 4-locularis, apice 4-alata. 
We prefer retaining the name acaulis, which has been 
given to this plant by Cavanilles, because it appears less 
exceptionable than the appellation subsequently attached 
to it by the authors of the Flora Peruviana; and notwith- 
standing the curious criticisms upon the Abbé by the last- 
mentioned Botanists; (See Fl. Peruv. 3. p. 79). We 
scarcely need remark, that the Qi. grandiflora of the Hor- 
tus Kewensis, and of the gardens of this country, is a widely 
different plant. 
For our drawing we are obliged to the Horticultural 
Society, in whose garden it was made during the summer. 
The seeds had been sent to the Society, by Mr. Francis 
Place, from Chili, where it is stated, by Ruiz and Pavon, 
to be common in waste places, and to be administered, un- 
der the form of infusion, for medical purposes (‘“ ad apo- 
stemata interna expellenda”); from which circumstance its 
native name Guadalagilen is derived. We believe the plant 
to be perennial, and not biennial, as stated in the Flora 
Peruviana. . 
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