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MALESHÉRBIA coronata.
Crowned Malesherbia.
Linnean Class and Order. M O N A D E L P H IA P E N T A N D R IA .
Natural Order. M A L E SH E R B IA C EÆ . D . Don in Edinb. P h il.
J oum. Jan, 1827. p . 321.
M A L E S H E R B IA . Perianthium monophyllum, tubulosum, mem-
brauaceum, coloratura, 10-fidum ; segmentis æstivatioue imbricatis; interioribus
5 petaloideis corouà ; fa u x corouà coutiuuâ brevissimâ membrauaceâ
V . dentatâ v. 10-lobâ persisteuti oruata. Stamiua 5, hypogyua, apici co-
lumuæ iuserta. Antheræ iucumbeutes, biloculares, lougitudiualiter dehis-
ceutes. Ovarium apici columuæ aduatum, 1-loculare : ovulis erectis, biseriatim
iudefinitis, fuuiculo umbilicali stipitatis. S ty li 3, capillares, persistentes,
valvis capsulæ alternantes, et inter ipsarum bases inserti. Stigmata
Simplicia, clavata, disco concavo pruinoso. Capsula 1-locularis, polysperma,
valvis 3 apice dehiscens. P la c en ta : costa 3, prominentes, funiculis persistentibus
seminiferis stipatæ, parieti capsulæ infra dehiscentiæ locum insertæ,
axi valvarum perpendiculares. Semina obovata, striata, apice stro-
phiolâ fungosâ laceratâ, basi umbilico tuberculiformi aucta : testâ exteriore
crustaceâ, crassiusculâ ; interiore cartilagineo-membranaceâ ; albumen copiosum,
carnosum. Embryo erectus, axilis : cotyledones orbiculatæ : ra d icula
teres, recta, obtusissima, cotyledonibus longior, centrifuga.
P lantæ (Peruviæ et Chili apricis propriæ) e recta, ramosa, pubescentes,
caule sapé infernè suffruticoso. Ào\iaalt&-na, Simplicia, exstipulata. Flores
axillares v. terminales, solitarii, sessiles.
** Perianthio campanulato : fauee dilatatâ. Chilenses.
M. cwonata, glanduloso-pubescens ; foliis linearibus sinuato-dentatis, perianthii
fauce dilatatâ, coronâ simplici erose dentatâ, ovario globoso.
D . Don in Edinb. P h il. Jmirn. Jan. 1832.
Herba minute pubescens, cinerea, glandulisque pedicellatis copiosè ornata.
Caulis erectus, teres, sesqui v. tripedalis. Folia brevissimè petiolata,
elongato-linearia, obtusa, basi attenuata, 3-5-pollicaria ; inferiora
grossè sinuato-dentata ; superiora plerumque integerrima, densè glandulosa.
Flores violacei, paniculati. Perianthium tomentosum, copiosè
glandulosum, pollicare : fa u x dilatata, in tubum gradatim attenuata :
limbus fauce longior; laciniis extei-ioribus elliptico-oblongis, obtusis,
trinerviis, reticulato-venosissimis ; interioribus ovatis, acutiusculis, basi
angustatâ subunguiculatis, venosis, brevioribus : coronâ simplici, brevissimâ,
tenuissimè membrauaceâ, erosè dentatâ. Filamenta complanata,
glabra, basi in columnam elongatam connata. Ovarium globosum, tomentosum,
columuæ staminalis longioris apici insidens. S ty li 3, terminales
! longissimi, capillares. Stigmata paullò dilatata. D . Don in
loc. cit.
We are indebted to our friend, Mr. Thomas Brown, of
the Highgate Nursery, for the opportunity of publishing a
figure of this remarkable plant, which we did not anticipate
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