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edges slightly involute. Petals 10, lanceolate, mucronu-
late, scarcely half an inch in length. Stamens fewer than in
tne other species, inserted round the mouth of the calyx.
Jilaments all dilated, linear, channelled, smooth, with a conspicuous
midrib ; the edges almost membranous. Anthers
erect attached by the base, small, round, pointless, compo-
sed of two parallel, connate cells, which open longitudinally.
Style short, 3-sided. Stigmata 3, narrow, semicylindrical,
obtuse, rarely united. Capsule tubular, scarcely an inch in
length, apparently 3-valved. Seeds numerous, nearly orbicular,
compressed, with a membranous border, attached to
three linear, parietal placentæ. B . Bon Mss.
his curious plant, the plainest of a very shewy genus,
IS another of Mr. Cuming’s Chilian novelties) and was raised
by Mr. Lambert, from seeds received from that enterprising
collector. The specimens, whence our drawing was taken,
owered at Boyton, in the beginning of November. It is a
hardy annual ; but the plant should be raised in a frame, in
order to get it into blossom sufficiently early to perfect its
‘ki originally discovered by our indetigable
friend. Dr. Gillies, occupying dry-water courses
m the province of Mendoza. The genus is chiefly confined
to the western regions of North America, this being the only
one yet found in the southern hemisphere ; where, with the
xcepbon o í Bartonia, the Loaseæ may be said to be pecu-
dar, Ihe present species, it will be seen, constitutes a different
section of the genus.
The genus was dedicated by Nuttall, to the late Dr.
Benjamin Smith Barton, Professor of Botany in the Uni-
versdy of Pennsylvania, Author of some tracts on the Natural
History of the United States. D . Don Mss.
1. Calyx. 2 . P e ta ls. 3. Stamen. 4 . S ty le .
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