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AiND. 



TETRACERA. Linn. Decand. 



Tigarea Aubl. Rhininm Schreb. Euryamlra. Fonsx. Wahlbomia Thunb.? 



Flokes abortu diocci aut polvgami. Calyx ^-^-phvllus; foliolis subro- 

 tundis, concavis, margine imbricatis, persistentibus. Corolla tetra-aut 

 pentapetala; petalis concavis, deciduis. Stamina crcbra; lilamcnlis apice 

 dilatatis. Ovakia 3-5. Styli simplices, acuti. Capsllve tot (juot ovaria, 

 uniloculares, Iatereinleriore dehiscentes, subbivalves. Skmina i aut2, ovata, 

 nitida, arillata. 



Frutices aut arbusculo», soepe scandentia; ramis teretibus. Folia altcrna, 

 petiolata, sccpius supra scabra, intcgcrrima aut dcntata, venis lateralibus 

 parallelis, coriacca. Stipuhc nullac. Flores paniculali aut raccmosi. 



i. TETOACERA vocubilis. 



T. foliis obovoto-eliiplicis, aciitis, reniole denticulalis , scabris; paniculis foliatisj lloribiK 

 conglomcratis. 



Tctraccra voliibilis. Linn. l r ahl. symb. 3./?. 71. G&rtn.fruct. \. p- 556. t. Gg-f 5. Sp. pl. 

 ed. W. i.p. \il\l. JJecand. Syst. veg. i. p. 3()8. {ciuct. herb. Juss.) 



Crescit in ripa fluminis Alagdalena- , prope ('arapatas Novo- Graaatei/sium , alt.So- 100 

 hcx. \) Jloret A/ajo. 



Frutkx ramis tcrctibus, ilcxuosis; junioribus hirto-tomcntosis, cancseentibus. Fot.u alterna, breviter 

 petiolata, elliptica, acuta, basi in peliolum «lccurrentia, remote uVnticulata, inferne integcrrima, vcnis 

 primariis approximatis parallclis ncrvoque mcdio subtus proininentibus. mcmbranacea, utrinquc punc- 

 tulato-scabra, ncrvo vcnisquc pubcscculibus, supra satiatc viridia, subtils pallidiora, 5y poiliccs longa, 

 trespolliccslata. Petioli semitcrctcs, intemc caualiculati, cxtcrne scabri, subsemipollicarcs. Stipiii..e nullaw 

 Pamculje tcrminales, foUata^bractcatcc; ramis alternis, patcntibus rbacbiqucflexuosa liirlo-tomentosiselea- 

 nesccntibus;bractcisovato-obloii£is,acuminatis,extemcpubescentibus. Floiu:s5-6, pcriiccllo communibrevi 

 exsidentes, subscssilcs, bracteolali. Calyx pcntapliyllus; loliolis suborbiculatis, concavis, extcrne sericeo- 

 pubesccntibus, duobus aut tribus extcrioribus crassioribus ct magis rubris; inlerioribus tcnuioribus. Petala 

 (matuor, albo-vircscentia . ovata, concava, venulosa , crcnulata ; interiore duplo majore, stamina involventc. 

 Stamima crebra, lrypogvna, corolla lonpiora. Imlamlnta filiformia, teretia, alba, basi annulo connexa. 



