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GNIDIA oppositifolia 



Pair-leaved G nulla. 







OCTANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 



GNIDIA. Cor. long* filiformis, limbo 4-fido. Sijuamuhz 4-8, 

 laciniis alternae. Stylus filiformis lateralis; stig* capitatum hispidum. 



Sem. corolla tectum. Folia in paucis opposite ; Jiores terminates dis- 

 tinct i nut rarius ag°regati. Jussieu. gen. 77 : revocata sub cade in ejus 

 a Bergio mutuata Nectandra. 



Obs. In Gnidia simplici corolla ab articulo tubi cadttca. 







G. oppositifolia y foliis decussatis, ovatis v. ovali-Ianceolatis, acutis, 

 glabra : callis staminiformibus 4 nudis supra faucem : staminibus 8 

 sub fauce. 



Gnidia oppositifolia. Lin. sp. pL I. 512. Si/st. veg. ed. IS. 30ft 

 Willd. sp. pi. '2. 42S ; (excluso Thumb* cum char, spec.) llo)t. Kez 

 ed. <2. 2. 413 ; (hacce varietate tends.) 



G. laevigata. Thunb. prodr. 67. Wendl. botan. beobacht. 17- tab. C. 

 fig. 14. Andrews s rcposit. 89. Willd. sp. pi. 2. 426. 



Tnymetaea africana Sanamundae prioris Clusii facie. Pluk. almag. 367. 



plnjt. t. 323. jig. 7. 

 (/3) rami, folia floralia, limbus intus, callique (in sicco saltern) purpu- 



rascentia. 

 Passerina laevigata. Aman. acad. 4. 312. Lin. sp. pi. 1. 513. Mant. 



375. 



Nectandra laevigata. Berg, capens. 134. 



Thymelaea foliis planis acutis, coma 8c floribus purpureis. JBurm. afr. 

 137. tab. AQ.fig. 3. 



Frutex. Caulis erectus, eicatriculis prominulis consitus, glaber, pennant 

 corvinam crassus : rami virgati, superni, foliosi, divisi ; ramuli jili formes 9 

 jloriferi. Folia unguicidaria, patentia, glauco-pruinata, modo apice ruben- 

 tia : jlor alia par um latiora conniventia. Flores subquini, terminates, aggre- 

 gate sessiles, pollicarcs, extus albo-scricei : tabus angustus, levissime dilatatus 

 in jaucem, striatus, supra germen art iculaio-constr ictus : lacinicc limbi hoc 

 quater breviores, oblongce, rotundata, primo explanatce, inde replicalis late- 

 ribus convexce : ad divisuras pro squamulis petalodis, corpuscida 4 stamina 

 mentientia. Anth. scssiles y duplici serie. Germ, sericeum. 



The tendency of the present species to unite with 

 Struthiola, is curiously evinced by a transition of the 

 more usual petallike scales, into four small inorganic 

 bodies, representing as many stamens with short filaments 

 and adnate yellow anthers; as well as by the subsiding of 

 all the real stamens below the orifice of the tube. 



Linnams, in a later work, has combined this species 

 from two of distinct genera, into which he had for- 



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