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GONOLOBUS diadematus. 
Gorgetted Gonolobus 
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*PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Arocynem. Jussieu gen. 143. Div. II. 
ASCLEPIADEE. Brown asclep. 19. Div. I, AscLEPIADEX 
VERE. Masse pollinis 10, leves, рег paria, (diversis antheris pertinentia,) 
alixæ stigmatis corpusculis, sulco longitudinali, bipartibilibus. Fil. con- 
nata, extüs sepiüs appendiculata. Id. 1. с. 21. 
GONOLOBUS. Masse Pollinis leves, 10, transverse. Cor. subro- 
tata. Sem. comosa, Brown in Hort, Kew. ed. 9. 9. 82. 
Suffrutices volubiles. Fol. opposita, latiuscula. Umbell@ interpetiolares. 
America presertim inter tropicos indigene. 
С. diadematus, hirsutus ; foliis oblongis, ellipticis, lanceolatis, basi arctato- 
cordatis sing clauso, corolle laciniis ovato-rotundatis: coronà faucem 
intüs de basi circumstipante. 
Frutex volubilis biorgyalis v. ultra, caule inferno suberoso¿fisso, ramis 
teretibus pilis articulatis asperiusculis fulvis hirsutis. Fol. distantia, mem- 
branacea, acuminata, hirsutits pilosa, nervosa, sublàs reticulato-venosa, 
2-4-uncialia magisve: pet. erassiusculi, flexi, bis terve breviores lamina: 
cilia interpetiolaria parüm conspicua, Umbelle capitato-contracte, 3-5-flore, 
foliolis lanceolatis involucrate; pedunc. communi robusto breviore petiolo, 
pedicellis ¿revioribus v. subequalibus calyci, hirsutis, distinctis bracteis an- 
gustis. Flores luteo-virentes diametro subunciali. Cal. equalis „ис, сат» 
anulatus, villosus, viridans, foliolis 5 ovato-lanceolatis, Cor. coriacea, urceo- 
Tuto-rolata, glabra, venis lineisque obscurioribus, intis opaca, extàs lucida р 
limbus explanatus, ultra medium. 5:fidus, laciniis oblusissimis; faux brevis 
urceolata ; corona staminea faucis fando. adnata, purpureo-rubens, glabra, 
subemicans, è laminis subquadrato-scutellatis invicem contiguis, parieti Jaucis 
accumbentibus, margine summo subtridentato-repandis, compagem stamineam 
(qué clam basi derivantur} liber? circumstantibus. Stig. albicans, depres- 
sum. Anth. quas non nisi visit fugitivo inspeximus, д dignose generis ali- 
quantam deficctunt habentque formam gigartoideam, neque ола apertè 
staminibus innata est: unde forte rectus пош generis species? Habita verd 
ceterisque signis convenit cum GONOLOBO ; nec aliorsüm propinguiäs accedere 
nobis videtur. 
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An unrecorded species, which we have ranked in the 
present genus chiefly from habit or general likeness ; for 
it has not precisely the transverse anthers, which constitute 
t feature of GoworoBus, as now defined. Mr. 
Brown, who has so advantageously remodelled the natural 
order to which this genus belongs, seems inclined to think 
that the character should be extended to admit the present 
species, along with some others which he has not had an 
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