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MANETTIA coccinea. 

 Red-Jlowered MtmeUia. 



TETRANDRIA MONOOYmA. 



„ Xf/t Fructus mon0cSarpus 



bilocularis polyspermus. Stamina 4. Folia opposita» caulis herbaceus aiit 

 fratescens. 



MANETTIA. Col. 4-5^partitas. Cor. infundibulifonnis, 4-B-paP' 

 tita (remans) ; faace barbatd. Capt. oblonga> bilocularis, biralvi«^ Talvia 

 duplicatis. Stem, numerosa^ imbricata, alata. (Stam, 4^. . PloM vofo^ 

 hites auf scandeni^. ) i'ersooR «yn. 1. 134. 





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M. coccfnea. foliis OTali-ovatove oblongis acuminatis neirosis subt{l9 glabris; 



ramulis noriferis 3-6-floris axillanbDs oppositis foBo plurimiunloiigtoribus ; 



calyce S^partito. / ./' 



Manettia coccinea. TTi/U^ |p. p/. 1. 625. 

 Nacib^ea coccinea. AiAl. guian- 1. 96* /. 3f7.Jlg* 1. Lamarck mofc^ 4. 415.. 



ilbatr. genl /. 64" 



Fnitex mrm&i^&sits vi^nbiUs hmgiuim^ $cmdens, ravnU teretibuB mperni 

 ramulosis' infr^f^mb^kyUU eartiee palHdo giabtrh 'FoL deoussato-dUUmtiap 

 ovalia d. ovata, lanceoMo-acuminata, M-triutMtUia bUUudm€ subduplo mt-; 



buB noiii^ gtlahfaqne suprd vUlis minutis decimis (vix nui ocuh 4irmato 

 man^u^} pubeiceiUia : /pet. breviar: s^pvAi^ /hierpeHoiaresvirides brevet 

 tramversi mlatata gtandubso^enttculatee. Bamuli in ramU $tqter^ nn^ 

 lares cpporiti, foUo Umgiores, diphylH, ^ftori v. tfertcm dimn &-jfi&n; fiores 

 erec<t, mm fermtiialu, etBterifoliolarum axiilares: pedic^ jifore pbtrimiim 

 /onjreoref gItAri tnrides^ Cat. germini$ cmtinun, 6phjflm$^ mridit, til- 

 bmis, caroUiB tttbo brevhr, revomt^ divaricatuf, persutens, foHolU lineari- 

 svMittfM ab nmcem dutantibus. Cor, l^petabt, hypocrateriformU^ i mi- 



, maio-coccineo pallescens: tubus m&seflttmcianft erecfus, calyce longior, albus 

 * rubro-punctatm^ ore pi^flavi$ articuhtii erectU Umbo brevwribns caronatus, 

 intug tn^a mediwoi aliis mineribus, cwterum stmJK&tu, barbatus: limbi 4- 

 partiti lacim^ coloratiares, ovaU^t rtdattB^ iubo mtt% brecitxres. Fil^. oc/6ar- 

 bam tubum mtemiprope basin circumemtte inserta : anth^, ineluMtB, intronm^ 

 pallidie, obhngtB, bitoculares, posfici annexes. Stylus JUiformu hngiintHne 

 tubi: stig. Mmli 2 oppositi ovali-oblangi compresri virides. Germ, vise brevius 

 eafyce, obUmg^m, cylindricum, s^ius subcoloratum, tt^iiHmm^ laxiguepu- 

 beseem, lineis widUms 8 siriatubtm, basi cuneatum, biloc, dissepimento me- 

 didi oTula plwrima compressa alata receptacuio utroque dissepimenti ajgtxa 

 arcfique turnim imbricate. 



No ^cies of this genus appears to have been introdaced 

 before tae present ; which was lately raised by Mr. Ander- 

 son at the Physic Garden^ Chelsea, from seed from Tri- 

 nidad. 



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