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MARTYNIA lutea. 
Yellow Martynia, 
mVYVAMlA AJfGiaSPSnMIA. * ■ 
Nat. or d. PedaliNv-e. JR. Br. piodr. nov. HoU. \.3\9. (Bignoniaium 
sect. in. Juss. s. Sesamcarum Kunth. pars.) 
MARTYNIA L. — C«Z*/x pentaphyllus inipqualis. Corolla ventiicosa : 
Kmbo 5-lobo subajquali. Filamentum quintum sterile. Ovarium unilo- 
culare ; placentis duabns parietalibus bilobis oligospennis. Stigma bilobum. 
Capsuia lignosa birostris, apice tHv^yis, psendo 4-IocnlaTtf} seminibas 
pendufis. ■■ r^' 
M. lutea; foliis cordato-orbiculatis ilentatis cum cauie glanduloso pubescen- 
tibus, rostris pericarpio multo longioribus. 
Caulis annua, 1 1 pedalis, pallidus, teres, undique pil'is glandidosis, bre- 
vihus, confer tissiniis diaphanis viscosus. Folia opposita, hmgc petiolata, 
pntentia, horizontalia, orbiculata, basi cordata, lobis i?nbricatis, obtusa, den- 
licidata, mollia, ylanduloso-pttbescentia, 5-7-nervia; petiolis teretibus, glaH- 
dttioso-pHhcsccntibus, versus apicem attenuatis, folio longioribus. Racemus 
tf riiiiiialis, ercctus, paucijlorus, confertus, foliis vix alitor. Flores undique 
glanduloso-pilosi. Pedicelli crecti, basi bracted decidud, lineari, pallidd 
suffulH. Calyx magnus, pallidus, bracteis dudbus conformibus concoloribus 
oblongis lateralibus involucratus, 5-phtfllus; sepalis exteriorHms oblongis 
plauis, lateralibus majoribus \-dimidiatis, interioribus lineari lanceolatis 
obtusis paulb breviorihus. Coro^l^i magna infundilmlariSf exti^s pihso-glan- 
dulosa viridi-ltUea, intiis glabra anrantiaca, tubo comtrictOf fauce ventricosd 
ohliqud xntiLs tangumeo jnUcherrimi fmctaid, limbo patente 5-partitOf lobis 
rotwtdatis sabinJMcatis: imklms protrusa; duobus stiperioriims minoribus 
basi glandulosiSj inferwre multo majon reniformi undidato {seBpiUs ter). 
Stamina 4 didynama rudimento 5'. Filamenta crassa, purpurea fasciataf 
versiis pdrietem superiorem faucis arctuUaf tubo breviora. Antheree in 
crucem cohcerentes, glabra ; connective luMff camoso, diaphano, subundulato, 
valvulis discretis bilocularibus promineiitibus. Pollen albwH, spharittm 
liberum majusculum. Ovarium ovatum, dorso carinatumf in stipite breifi 
lutescente annulari insidenSy glabrum, 1-loctdare, polgspermum, placentis 
duubus bilobis parietalibus, lobis stigmatis alternis, ovula horizontalia geren- 
tibiis. Stylus fliformis rectus gluber. Stiirma bilobum lobis magnis foliaceis 
demum recurvis, auteriore majorc, utroque uninervi. Capsuia lignosa, cym- 
biformis, ncnleata, dorso cristutd, crista hipnrtUnli laceru, apice. hicorais: 
cornubus binncialibus, teretibus, inermibus, sursiitn arcuatis: semi-bivalvis, 
nnilocularis , psendo 4 locularis : placentis qnatuor liijiKi.si.-; sfptiformibus. 
utrinque parietibus pericarpii appressis. Seraina cuique placenta 2 v. 3, 
