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GONOLOBUS viridiflorus. 
Green-flowered Gonolobus. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASCLEPIADEZ. 
GONOLOBUS. Supra, vol. 3. fol. 252. 
G. viridiflorus ; umbellis foliis brevioribus paucifloris, foliis cordato-ovatis 
ovatisye acuminatis glabris, caule volubili. Rém. et Schultes syst. veg. 
6. 61. 
“ Cynanchum viridiflorum. Meyer fl. Essequeb. p. 141.” 
G. guianensis. Spreng. syst. 1. 845. 
Caulis fruticosus, volubilis, retrorsim villosus. Folia oblonga, subpan- 
.durata, basi cordata, acuta, petiolata, glabriuscula, subtús venosa. Cyme 
triflore, folüs breviores, pedicellis pilosis. Flores magni, virides, venosi, 
glabri. 
A native of South America, in the district of Essequebo, 
whence it was obtained and described by Dr. Meyer; and 
also in Brazil, whence the plant from which our drawing 
was taken, in August last, was sent by Henry Chamberlain, 
Esq. to the Horticultural Society of London. 
A curious stoye twining shrub, propagated very readily 
by cuttings of the ripened wood. 
Stem covered with long, reversed hairs. Leaves oblong, 
somewhat panduriform, cordate at the base, acute, stalked, 
smoothish, veiny beneath. Cymes 3-flowered, shorter than 
the leaves, with pilose pedicels. Flowers large, green, 
veiny, smooth. . ri 
