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* LEMONIA spectabilis. 
Beautiful Lemonia. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Ruracem, $ DIOSMEÆ-CUSPARIDÆ. 
LEMONIA. Sepala 5, quorum par exterius foliaceum bivalve. Pe- 
tala 5, connata, limbo subineequali, tubo recto. Stamina 5, corolle tubo 
adnata; 2 fertilia sessilia, 3 sterilia cornuta, exserta, glandulosa. Discus 
cyathiformis, crenatus. Capsule 5, libere, monospermee. Cotyledones con- 
duplicati, haud corrugati. 
LEMONIA spectabilis. 
Frutex. Ramuli pubescentes, Folia trifoliolata ; foliolis petiolo pube- 
scente longioribus, obovatis, obtusis, glabris. Racemi axillares, pauciflori, fo- 
liis subequales. Flores purpurei, speciosi, pedicellati. Sepala 5; par exterius 
involueri bivalvis adspectu cui foliola ovata herbacea obtusa tubo corolle bre- 
viora; cetera tria multó minora, subrotunda, concava, equalia, tubo corolle 
arctê appressa, pallida, margine rubentia. Corolla monopetala, phenicea, car- 
nosa, superficie rugulosá, hypocrateriformis ; tubo recto apice obliquo, limbo 
breviore; laciniis 5, oblongis, obtusis, nonnihil oblique positis, superiore ceteris 
paulo breviore. Stamina in tubum connata intus pubescentem, corolla tubum 
arctê vestientem; Anthere duo superiores, (cum petalo minore alterne) ovate, 
obtuse, in apicem tubi staminei liberum sessiles; 3 inferiores steriles, cornute, 
glandulose, intermediá trilobá. Ovarium solidum, subrotundum, disco cyathi- 
formi crenato immersum; stylus filiformis, glaber; stigma acute 5-lobum. 
Fructus partes omnes citó solute, tandem in folliculos 5 monospermos suturá 
ventrali dehiscentes mutate. Carpella glabra, intus reticulata; putamine 
elastice separabili, cartilagineo, bivalvi. Semina solitaria, ascendentia, grisea, 
scabra, subrotundo-trigona, chalazá magna discolore hilo circulari excavato 
proximá. Testa crustacea, fragilis. Endopleura tenuis, carnosa. Embryo 
in se arcuatus, radiculd elongatá inflexd, inter cotyledones bilobos conduplicatos 
haud corrugatos inclusd. 
Messrs. Loddiges imported this plant from Cuba, and 
from a specimen in their possession the accompanying drawing 
* This very distinct and beautiful genus is named as a slight acknow- 
ledgment of the great benefits conferred, not merely upon science in general, 
but upon Botany in particular, by the large and well directed liberality of Sir 
Charles Lemon, Bart. M.P., whose garden at Carclew, near Penrhyn, in Corn- 
wall, has been for many years a fruitful source of new and interesting plants. 
October, 1840. x 
