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patentibus diphyllis ; foliolis alternis ; gemmis supra axillaribus, squa- 

 mis ciliatis, ramia adultis floriferis, spinosis ; spinis brevioribus, axilla- 

 ribns, nudis, erectis; stipulis exiguis, filiformibus, ciliatis; floribus 

 hermaphroditis in apice ramulorum paniculatis albis, pedicellis trifloris. 

 Folia ad siccitatem odorata. 



A bush of the Celastraceous order, about 3 feet high, 

 which has been for some years in the Botanical Garden at 

 Brussels, but whose native country is unknown : it is sup- 

 posed to have come from the East Indies. The leaves smell 

 something like Melilot. The flowers are small, greenish 

 white, and scentless. It seems a plant of no interest. 



46. HYDROMESTUS maculatus. 



Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung, 1842, p. 285. 



Calyx bibracteolatus, quinquepartitus ; laciniis superioribus aequalibus acutis, 

 quinta postica obtusa. Corolla hypogyna infundibuliformis, bilabiata, 

 tubo longo ; labio superiore bifido, lobis obtusis revolutis inferioris tri- 

 fidi laciniis sequalibus. Spicse bracteis arete appressis, cucullatis, aqua 

 limpida impletis. Stamina quatuor, sequalia, corollse tubi inserta, ex- 

 serta, barbata ; antherse uniloculares, apice et basi lanuginoso-barbatse. 

 Ovarium biloculare, loculis biovulatis. Stylus simplex ; stigma bilabi- 

 atum, labiis inoequalibus. Capsula sessilis, tetragona, bilocularis, loculis 

 dispermis, dissepimento incompleto, loculicide biralvis, valvis medio 

 septiferis. Semina discoidea rugosa retinaculis uncinatis suffulta. 



H. maculatus ; Scheidw. Suflrutex mexicanus ; caule erecto glabro ; foliis 

 cruciatum oppositis, nitidis, rugosis, undulatis, luteo maculatis, coriaceis, 

 obtusiusculis, basi acutis, petiolatis. Spica terminalis, quadrifariam im- 



brica; flores lutei. Caulis 2 ped. altus ; folia 8 poll, longa, 3 poll. 



lata ; petioli pollicares ; spica 4-5 poll, longa. 



A small Mexican bush, belonging to the Acanthaceous 

 order. The flowers are yellow, and like those of a Justicia. 

 The leaves are stiff and shining. From the Botanic Garden 

 at Brussels. 



47. RHODOSTOMA gardenioides. 

 Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung, 1842, p, 286. 



Calyx tubo cylindraceo tribracteolato, cum ovario connato, limbo supero, 

 persistente, fisso, quinquefido ; laciniis aequalibus recurvis, acutis. Co- 

 rolla supera, infundibuliformis, tubo longo cylindrico, intus glabro ; 

 limbi quinquelobi laciniis lanceolatis, plicatulis, reflexis, mucronatis. 

 Stamina quinque, summo tubi inserta ; filamenta brevissima. Antherse 

 lineares, inclusse mediofixse, basi sagittate. Ovarium inferum, biloculare, 

 disco epigyno carnoso. Ovula in loculis solitaria. Stylus simplex, stig- 

 mata duo lineares. Fructus . Patria ? 



Rhodostoma gardenimdet; fmcticulus erectus ramosus articulatus, cortice 



