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. EXACUM vifcofum. 

 Clammy GentiamUa. 



TETRANDRIA Mottogvnia. Fl.rncnptt^^or^UhafingU^ 



Ces-. Cha«. Cafyx Ibur-lcvcd. Cwlb falver-fhaped, with m inflated lube. 

 Uffik with Wo fumm, iwo celU, and many feed*, burfling at .he lop. 



Sp-c Char. Leaves oblong, »«ved. embraeing ihc flem. Flowers five-cleft. 



Brafle* hean-fhaped. perfoliate. longer than die calyx. 

 Svv. Cemiana vifcofa. Ail.Hort.Kav, V. i. 321. 



/n*4 arwriiiu; t* /*Vt. Kn* hy Mr. Ftwu Ma/** » (4- Com? ^t,,^. / .bu/,,^,^ „„* 

 *■>«. iAejarrfn. qrn«« iOn, Eft. a Hut*,, "i 1791. H u tmlOmUd ■•> (A, guut*#, 

 p.a*T>*& infurmtT. 11 



Sii-foinewluiDinibby.erea.lHiacbrd, roundilh. B™1« ©ppoGte, erea, Oighdy ouadran- 

 gular. green, leafy, many .fiowc red. 



if. entire, with 3 or j nmn, 

 a heartlike fhapc m the bafe. 



Lnvr ■ oppofitc, fcflilc. embracing ihc lira. UnccoUte^oblom;. ai 

 reticulated with veins, green on boch lido, fmcodi. djaied iw 

 SupU. none. 



P.«icim terminal, creel, fubdivided in a (hree.fi.ld order, much branched. eonfifungof many 

 fa-rn. fWwfrt roundd/i. Iknder. fingle-flowered. /J-aoY* two a! each <bvibon of the 

 panicle ai well ai under each flower, formed like the leavci. but rmallcr. and heart. 

 flujied. uruted -nd pcrlbliaie. nerved, permanent. 



Ftowai t or an elegant golden colour, inodorous, fligbtlr drooping, ihc fiie of thole of Chlorm 



C.k, one third the length of lite braftca?, campanulate. deeply five-defi, vifcid; feimenU 

 erect, blunt. lonicwhat membranoiu in the margin, fmooth. 



Coaoii* fatver-fhaped : luht iwicc u long as the calyx, tranfparent, highly vifcid ; fwelllnj it 

 ibe bafe. and at length, Idled by ihc increafing gennen. becoming ovate ( contracted it the 

 orifice ; UmA fivc-clefi 1 fegmenu, fpreadins. the length of the tube, obovatc, obmfe. paler 



Sf Am** five, projeeling. halfai long as the limb. ftismu infrrted into the orifice of the tube, 

 leaning KHfafdt iht upper f"le of the flower, equal, whiiiOi, (lightly incurved at the lip. 

 Aviv* obUig, incumbent, cloven at die bifi:. burfling by two longitudinal openings on d* 

 infide. permanent. never beoomii* fprially twilled, pale yellow. 



