MENODORA. 



1)1 WDHIA MONOGYNIA. LttfTt* 



OHDO NATURALIS, JASMINES, AN POTIUS GEXTIANILE? JlOT- 



CHARACTER GENERICUS. 



HAMIX'S. Phma Truliciilosa > omnibus partibus hirsuU. Caules 



plurimi procumbenles, supcrnc crccii. Folia opposha, ovali-lau- 



ccolala, fere ac&ilia, integerrima, Slipuh nulla. 

 Flouksckntia- Calyx multipartita*, mferus; laciniis dcccnvmiataor- 



decimve-lmearilms, erect is* 

 Corolla regularis, <piiw|uepaHita, patens; lubo brcvi*,faucc Mr- 



SDlft: lacimis wuualibu*, oblongo-ovalibus. 

 Stamina duo fauci inserla > inclnsu : anihcne oblonga* medio dorso 



nllixx, bilocularrs loctdis*. lot a longituduic ilcliisccnubiis- 

 Pistillum : ovarium Mipcrum apicc emarginaio-bilobalum , disco 



carno*o seim-immerMitii. Stylus mucus, Mainiui bus paulo longtor; 



Mygma capiialum, viridc. 

 Fructus (ancapsula? anbacca?) bilocuhris; locults oligospermia 



SPECIES. 

 MENODORA beuanthemoides. 



Ilir.i in collibus imperii Mexican!: frequens inter Aciopan Ct 

 vie urn Magdnlciwe- 



Plantk tipieuu, legcrcmfiii couvertc dc poils sur toutes sc* 



parties. 

 Kai:lm& pivotamc, de la groJttttr d'une plume de corbcau, const- 



difrublcmcni plus gi-osse VCT* 1e colleL 



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