

THEOBROMA. 



POLYADKLPHIA decandria. Li*k. 

 Ordo naturalis, MALVACEA Joss. 



CHARACTER GENERICUS. 



ton. 5 ,4*11 **/»*£ tf«* 



SPECIES. 



THEOBROMA bicolob. 





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MLS. 





Arbor tri-orgvali*. Rami allcmi dillanttt, juiiioribus albieanlibi 



Folia conbto-oblonga, pcdalia. ,U P" S ,a,,ra - viridia ' Sub, " S dncrt0 " 

 albicanlia, ban scpWinncrvia, iiervii* alternc ramOfi*. Florcs race- 

 moso-corymbofti, obscure rubooenta, tnimui. Racaoni supra fo- 

 lionim axilla* pctiolo paiilulum longior. <%€& ladnin qninque, 

 coloraue. Corolla quinnueptlala : petalis basi concavU, aaccatis, 

 trinovib cl ultra in ligulam brevcm, orbiculaiam , concavum pro- 

 duces. Siamina decern monadclpbia : filament* qumque erccla, 

 inembraiiacca, iterilia; quinqM alicma, rcllcxa, fcrtilia : amber* 

 quatuor in parte saeeala petalorum recondite, sub apiccm ei parte 

 interior! imguli filament! gcmmato. Propria anthem llava. bilo- 

 colaris. Ovarium globowm, wriceum* stylus UIUCDS, Stigma acu- 

 lum. Pcricarpium : ca|>sula drupacea ovala, sex pollicibu* longa, 

 inteqnaliier el mullotii* excavata, qoinqoewlcau, serioea, quin- 

 quclocularis, polyspcrnia. Cortex configuratione pulamiuis crassw, 

 iiiaiuritalc non scccdcns. I'ulanien ovalnm, ligtiOMim. duriisimum, 

 Scmina oblonga, numerosa, transversal iter snpcrposila , in palp* 

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