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LuctLiA GRATISSIMA. Fraqgrant Lucu.ia. 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rvsice#. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus turbinatus ; limbus 5-partitus, laciniis line- 
ari-subulatis equalibus deciduis. Corolla hypocrateri- 
morpha tubo calyce duplo longiore vix superne dilatato, 
limbo expanso fere 5-partito, lobis obovatis obtusissimis. 
Anthere oblong, ad faucem subsessiles subincluse.  Stig- 
mata 2 carnosa. Fructus capsularis (Bacca? ex Sweet) 
obovato-oblongus nudus cicatrice apice notatus bilocularis, 
septicido ab apice ad basin dehiscens. Placenta elongata 
demum a dissepimento libera. Semina minuta dense sur- 
sum imbricata, ala membranacea dentata, ad basin brevis- 
sima, apice latiore—Arbuscula Aszatica. Rami teretes 
pubescentes. Folia elliptica acumine brevi, petiolata, supra 
glabra, subtus in nervis villosa. Stipule utrinque solitarie 
basi late apice cuspidate petiolo longiores. Corymbus ter- 
minalis multiflorus, ramulis oppositis, ultimis apice trifloris. 
Corolle rosee carnosule. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Lucunia* gratissima ; foliis ellipticis acuminatis multiner- 
viis supra glabris subtus nervisque villosis, laciniis 
calycinis lanceolatis acutis, corolla lobis rotundatis. 
-Lucunta gratissima. Sw. Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 145. De Cand. 
Prod. v. 4. p. 358. 
Cincuona gratissima, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 31. Fi. 
Ind. 0. 2. p. 154. 
Mussanpa Luculia. Ham. in Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. — 
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* So called by Mr. SWEET, it would appear, from Lucule Swa, the 
Naware name. 
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