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RoNDELETIA ODORATA. SWEET-SCENTED 
RonDELETIA. 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rupsiaces. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx dentibus 5 profundis acutis, persistens. Corolla 
infundibuliformis, tubo cylindrico, calyce longiore apice 
(sub) ventricoso, limbo plano reflexo laciniis (sub) rotun- 
datis (planiusculis). Anthere non prominentes. Stegza 
bifidum, (obtusum, Linn.) Capsula subglobosa bacciformis, 
calyce coronata, bi- (et 4-) locularis, apice in partes 2 de- 
hiscens, polysperma (et solitaria semina). Roem. et Sch. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ronpeetia * odorata; foliis vix petiolatis ovatis aut sub- 
cordatis acutiusculis, supra sparse scabris, subtus palli- 
dioribus in nervis tantum scabris, corymbis terminali- 
bus. DC. 
Ronpetetia odorata. Jacq. Amer. p. 59. t. 42. Linn. Sp. 
Pl. p. 1671. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. Am. v. 3. p. 
394. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 408. | 
(8.) floribus flavescentibus. R. odorata. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
t. 1905. 
A native, it is said, of Havana, and of Mexico. Our spe- 
cimen was communicated by Dr. Granam from the Edin- 
burgh Botanic Garden in November, 1841, and its flowers 
were truly brilliant and of a vermilion colour, as they are 
described 
* So named by Father PLuMIER, in memory of WILLIAM RoNnDELET, 
a physician of Montpelier; well known for his work on Fishes, and who also 
studied Botany in connection with the Materia Medica. 
