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Stephanotis floribunda. Copious- 

 flowering Stephanotis, 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Digynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Asclepiade^;. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-sepalus, corolla brevior. Corolla hypocrateri- 

 tormis, laciniis obliquis contortis. Corona staminea sim- 

 plex, 5-phylla, laciniis simplicibus membranaceis erecti* 

 mtegris. Antherce membrana superatae ; massce pollinis ge- 

 mina?, erects, basi fixag. Stigma conicum acutum. Folli- 

 culi (ex Dv Pet. Th.) duo, horizontales, crassi, acuminati, 

 seminibuspapposis. — Frutices Madagascarienses, volubiles ; 

 foliis oppositis coriaceis Icevissimis ; Horibus ternatis v. um- 

 bellatis, pedunculo communi inter petiolari. Brongn. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Stephanotis * floribunda ; foliis ellipticis retusis v. brevis- 

 sime acuminato-uncinatis, floribus umbellatis numero- 

 sis, sepalis ovatis tubo corollas quadruplo brevioribus, 

 laciniis coronae stamineae ovatis antherarum membrana 

 brevioribus. Brongn. 



Stephanotis floribunda. Brongn. in Nouv. Ann. des Sc. 

 Nat. v. 7. p. 30. 



A native of Madagascar, which Mrs. Lawrence had the 

 gratification of introducing to the stoves of this country ; 

 and few plants could have been more acceptable. It is a 



graceful 



* I'Tifan, a crown, and ot»?, oto$, an ear ; from the five ear- like appen- 

 dages to the starainal crown. 



