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Pentas carnea. Flesh-coloured 

 Pentas. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Rubiace^e. Trib. Hedyotideje. ) 



Generic Character. 



Pentas, Benth. Nov. Gen. Calycis tubus brevis turbina- 

 tes ; limbus profunde 5-fidus, laciniis angustis inaequalibus, 

 glanduJis I — 2 interdum insinubus adjectis. Corolla tubus 

 elongatus ; faux cam pa mi lata intus barbata ; limbus patens 

 5-fidus, laciniis ovatis glabris aestivatione laeviter imbricatis. 

 Slarnina 5 infra faucem inserta: Filamenta brevia : Anthera 

 lineares. Discus epigynus crassus. Stylus filiformis apice 

 bilobus. Capsula subglobosa apice libera acutiuscula, 

 loculicide bivalvis, valvis bifidis. Semina numerosa. Benth. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Pentas* carnea; foliis ovatis vel ovali-oblongis acutis basi 

 cuneatis pilosiusculis, corollae tubo calyce multoties 

 longiore, styli ramis elongatis, capsular valvulis parte 

 adnata vix brevioribus. Benth. 



Sipanea carnea. Hortul. 



Our stoves have lately exhibited a fine flowering plant, 

 under the name of Sjpanea carnea, well worthy of general 

 cultivation. Mr. Makoy, of Liege, I believe, introduced it 

 to Euglaud : at least, the RoyarBotauic Garden of Kevv is 



indebted 



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* " A series of five ;" so named by Mr Bentham from the quinary 

 arrangement of the parts of the flower ; whereas they are quaternary m the 

 other Genera of Hedyotide^e, to which group this plant belongs. 



