Tas. 4239. 
THEOPHRASTA Jusstat. 
Jussiceu’s Theophrasta. 
Nat. Ord. TuropHrastaces, De Cand—PrnTANDRIA MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. THEOPHRASTA, Juss. (not Linn. nor Phum.).—Calyx campanu- 
latus, profunde 5-fidus : lobis ovatis, erectis, obtusiusculis, margine membranaceis, 
-subciliatis, nervis centro parallelis, eestivatione imbricatis, uno exteriore, uno in- 
teriore, 3 intermediis. Corolla cylindraceo-campanulata, apice 5-loba, calyce 
quadruplo longior: lobis obtusis, imbricatis, estivatione calycis? lobo saltem 
uno exteriore. Appendices 5, ad basin corolle, carnose, truncate, late, cum 
lobis corolle alternantes. Pars corolle infra appendices parte superiore quintu- 
plo brevior. Stamina 5, corolla quadruplo breviora, ejus lobis opposita, ima 
basi tubi inserta, libera. Filamenta lanceolata. Anthere erectze, filamentis 
sublongiores latioresque, extrorse, apice connectivo elongato cuspidate, lanceo- 
latee, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pollen (siccum) late ellipsoideum, 
areolatum leve. Pistidlum calycem longitudine subequans. Ovarium ovoideum. 
Stylus brevis. Stigma capitatum obscure bilobatum? Ovula plurima adscen- 
dentia, placentee centrali stipitatee globose inserta. Fructus globosus, crustaceo- 
carnosus, unilocularis. Semina pauca (3-6?) ovoidea subcuneata, apice stipitis 
placente glomerata, extremitate quadam foveolata? testa mucilaginea? magni- 
tudine pomi minoris. _4léwnen corneum. Embryo paulo excentricus, rectus. 
Radicyla cylindrica extremitatem foveolatam spectante.  Cotyledones ovate 
plan&, radicula latiores.—Arbuscula Americana, trunco apice comoso: foliis 
confertis subverticillatis, lineari-oblongis, obtusis cartilagineis sesquipedalibus, 3 poll. 
latis, sessilibus, grosse spinoso-dentatis, venis creberrimis subpellucidis parallelis 
punctis rotundis minutis centro quasi perforatis utrinque sitis: spinis axillaribus 
minimis, caducis: racemis terminalibus 5-6-floris corymbiformibus pubescentibus ; 
bracteis linearibus pedicello elongato triplo brevioribus ; bracteolis solitariis supra 
medium pedicelli : Jloribus albis, subnutantibus : fructu luteo. DC. 
Tuopurasta Jussiei. Lindl. Coll. Bot. t.26. De Cand. Prodr. v. 8. p. 146. 
TuropHrasta Henrici. Hamilt. Prodr. Ind. Occ. p. 27. 
THEOPHRASTA Americana. Sw. Obs. p.58 (non Linn.). 
A stately unbranched plant, with something of a Palmn-like 
habit, the upper part being comose or crowned with a tuft of 
leaves, and bearmg in the centre of those leaves a pretty large 
cluster of good-sized flowers. Few have had the opportunity of 
studying this, save from dried specimens, yet it has occupied 
the attention of some of our ablest botanists, and is considered 
worthy (by Don and De Candolle), in conjunction with Clavija 
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