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GARDOQUIA MULTIFLORA. MANY-FLOWERED 
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Class and Order. 
DipynamiaA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—LasziaT2. ) 
7. Gen ie Character. 
Calyx tubulosus, 13-ne us, subincurvus, ore equali vel 
obliquo dentibus brevibus rectis subequalibus vel subbila- 
biatis. Corolle tubus longe exsertus rectus vel incurvus, 
intus nudus; imbus bilabiatus, labium superius erectum 
subplanum emarginatum, inferius subpatens lobis planis 
medio latiore. Stamina 4, subdidynama, inferioribus lon- 
gioribus, laxe adscendentia, apice subdistantia, superiora 
subinde sterilia. Filamenta edentula. _Anthere biloculares, 
loculis distinctis parallelis yel subdivergentibus. Styl lobi 
subequales. Achenia sicca, levia.—Suffrutices fruticesve 
ramosissimi foliosi, sepe procumbentes. Flores pulchri, 
sepius coccinet. Benth. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Garvoguia* multzflora ; fruticosa“subglabra, foliis, petio- 
latis ovatis obtusiusculis subcrenatis basi rotundatis 
viridibus subtus pallidis, floralibus conformibus, verti- 
cillastris laxis subsecundis, cymis pedunculatis vix 
dichotomis, calycis glabriusculi dentibus acutis, fauce 
intus nuda corollis calyce triplo longioribus. Benth. 
Garpoguia multiflora. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv. et Chil. 
ined. 4. t. 495. f. a. Benth. Lab. p. 398. 
Rizoa ovatifolia. Cav. Ie. vol. 6. p. 56. t. 578 (male oom 
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* Named by Ruiz and Pavon in compliment to D. Disco GaRDoaut, 
Minister of Finance to CuarteEs IV., king of Spain. 
