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GonoLogus HIsPIDUS. Hisp1p GONOLOBUS. 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Dieynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—AscLePiapDE®. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. subrotata, 5-partita. Corona staminea scutellifor- 
mis lobata. -Anthere transversim dehiscentes, membrana 
terminate. Masse pollinis extremitati exteriori respectu 
loculi affixe, stigmate tect. Stigma planiusculo-depres- 
sum. Folliculi ventricosi, subcostati. Semzna comosa. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Gonoosus* hispidus; foliis cordato-ovatis acutis nervis 
caule petiolis pedunculisque hispidissimo-hirsutis, flo- 
ribus umbellatis, corollis coriaceis, intus basi tubercu- 
losis. 
Gonoxosus hispidus. Hook. et Arn. Contrib. towards S. 
Am. Bot. in Hook. Bot. Journ. t. 295. 
This singular asclepiadeous plant, no less remarkable for 
its dark, lurid-purple-coloured flowers, ofa peculiarly thick 
and coriaceous texture, than for its powerful fragrance, resem- 
bling more that of freshly ground roasted peas, but highly 
concentrated, than any thing else to which we can compare 
it, is a native of dry situations among withered grass at 
Entre Rios, South Brazil, and was sent by Mr. T weenie to 
the Glasnevin Botanic Garden in 1837. In July, 1839, Mr. 
Moore communicated the fine flowering specimen from 
which the accompanying figure is taken, and observes upon 
it, 
* From ywna, an angle, and aceos a pod ; from the ribs or angles of the 
elongated fruit. 
