C 784 ] 



Ophioxylum Serpentinum. Three- 

 Leaved Ophioxylum. 



C/rf/} and Order. 



POLYGAMIA MoNCECIA. 



Generic Char a tier. 



Hermaph. Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. 5-fida infundibuliformis. 

 St am. 5. P//?. 1. 



Masc. Cal. 2-fidus. Cor. 5-fida infundibuliformis, ore nec- 

 tario cylindrico. Stain. 2. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms. 



OPHIOXYLUM fcrpentinum. Sp. PI. 1478. Reich. 4. 329. 



Flor. Zeylan. 329. M#/. A/f^. 219. 

 OPHIOXYLUM irifoliatum. Cert. Sem. 2. p. 129. /. 10$. 

 LIGUSTRUM foliis ad fingula genicula ternis. Burm. Zeyl. 



141. /. 64. 

 Clematis indicaperlkae foliis, fructupericlymeni. Bauh.Pin.%o±. 

 Radix muftelje. Rumph. Amb. 7. p. 26. t. 16. 

 Tsjovanna. Rheed. Malab. 6. p. 87. /. 7. 



A 7 !?/*. Gartner confiders that of Rumph. t. 16. as a diftincl fpecies. 



Desc. Stalk fhrubby, ere&, with afh-coloured bark: 

 branches ftraight, warty. Leaves ternate, lanceolate-ovate, 

 Recurrent down the footftalk, quite entire, veined, pale under- 

 neath. Flowers terminal, aggregate, flefh-coloured. Peduncles 

 ihort, coloured. Calyx fmall, five-cleft, erecl, conniving, 

 perfiftent. Corolla tubular : tube very long, red, fwoln in the 

 middle: limb white, five-cleft, contort: fegments obtufe, 



cupped : 



