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EUSTREPHUS LATIFOLIUS. BROADEST- 

 LEAVED EUSTREPHUS. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Perianth, fexpartitum, patens foliolis interioribus fimbriatis, 

 deciduum. Stamina 6, hypogyna. Filam. breviffima, plana, 

 nunc coalita. Anth. ereciae. Ovarium loculis polyfpcrmis. 

 Stylus filiformis. Stigma trifidum. Capf. baccata, trilocul. 

 trivalv. valvis medio feptiferis. Sem. plura umbilico ftrophio- 

 lato. Embryo eccentricus. Radicula centrifuga. Brown Prod, 

 Fl. Nov. Holland, inedit. 



Obs. Suffrutices facie Medeolje afparagoidis, volubiles. Folia 

 nervofa. Pedicel li axil/ares et terminates aggregati, medio articidati. 

 Flores dilute purpurafcentes. Bacca fubglobofa, flava . Semina majujcula, 

 atra. Affinitate proximum genus Luzuriag^e. Flor. Peruv, 3. p. 65. 

 A 298. Brown he. cit. 



Specific Characler. 



EUSTREPHUS latifolius ; foliis ovatis elliptico-lanceolatifve ; 

 pedicellis aggregatis ; filatnentis bafi con- 

 natis ; antheris defloratis apice tortilibus. 

 Brown loc, cit. 



A genus inflituted by the very able Botanift above cited, 

 jrom whofe, as yet unpublished, work the above characters 

 have been, by his kind permiflion, extracted. It is a twining 

 greenhoufe fhrub, lately introduced from Botany-Bay; varies 

 with leaves two or three times broader than thole fhewn in the 

 Prefent figure. 



Uur drawing was made from a plant that flowered this fum- 

 £J e rat Meflrs. Whitley and Brame's nurfery, Old-Brompton. 



a s been miflaken by the gardeners for Medeola angujlU 



