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Peliosanthes Teta. Green-flowered 



Teta. 



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C7//} a#*/ Order. 



Hexandria Monogyni a. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. o. Cor. fupera, marcefcens, hexapetalo-divifa, rotato- 

 c *planata, in dif'co bulla cava glandulofa circular! concolord 

 germinitega medio pervia umbiiicate aucb ; laciniis parabolice 

 oblongis, aeqiittlibus. Fit. brevtfBma aequa!ia, bullae intus 

 adnat.i. Antb. bilocularcs, didvmae, tranfverfe oblongoe, bullae 

 on accumbenter circumpoGtx, ilylum verfus deliifcentes. 

 lienu. triloculare, ovulis in loculo binis ? collateralibus. Stylus 

 wreviffimus, crafTus, truueato - pyramidatus, acute trigonus, 

 v jndiffitnus, umbonulo ftamtneo (quern perineal dnm aperturam 

 yus Jubobiurat) ilbmeter. Stigma cicatricula triradiata in fumino 

 ftyJo fignata. G. 



Ufls. Ex agro bengalenfi. Planta herbacea, perennis, vix pedalis ; radix 



nMzomate centrali crajjius fimpliciterque fibrofa ; folia plura radicalia, 



Wibientia, eretlo-divergentia, e bafi pctiolatim anguflata in laminam oblonga- 



wieeaJaiam triplo longiorem ampliata,pHcato-nervfa, denfe tranfverfe venofa, 



glabra; caul is ffctpe pluresj armuus, Jimplex, folia vix arfsquuns, inter- 



Jviaceus, teres, Jtriilus, g/aber, violaceo-viridis, deorfum foliolis nmnnllis 



v Ji's braftea-formibus ftipatus ; inflor. aggregato-racemofa y ex fafciculis 



Funmis 2-5 fl jr is fefjilibus bratleutis in racemum ereclum fpurjim digejiis ; 



r . es e, ec!i, fuhberbucei ? vioiaceo-viridefcentes> inodori, pedicellati, tertiam 



Uncue partem tiiametro fubadaqi.utntrs, laciniis longitudine fere germinis ; 



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^'pallii'to-lutefcntes; pedicelli germhii turbinate cui continui fere ifo- 

 """"'i leretes, g.abri, ftnguli bra&ea membranacea ovato-acuminata csnilam 

 J ub udcequante except i. Nee coram vidimus jnidum maturum. G. 



Specific Cbaraclcr and Synonyms. 



P£ LIOSANTIIES teta. Hot. Re?. Tab. 525 ; quoad partes 

 T dtfttlwi exbrbttas parum fida. G. 



1 ETA viridifiora. Roxburgh Cat. Mf penes D. A. B. Lambert, 

 T abfque omni defer fptionc. 



^TA. Bengalenfitus. 



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