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ABRONIA MELLIFERA. HONEY-SMELLING 
ABRONIA. 
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7 Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Nycracinez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium simplex subhypocrateriforme, limbo 5-par- 
tito, basi tumido angulato. Staminum filamenta 5, basi 
coalita in vaginulam hypogynam. brevissimam, supra ag- 
glutinata tubo perianthii coarctato, demum libera: Anthere 
oblonge, incluse. Germen 1, vaginula staminifera infra 
cinctum, in tumida perianthii basi: Stylus 1. Stigma 
incrassatum. <Achenium 1, perianthii basi quinquangulari 
tectum. : 
‘Specific Character and Synonym. & yeas 
Asronia* mellifera; foliis ovatis subsinuatis glutinosis, flo- 
ribus glabris, perianthii limbo undulato (albo). 
Asronia mellifera. Douglas MSS. 
Descr. Stem procumbent, rounded, branched, succu- 
lent, glabrous, green, reddish at the joints, slightly gluti- 
nous. Leaves in opposite pairs, on long petioles, ovate, or 
ovato-oblong, more or less oblique, somewhat sinuated, 
quite free from serratures, glabrous and fleshy, glutinous, 
nerved. Peduncles axillary, solitary, four to six incheslong, 
more viscid than the stems, terminated by a compact, dense 
head of white flowers, and there subtended by an involucre 
of lanceolato-oblong, slightly pubescent, at length reflexed 
leaflets. Perianth an inch long: tube greenish aie gila- 
: ous : 
* Derived from aBpos, pretty, delicate. 
