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CEsTRUM ALATERNOIDES. ALATERNUS-LEAVED 
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Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeyntia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Soranea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. tubuloso-campanulatus, 5-dentatus. : Cor. infundi- 
buliformis, limbo plicato, 5-fido. Stam. tubo inserta, sub- 
denticulata. Bacca 1-locularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. oe 
Cestrum * alaternoides; fruticosum, filamentis denticulatis, 
foliis alternis ovatis undulatis coriaceis nitidis, racemis 
subsessilibus. . Ree 
Cesrrum alaternoides. “ Cat. Hort. Par. 70.” Hamilt. 
Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occ. p. 25. — Pec 
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Descr. An upright, much branched, glabrous shrub d 
ving numerous, alternate, subsessile leaves, an inch an 
a half to two inches long, ovate, coriaceous, much waved, 
quite entire, obtuse, with a distinct midrib and Ley om 
nerves, dark green above and glossy, paler beneath. 1 Z 
ers rarely solitary, mostly in short and nearly sessile 6 
femes, most crowded towards the extremities of the 
branches. Pedicels with a small, oblong, slightly ag 98 
pubescent bractea. Calyx nearly cylindrical, with five 
Short, upright teeth. Corolla infundibuliform, pale yello a 
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po, a Greek name supposed to 3 
tnd the flowers of the present Genus have often the appearance of 
*ranged in the same way. 
