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HERMANNIA FLAMMEA. NIGHT-SMELLING 
HERMANNIA. 
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Clafs and Order. 
MonaADELPHIA PENTANDRIA, P 
- Generic Charaéler. 
Cal. campanulatus, 5-fidus. Pesala 5, f{piraliter cucullata. 
Filam, lanceolata. Styli 5, in unum approximati. Cuff. 5- 
locularis, polyfperma. : 
Specific Charafer and Synonyms. 
HERMANNIA fammea ; foliis cuneiformibus apice truncato- 
dentatis glabris, racemis terminalibus fecundis, 
pedunculis geminatis: altero bifloro. 
HERMANNIA flammea ; foliis cuneiformibus apice truncato- 
denticulatis planis, calycibus patentiffimis. 
Facq. Hort. Schoenb. 129. 
HERMANNIA flammea. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 595. Perf. Syn. 
2. 1.217. Bot. Repof. 550. 
Desc. A low fhrub: Sranches weak, rough, reddifh brown. 
Leaves wedge-fhaped, truncated and ufually three-toothed ; 
fometimes, the outer teeth being truncated, the leaf becomes 
obfoletely five-toothed, naked. Stipules two, linear-lanceolate, 
nearly half the length of the leaf. Flowers grow in terminal 
Tacemes looking one way. Peduncles nodding, two together, 
_ One of which is two-flowered, the other fingle-flowered. Braes 
three, at the bafe of the peduncles, like the ftipules, and from 
two to four fmaller ones near the flower. Calyx campanulate, 
Very patent, feariofe. Corolla of five petals very much twifted, 
€xternally of a deep orange or flame-colour, internally a very 
Pale yellow: petals remain long firmly twifted together, and 
are feldom completely expanded. Stamens five ; filaments united. 
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