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‘Manpiguia LuctpA. WepbcGeE-LEAVED Bar-~ 
: _ BADOES CHERRY. none 
Class and Order. 
Decanpria Trieynia. ; 
* Sskoare Generic Character. | " Fuseratl aitct 
- Cal. 5-phyllus, basi extus poris binis melliferis. Petala 
Subrotunda, unguiculata, Filamenta basi eoherentis 
ine libera). Drupa 1-locularis, tripyrena: nucibus mo+ 
ermis. a eh: Jb Stan 226i9 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
‘Mareen lucida ; foliis obovatis cuneiformibus integer- 
rimis aveniis nitidis, racemo terminali. Swarts Fl. 
Ind. Oceid. 2. p. 852. Prodr. p.74. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 
“ae Persoon Syn. 1. p. 506. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. 
Pp. 105, = : 
. Descr. Calyx five-leaved, at first erect, afterwards re- 
curved at the apex, persisting, surrounded by ten gibbous, 
teldish-brown, obovate glands, disposed like a crown 
“ound the top of the pedicel, indistinctly divisible into 
batts, which correspond with the petals, and are alternate 
mith the leaflets of the calyx, Petals five, lamine reniform, 
weaves spertecily smooth, but slightly irregular at the 
8: Claws linear, long, recurved, colour in the bud 
Fa White, but after expansion gradually passing into a 
The reddish orange, of singular and inimitable beauty. 
as gradation of tint from the apex to the base of the 
ieee adds greatly to the beauty of the plant. Stamens 
dither Lament erect, united one half of their length: | 
pay oblong, half the length of the filaments. _Ger- 
cl, sunk within the calycine glands: Styles 
Race, filiform, slightly diverging : Stigmas very small. 
Be Mes terminal - three; unequal, ovate-lanceolate Bractes 
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