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AspIDIsTRA LuRIDA. DInGy-FLOWERED 
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Class and Order. 
OctanpriA Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
' Cor. infera, 1-petala, 8-fida, equalis. Anthere fundo 
tubi sessiles, biloculares, introrsum dehiscentes. Stigma 
clypeatum, carnosum, magnum, faucem corolle operiens. 
Germen 4-loculare, loculis 1-spermis. 
Specific Name. 
Aspisrra lurida. Bot. Reg. 628. 
.Rozert Brown has suggested, that there exists some 
nity between this plant with Twupistra (vide supra 
0. 1655), as established by Mr. Ker, whose generi¢ 
fe ree stigma, filling the faux of the corolla, which is, 
Snes egister, not unaptly compared to a mushroom in 
limature. i ee gS 
Jur drawing was taken in Mr. Coxvitie’s stove in the 
King’s Road, in March last ; but we could obtain no certain 
formation of the country from whence it came. 
