( 9507.) 
FucHstA DECUssATA. Cross-BRANCHED 
Fucusta. 
Class and Order. 
Ocranpria Monoeynta. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-partitus, coloratus, corollifer. Cor. 4-petala. 
Bacca infera, 4-locularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. | 
Fucusia decussata ; pedunculis axillaribus uniftoris, foliis 
ternis oppositisque lanceolatis obsolete denticulatis. 
Flor. Perwo. 3. p. 88. t. 123. f. B. Pers. Syn: 1. 
p. 411. Poirét Encycl. Suppl. 2. p. 679. 
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 Descr. Shrub. Stem brown, scarred, round, swollen 
at the origin of the branches; branches decussating, fre-. 
quently three together, drooping, younger shoots red, very 
‘lightly pubescent. Leaves opposite, or in threes, Jan- 
ceolate, acuminate, toothed, soft, bright green, very slight- 
ly pubescent above, shining and paler below, petioled, 
Yeined, middle rib furrowed above, prominent, and round 
below, red; veins curved, nearly undivided; petiole shorter 
than the leaf, furrowed above, round below, red. Stipules 
ral, two at the base of each leaf, small, pointed. Flow- 
ers three, in a whorl, drooping ; peduncles equal in length 
to the calyx, filiform, red. Calyx bright red, every where 
Very slightly pubescent, except on the inside of the seg- 
ments of the limb, four-cleft: segments pointed, moderately 
reading, converging slightly at the points, each having 
ree obscure ribs; tube almost cylindrical, but bulging 
slightly near the germen, half as long as the limb. Petals » 
four, obovate, and bluntly pointed, inserted into the faux 
of the calyx, at first, rich purple, afterwards much a 
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