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“litt tle pubescence at the 
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( 2721 ) 
DICHORISANDRA OXYPETALA. SHARP- 
_ PETALED DicnorIsANDRA. 
FREE bbbk 
Class and Order. 
‘Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. —Commeuinez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx triphyllus, inferus. Cor. tripetala. Stam. 5—6, 
in duas phalanges disposita, antheris lanceolatis, erectis, 
loculis parallelis. Caps. corolla baccante induta, trilocu- 
laris, polysperma-- “Nees. et side 
Specific arid. 
Nae 
DichorisanpRA oxypetala ; cemo terminali, pe 
bifloris, petalis ovatis acutis, foliis elli 
“ attenuatis, floribus hexandris. ae 
ee : 
— 
Descr. Ap pparentl mal 
ple or forkes rou rou bin, clothed with Maec 
striated, slightly pubescent sheaths of the lea 
below. Leaves confined to the r pal 
about five on each stem or bri 
attenuated both at the base an 
striated, the sides a little incurved, 
to four inches long ; ph , is stout, Athos" 27 
the pedicels remote, rd Adc > the upper ones very 
short, the lowest one long, deflexed ; pedicels and flowers 
with small brown ovate bractee. Calyx of three, ovate, 
Spreading, greenish, veined leaflets. Corolla of three, 
ovate, acute, arreding 4 reddish purple, veined petals, with 
the base. Stamens six, three interior, and 
exterior, erect : filaments very short: anthers linear- 
oblong 
