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MONNINA OBTUSIFOLIA. BLUNT-LEAVED 

 MONNINA. 



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 Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 

 ( Nat. Old. PoLYGALEiE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Flores resupinati. CaL 5-sepalus deciduus, sepalis 2 in- 

 ternis alae form i bus, 3 exterioribus ovatis, 2 quorum saepe 

 coalitis. Petala basi connata, medio concavo saepe 3- 

 dentato. Stam. 8, filamentis subdiadelphis pilosiusculis. 

 Drupa 2-loc. 2-sperma aut abortu 1-loc. 1-sperma, inter- 

 dum margine membranaceo cincta. Semen fere ex apice 

 loculi pendulum. Albumen nullum. De Cand. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Monnina * obtusifolia ; fruticosa, ramulis foliisque glabris 



( vel puberulis) oblongis obtusis basi cuneatis obsolete 



venosis, spicis solitariis. Kunth. 

 Monnina obtusifolia. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 5. p. 



411. De Cand. Prodr. v. I. p. 339. 

 Monnina nemorosa. Hook, in Bot. Misc. v. 2. p. 208. (vix 



Humb. et Kunth.) 

 Hebeandra phyllireioides. '* Bonpl. in Mag de Gesellsch, 



1808, p. 42." 



Descr. This forms a small, upright, somewhat frutes- 

 cent, slender and dichotomously branched shrub ; branches 

 glabrous or very obscurely pubescent, slightly tinged with 

 purple. Leaves obovate, obtuse, attenuated into a short 



petiole, 



* According to the Flora Peruviana, this plant is named from Monmno, 

 Count dc Flora Blanca, a Spaniard, who was a patron of Botany. 



