~CoLEoNEMA PuLCHRUM. BEAUTIFUL 
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"Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rovracez: ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Discus basi calycis adnatus, margine 
5-lobus. Pet. 5, limbo patente, ungue lato longitudinaliter 
canaliculato. Filamenta 10, 5 sterilia, petalis opposita, 
eorumdem basi adnata et canaliculo applicata, breviora, 
teretia, apice glanduloso-attenuata; 5 alterna disci lobis 
opposita, unguibus petalorum subequalia, antherifera, an- 
theris subrotundis, apice glandula sessili minuta instructis. 
Stylus filamentis subequalis, apice dilatatus in stigma 
capitatum, papillosum, obscure 4-suleum. Ovaria 5 in-— 
trorsum connata apice in cornu liberum producta, glabra, 
ovulis superpositis. Fructus 5-coccus, coccis apice extror- 
sum breviter corniculatis, compressis, punctato-rugosis. 
Frutices. Folia sparsa, brevia, linearia, acutissima, 
glanduloso-punctata. Flores albi, in summis ramulis axil- 
lares, solitarii, breviter pedunculati, bracteis pluribus ad- 
pressis sepaliformibus stipati. Adr. de Juss. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Corzonema * pulchrum; ramis virgatis, foliis filiformibus 
acuminatis supra planis subtus semiteretibus convexis, 
floribus (roseis) axillaribus solitariis folio multo brevi- 
oribus, bracteis subulatis. 
The 
* From xoAsos, a sheath, and pa, a filament, from the groove in the 
rode - the petal in some species, in which the sterile filament is partly 
odged. 
