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CESTRUM BRACTEATUM. BRACTEATED 
CESTRUM. 
SHER 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Sotanes. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. tubuloso-campanulatus, 5-dentatus. Cor. infundi-— 
buliformis, limbo plicato, 5-fido. Stam. tubo inserta, sub- 
denticulata. Bacca 1-locularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Cestrum bracteatum ; filamentis basi barbatis, foliis lance- 
olatis undatis pubescentibus, stipulis oblique cordato- 
reniformibus, bracteis spathaceis, floribus fasciculatis. 
Crestrum bracteatum. Link. 
Descr. Stem woody, rough. Branches covered with 
dense, ereenish tomentum, which withers and remains long 
attached. Leaves scattered, light-green, stalked, spreading, 
lanceolate, strongly veined, waved or crisped, covered with 
arsh pubescence on both sides, the middle rib and veins 
Projecting much on the under-side, the former above also. 
Petiole erect, grooved above, pubescent, purple before 
ing, about a sixth of the length of the leat. Stipules 
geminate, varying in size, the largest upwards, broadly 
falcate or kidne -shaped, horizontal and bending round the 
branch, more glabrous than the leaves. Peduncles about 
an inch long, axillary and terminal, generally about twice 
as long as the petioles, slightly flattened and dilated to- 
wards the flowers, nodding. Pedicels very short, stout, 
straight, slightly pubescent. Flowers fascicled, of a uniform 
pale yellow. ractee single at the base of each flower, 
with the exception of the central one, spatha-like, appressed, 
: oo acuminate 
