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LIsSANTHE SAPIDA. Escutent LIssaNrTue. 
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Class and Order. 
Pentranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Epacripea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. bibracteatus vel ebracteatus. Cor. infundibuli- 
formis, limbo imberbi. Ovariwm 5-loculare. Drupa bac- 
cata, putamine osseo solido.— Fruticuli erecti. Folia 
Sparsa, subtus lineata. Flores inter minores, albi. Discus 
hypogynus eyathiformis, 5-lobus. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Lissantue * sapida ; racemis 2—3-floris recurvis, foliis ob- 
longo-linearibus mucronatis margine revolutis, subtus 
dealbatis striatis. Br. : oe 
LissanruE sapida, Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 540. Lindl. in Bot. 
Reg. t. 1275. a? : 
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Descr. A shrub, with rounded, subpubescent, brownish 
Yranches. Leaves scattered, an inch and a half to two 
inches long, linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, rigid, entire, 
‘cumiate and cuspidate at the point, the base sudden 
Pering into a very short petiole, upon which it 18, a 
Were, jointed, and often bent at an angle from it, the w 
Surface obscurely, the under surface, which is almost white, 
istinetly striated. Racemes axillary and terminal, of from 
three to five flowers : the pedicels and peduncle bracteated, 
the bracteee often four ina whorl: Calyx of five imbricated 
aves, which are ovato-rotundate, coriaceo-membranaceous, 
a margined 
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