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HYMENANTHERA DENTATA. 'TOOTH-LEAVED 
HyMENANTHERA. 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Viotarma. Trib.—Atsopinex. Br. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis sepala 5 imbricata. Petala 5 alterna, ovato- 
acuminata, demum reflexa, calyce longiora, xstivatione ob- 
liqua imbricativa. (Br.) Stamina structura ad Violam 
accedentia, sed basi coalita in discum monadelphum ; 
squamis totidem iis dorso oppositis. Stylus brevissimus. 
Stigmata 2 acuta. Capsula subbaccata (in sicco rugosa 
aut venoso-reticulata) tenuis ovata (unilocularis mono- 
sperma ?) 2-locularis, loculis 1-spermis, (sec. Br.) calyce 
petalis staminibusque induviata. Semina capsule conformia 
illataque omnino replentia, ad ejus apicem e placenta ner- 
Viformi (ut in Viola) pendula.—Seminis structura inter 
Violaceas et Polygaleas, ex Br., media. 
Frutices ramosi. Folia nunc solitaria et alterna, nunc 
subfasciculata coriacea. Flores axillares parvi. Pedunculi 
sohiarii (vel aggregati) uniflori, basi bibracteati. De Cand. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Hywenanruera * dentata; foliis oblongis denticulatis. Br. 
Hymenantuera dentata. Br. in De Cand. Prod. v. 1. p. 
315. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 805. 
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Descr. An erect, rigid Shrub, with pale, ash-coloured, 
Toughish bark, and many erecto-patent, spinescent breaches 
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* From op, a membrane, and arlnpa, the anther, in allusion to the union 
| of the Anthers by a membrane. : 
