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ACROTRICHE OVALIFOLIA. OVAL-LEAVED 
ACROTRICHE. 
EREREK EERE EER EKER EKE 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Epacrivez. ) - 
Generic Character. 
Calyx bibracteatus. Cor. infundibuliformis, limbé laci- 
nlis apice barba deflexa. Drupa subbaccata, putamine 5- 
loculari, celluloso ! 
Frutices humiles ramosissimi, ramis sepius divaricatis. 
Folia sparsa. Spice laterales v. axillares, breves—Flores 
parvi albit. Discus hypogynus cyathiformis sublobatus. 
Drupe parve, depresso-globose, substantia parca. *Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 42. 
Acrorricue * ovalifolia ; foliis ovatis ovalibusque obtusis 
muticis planis margine levibus, spicis axillaribus, dru- 
pis subcellulosis. Br. 
Acrorricue ovalifolia. Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 548. ‘ 
StrPuetia ovalifolia. Spr. gos Veget. v. 1. p. 656. Roem. 
et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 485. 
Descr. A low, tortuous, depressed shrub, scarcely more 
than six inches high, with numerous branches, which are 
copiously leafy. Leaves scattered, broadly ovate or oval, 
sessile or nearly so, coriaceous, obtuse, entire ; dark green 
on the upper side, paler and distinctly veiny beneath, the 
veins dark-coloured and almost resembling parallel lines. 
Flowers 
a 
—_* expos, a point, and bgt, a hair: from the tufts of hair at the extremity of 
: the segments of the corolla. 
