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TROPEOLUM PENTAPHYLLUM, FIVE-FINGERED 
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Class and Order. 
Ocranpria Monoeynta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Troprzoxez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus, lobo superiore calcarato. Petala 5 inw- 
qualia, 3 inferiora minora aut evanida. Stam. 8 ab ipsa 
basi libera. Carpella 3, suberosa, reniformia, indehiscentia 
hine sulcata rotundata. Semina magna, exalbuminosa, 
loculum suum implentia et hujus cavitati conformia. Em- 
bryo magnus: cotyledonibus 2, rectis, crassis, junioribus 
distinctis, dein arcte conferruminatis et etiam cum ermo- 
dermate adhzrentibus, ima basi subdistinctis : radi a intra 
cotyledonum processus latente, tubercula 4 mox radicellas 
_ proferentia gerente. De Cand. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Troprorum pentaphyllum ; foliis digitato-quinatis, foliolis 
ovalibus integerrimis petiolatis, petalis duobus subro- 
tundatis subsessilibus calyce multo brevioribus. 
Tropzo.um pentaphyllum. Lam. Encycl. Method. v. 1. p. 
612. Mlustr. t. 277. fig. 2. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2.299. Pers. 
Syn.0.1.p.405. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 684. mg 
Syst. Veget. ». 2. p. 226. Graham in Ed. New Phil. 
Journ. 1832. 
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Descr. Root tuberous, large, oblong. Stem slender, 
Sem elongated, slightly twisted, round, glabrous, co- 
oured, branched. Leaves (about two inches across) pe- 
tioled, digitate, of five oblong, entire, petiolate, soft, gla- 
brous, spreading leaflets. Common petiole (two inches long) — 
twisted in form of a tendril, and forming the chief support 
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