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MENTZELIA HISPIDA. Hispip MenTZELIA. 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Loasem. Juss. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. persistens, tubo cylindraceo sub 5-sulcato, lobis 5 
lanceolatis subulatisve equalibus. Petala 5 summo caly- 
cis tubo inserta equalia. Stamina plurima petalorum nu- 
mero multiplicia cum iis inserta, filamentis liberis seepé in 
phalanges dispositis, antheris erectis ovatis bilocularibus. 
Ovarium calycino tubo adnatum. Styli 3 ad medium aut ad 
apicem in unicum striis tribus notatum connexi. Capsula 
turbinato-cylindracea, calycinis lobis coronata, 1-locularis, 
apice 3-valvis. Semina 3, 6,9, aut abortu ab iis numeris 
subdiscrepantia, placentis 3 parietalibus inserta—Herbe 
ramoso-dichotome, pilis barbatis aut glochidiatis rigidis 
aspere. Folia alterna aut subopposita exstipulata grossé 
dentata, Flores flavo-aurantii, in dichotomiis solitartt sub- 
Sessiles, aut, ramo uno abortivo, pseudo-axillares, sole fer- 
venti expanst. pots 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Menrzexra* hispida ;. petalis obovatis mucronato-acumina- 
tis calyce longioribus, staminibus 30—35, quorum 10 — 
___ ext. majoribus, foliis floralibus sessilibus. -4 
Menrzeuia hispida. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 1176. Juss. 
Ann. du Mus. v. 5. p. 24. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 
343. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 601. | 
Mentzeuia aspera. Cav. Ic. v. 1. p. 51. t. 70. (exel. syn.) 
Hook. in Bot. Misc. v. 2. p. 220. (excl. Syn. Linn.) 
Descr. Stem herbaceous, erect, branched in a dicho- 
tomous manner, clothed with a pale, whitish, shining +a 
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* In compliment to C. Menrzex, a Botanical Author of Brandenburg. 
