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VOHIRIA APHYLLA 



Pentandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Gentiane^. 



Gen. Chaii. CaL 5-fidus3 brevis. Cor, hypocrateriformis, tubo longo 



basi tumido. Stamina in fauce coroUae, antheris subrotundis. 

 Stigma capitatum. Capsiila oblonga, bivalviSj seminibus scrobi- 



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formibus ad margines introflexos insertis. 



Vohiria ajphylla j caule aphyllo unifloro^ corollas tubo longlssimo, la- 



ciniis ovatis. (Tab. XXV. A.) 



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Gentiana aphylla. Jacq. Am. jp. 87. t. 60. Jl 3. 



Exacum aphyllum. Willd. Sp. PL v. l.p. 638. 



Vohiria uniflora. Lam. — Rcem. et Schultes^ Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 176. 



Lita aphylla. " Dietr. GdorU Lex. 5. p. 531." Spreng. Syst. v.l.p.BSl. 



Hab. In Marti 



truncorum 



lacq. In sylvis antiquis 

 in truncis semiputridis. 



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Parasitica, Planta: gregariae. Radices e fibris albis subcarnosis 



crassiusculis. Catdis erectus, flexuosus, albus, simplex, crassitie 

 pennse corvina?, omnino aphyllus, teres, articulatus, artlculis vix 

 iinciam longis, basi squamosis. Squamcu ovatse, amplexicaules, 

 hinc fissse. Flos ratione plantse magnaj terminalis, solitarius. 

 Calyx brevis, S-fidus, striatus. Corolla hypocrateriformis : tubo 



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valde elongato, pallida flavo, superne gracili, apice (ubi stamina 

 inserta) basiqne, prsecipue, tumida ; limbo quinquefido, flavo, 

 patente, laciniis ovatis. Stamina in fauce coroUae inserta : Fila^ 

 menta brevla : Anther(2 rotundatse, flavae. Pistillum : Germen 

 cyllndricum, subpedicellatum : Stylus longissimus, filiformis: 

 Stigma capitatum, obscure 3-lobum. 



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This singular plant, which has hitherto only been considered 

 as a native of Martinique, was found by Mr. Guilding in the 



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Island of St. Vincent, with its roots generally interwoven 

 among those of other plants. 



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