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5. EI.LU'TrC.A. OVAL. 



Leaves elliptir, nrurninare, tntii\', coriaceous; braaib? coipr^ound, diffusei j. 

 drupes acinuinatii. ,Sci;. 



See Spamsh Ewi. 



Ci.ARY, Wn.ViSrP TiJRX$OLES. 



Clerodendrum See Vo.uKAi.iaiA. 



CLD.-U3TNG SORREL. EEGDNIA. 



Cl. 21, OR. 8. Monoecia pab/andria. -. NAT. OR. Holoraceee. 



Gen. ciiAii. Ttie male fiower has no caly.x; the corolla has four petals, of whid-x 

 two opposite ones are larj-er; the stamens are nuajerous filaaiertts inserted into 

 the receptaclf, with obloRg ercGtaatiiers: Feniate/riovvers usually on the saifi* 

 common pedvincie with the mala* i ti>;yhaveno cuiyx ; the petals four, five, or 

 six, commonly UFieqna) ; t!ie pistil hus ati ii-.t'erior germ, three-aided, generaii/ 

 wijiged ; styles tii-v>, .bifid; stigmas six ; tiie pericarp is a three-cornered c;p- 

 Bule, wiflged, three-celledj, opemag at tiie base by the wings, four species are. 

 Siatives of Jamaica.-. 



I. ACCTirOLiA^ ACt'TE-LEAVat/. 



jiceris fnictii herba aywmala, fiort telraptUilo. Sloane, v. 1, p. 199, 

 t. I'i7, f. 1, 2. Syiveslris t'Cariden.t:, loliis cordalo angulatis, ab al- 

 tet(( parte majofibus,- Browne,, p. 203. 



Ca'wlescent, leaves semi-cordate, angular, toothed;, the largest vvkig of the 

 cap.suie obtuse-angled, the others acute-angled. 



The characters of this genus do not yet appear, to be well understood, nor the differ-" 

 irt species well described, although Mr. Dr^and.er particularly studied it from sucii 

 nlauts and specimens a,? he found in Englann. The following accurate description of 

 this species, is taken fro.n the manuscript of Mr. Anthony li.ibinson. It is asiQuishmg 

 that the spathaceons -calyx in both flowers, so very conspicuous au-i beautiful, should 

 ha.ve been overlooked : 



"Caiyx of the male flower is a spathe consisting of two leaves, whose bases are 

 Inroad, embracing the stalk sideways, ending in a. roundish point. They are of a dee^ 

 blush red containing: each two flowers, one of which blows while iheother is budding. 

 The fruit, when arrived at maturity, stands upon a pedicel one inch or more in length ; 

 ^\fi other advances in proportion as this decays ; the pedicels are transparent, smooth, 

 aid shining\ ot'a lovely coral colour. Tsie corolla consists of two pairs of petals, alter- 

 nately nnequal, and oppositely equal ; the broadest are roundish, with dented ungues 

 into wtiich the pedicel is in.ierted, the narrowest are oblong-poinied, and inclosed in 

 the large ones before they open, they are not more than half aninch long and a quarter 

 broad, the large petals are nearly an ir,ch both ways.; the ungues of the broad petals, 

 are red, those of tiie others as .well as the bractea blush-coloured. Between the two 

 hroad petals arise the stamina, in rows, they are short, unequal, erect filaments, about 

 ibrty in number, *iid sustain oblong, thin, upright, anthers ; both the stamens and. 

 aoithers axe of a pa.e yeliow, and are uot near so long as the petals. 



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