To4 PENTANDRIA. monogynij. 



CoR. tubus longus, cylindraceus, imaparte 

 paulo arctior : limbus 5-partitus ; laci- 

 niis oblongis , obtusis , recurvo-paten- 

 tissimis. 



Stam. quinque : filamenta supra faucem 

 exerta, erecta, longa, setacea, pauHsper 

 supra basim tubi corollce inserta : an- 

 thercie subversatiles , oblongae^ obtusce. 



PiST. Ovarium tubo calycis concretum sive 

 inferum : stylus longitudine staminum : 

 stigma crassiusculum , obtuse bilobum. 



Fruct. Capsula majuscula , subrotunda , 

 modice compressa , opposite bisulca et 

 inde quasi ovato-digastra, apice retuso 

 et areolato nudissima. 

 — Pericarpium subcoriaceo-carthaceum , 

 2-loculare, hiatu modico bivalvi; valvis 

 medio semiseptiferis. 

 — Semina numerosa, horizontahter acer- 

 vata , alato-membranacea , circumscrip- 

 tione irregulariter suborbiculata , basi 

 lunatim emarginata , qua affixa sunt re- 

 ceptaculo axih. 



— Nucleus ovahs , plano - lenticularis , 

 materie subcornea undique inchidente 

 «mbryonemrectum, cotyledonibus brevi- 

 ovahbus , obtusis ; radicula compressius- 

 cule tereti , iUis paulo breviore. 



Genus affine Cinchon^. 



