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 VOHIRIA APHYLLA. 



Pentandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Gentiane^e. 



Gen. Char. Cal. 5-fidus, brevis. Cor. hypocrateriformis, tubo longo 

 basi tumido. Stamina in fauce corollse, antheris subrotundis. 

 Stigma capitatum. Capsida oblonga, bivalvis, seminibus scrobi- 

 formibus ad margines introflexos insertis. 



Vohiria aphylla ; caule aphyllo unifloro, corollae tubo longissimo, la- 



ciniis ovatis. (Tab. XXV. A.) 

 Gentiana aphylla. Jacq. Am. p. 87. t. 60. f. 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. Gccrt. Lex. 5. p. 531." Spreng. Syst. v.\. p.SSX. 



Hab. In Martlnicse sylvis raontosis vastis et humentibus : in cryptis 

 truncorum luci vix perviis, non alibi. Jacq. In sylvis antiquis 

 Sancti Vincenti, aut terra humida, aut in truncis semiputridis. 

 Rev. L. Guilding. 



Parasitica. Planter gregariae. Radices e fibris albis subcarnosis 

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

 penna? corvinae, omnino aphyllus, teres, articulatus, articulis vix 

 unciam longis, basi squamosis. Squamcc ovatae, amplexicaules, 

 hinc fissae. Flos ratione plantae magna, terminalis, solitarius. 

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

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

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

 patente, laciniis ovatis. Stamina in fauce corollae inserta : Fila- 

 menta brevia : Anther cb rotundatae, flavae. Pistillum : Germen 

 cylindricum, subpedicellatum : Stylus longissimus, filiformis : 

 Stigma capitatum, obscure 3-lobum. 



This singular plant, which has hitherto only been considered 

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

 Island of St. Vincent, with its roots generally interwoven 

 among those of other plants. 



