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* LEMONIA spectabilis. 

 Beautiful Lemonia. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. RuTACE^, § Diosme^-Cusparid^. 



LEMONIA. Sepala 5, quorum par exterius foliaceum bivalve. Pe- 

 tala 5, connata, limbo subinsequali, tubo recto. Stamina 5, corollee tubo 

 adnata ; 2 fertilia sessilia, 3 sterilia cornuta, exserta, glandulosa. Discus 

 cyathiformis, crenatus. Capsulce 5, liberee, monospermse. Cotyledones con- 

 dupUcati, baud corrugati. 



Lemonia spectabilis. 



Frutex. Ramidi pubescentes, Folia trifoliolata ; foliolis petiolo pube- 

 scente longioribus, ohovatis, obticsis, glabris. Racemi axillares, pauciflori, fo- 

 liis subcequales, Flores purpu7-ei, speciosi, pedicellati. Sepala 5 ; par exterius 

 involucri bivalvis adspectu cuifoliola ovata herbacea obtusa tubo corollce bre- 

 viora; ccetera tria multh minora, subrotunda, concava, cequalia, tubo corollas 

 arete appressa, pallida, marghie rubentia. Corolla monopetala, phcenicea, car- 

 nosa, supei'Jicie rugidosd, hypocrateriformis ; tubo recto apice obliquo, limbo 

 breviore; laciniis 5, oblongis, obtusis, nonnihil oblique positis, superiore ccetei'is 

 paidb breviore. Stamina in tubum connata intus pubescentem, corollce tubum 

 arete vestientem; Antberse duo superiores, (cutn pefalo minore alterncB) ovatce, 

 obtuscBy in apicem tubi staminei liberuni sessiles; 3 inferiores steriles, cornuta, 

 glandulosce , intermedid triloba. Ovarium solidum, subrotundum, disco cyathi- 

 formi crenato immei-sum ; stylus filiformis, glaber ; stigma acute 5-lobum. 

 Fructus partes omnes citb solutce, tandem in folliculos 5 monospermos suturd 

 ventrali dehiscentes mutatce. Carpella glabra, intus reticidata ; putamine 

 elastice separabili, cartilagineo, bivalvi. Semina solitaria, ascendentia, grisea, 

 tcabra, subrotundo-trigona, chalasd magnd discolore liilo circulari excavate 

 proximd- Testa Crustacea, fragilis. Endopleura tenuis, carnosa. Embryo 

 in se arcuatus, radiculd elongatd injlexd, inter cotyledones bilobos conduplicatos 

 hand corrugatos inclusd. 



Messrs. Loddiges imported this plant from Cuba, and 

 from a specimen in their possession the accompanying drawing 



* This very distinct and beautiful genus is named as a slight acknow- 

 ledgment of the great benefits conferred, not merely upon science in general, 

 but upon Botany in particular, by the large and well directed liberality of Sir 

 Charles Lemon, Bart. M.P., whose garden at Carclew, near Penrhyn, in Corn- 

 wall, has been for many years a fruitful source of new and interesting plants. 



October, 1840. x 



