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*CLA\fjA ornata. 

 Elegant Clavija. 



PENTANDRIA MOKOGYKIA. 



Nat. ord. Ardisi.ace^ § C. Theophhastea, Bartl. ord. nat. p. 165. 

 Theopiirasteace^, D. Don in G. Don. gen. syst. 4.p, 24. 



CLA VIJA.—Ruiz et Pavon. Calyx 5-partltus. Corolla rotata, 5-loba. 

 CoroncB apjjendices 5, caxx\os?e, ai([n3Xx. Fllamenta in tubum connata ! An~ 

 thercB cohaerentes. Ovarium l-loculare, multi-ovulatum. Bacca Crustacea, 



mono-polysperma. Arbores (Amer. /Eqiiin.) sempervirentes, trunco sim- 



plicissimo, recto, more Palmarum upice frondoso. Folia alter natijn coyiferta, 

 undique patentia, oblonga, coriacea, glabra, reticulafo-venosa, margine 

 dentalo-spinosa v. integerrima ; petioli basi callosi. Flores racemosi, albi 

 aut aurantiaci. D. Don. MSS. 



C. ornata, foliis elongato-lanceolatis mucronatis dentato-spinosis, petiolis ungui- 



cularibus, racemis glabris, baccis subdispermis. D. Don. 

 Clavija ornata. D. Don in edinb. phil. journ. January 1831. in G. Don 



gen. syst. 4. p. 25. 

 Theophrasta longifolia. Jacq. coll. 4. p. 136. hart, schmibr. 1. t. 116. 



Spreng. syst. 1. ji- 670. 



Arbor (m caldario culta) vix ultra 6-pedalis, tamen in loco natali scepb 

 aUitudinem 20 pedum attingens, trunco recto, simplicisszmo, apice frondoso, 

 cortice fusco rugoso-rimoso induto. Folia conferta, subverticillata, patentia, 

 oblongo-spathulata v. lanceolata, mucronata, dentato-spinosa, IcEte viridia, 

 gluberrima, cartilaginea., supra nitidida, pedalia v. sesquipedalia, spitha- 

 mam lata, costd validd pallidiori subtus elevatd, rumis primariis iransversis 

 parallclis, venulisque ramosissimis reticulata, basi attenuata, integerrima. 

 Petioli unguiculares, robusti, fusco-purpurei, suprd planiusculi. Racemi 

 supra-axillares, simplices, multifiori, palmares v. spithamcei, plerumque 

 penduli, axi tereti, glabra, viridi. Flores odore Primula? vens fragrantissimi, 

 crocei, undique sparsi, inferioribus sape abortivis. Pedicelli brevissimi, 

 robusti, terctes, glabri, pallide aurantiaci. Calyx 5-partitus, persistens : 

 laciniis rotundatis, coriaceis, impresse punctatis, margine membranaceis, 

 leviter erosis, ccstivatione imbricatis. Corolla rotata, substantia crassd 

 coriaced ; tubo brevissimo, subohconico, intics sulcata ; limbo 5-lobo, palulo; 

 lobis subrotundis, integerrimis, cestivutione imbricatis, disco convexiusculis. 

 Coronae appendices 5, jlavce, carnosce, delfoidece, ndnafce, tuberculiformes, 

 supra bisulcatcB, lobis corollce alterncE. Stamina 5, corollce lobis opposita ; 

 filamenta in tubum membranaceum inferne ventricosum connata ; anther^e 

 cohcerentes, extrorsce, bUoculares, appendiculd brevissimd rotundatd mem 

 branaced coronates ; loculis oblongis, distinctis, parallelis. Pollen pulvercum, 

 Ov^irium liberum, pyramidatum, uniloculare, aurantiacuyn ; ovuWs mime ros is, 



* Named by the authors of the Flora Peruviana in compliment to Jose 

 Clavijo Faxardo, a Spanish Naturalist, who translated the works of Buffon into 

 his own language. 



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