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patentibus diphyllis ; foliolis alternis ; geramis supra axillaribus, squa- 

 mis ciliatis, ramis adultis floriferis, spinosis ; spinis brevioribus, axilla- 

 ribus, nudis, erectis ; stipulis exiguis, filiformibus, ciliatis; floribus 

 hermapliroditis in apice ramulorum paniculatis albis, pedicellis trifloris. 

 Folia ad siccitatem odorata. 



A bush of the Celastraceous order, about 3 feet high, 

 which has been for some years in the Botanical Garden at 

 Brussels, but whose native country is unknown : it is sup- 

 posed to have come from the East Indies. The leaves smell 

 something like Melilot. The flowers are small, greenish 

 white, and scentless. It seems a plant of no interest. 



46. HYDROMESTUS maculatus. 



Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung^ 1842, p. 285. 



Calyx bibracteolatus, quinquepartitus ; laciniis superioribus sequalibus acutis, 

 quinta postica obtusa. Corolla hypogyna infundibuliformis, bilabiata, 

 tubo longo ; labio superiore bifido, lobis obtusis revolutis inferioris tri- 

 fidi laciniis sequalibus. Spicse bracteis arete appressis, cucnllatis, aqua 

 limpida impletis. Stamina quatuor, sequalia, corollse tubi inserta, ex- 

 serta, barbata ; antherse uniloculares, apice et basi lanuginoso-barbatse. 

 Ovarium bHoculare, loculis biovulatis. Stylus simplex ; stigma bilabi- 

 atum, labiis insequalibus. Capsula sessilis, tetragona, bilocularis, loculis 

 dispermis, dissepimento incompleto, loculicide bivalvis, valvis medio 

 septiferis. Semina discoidea rugosa retinaculis uncinatis sufFiilta. 



H. maculatus ; Scheidw. Suffrutex mexicanus ; caule erecto glabro ; foliis 

 cruciatum oppositis, nitidis, rugosis, undulatis, luteo maculatis, coriaceis, 

 obtusiusculis, basi acutis, petiolatis. Spica terminalis, quadrifariam im- 



brica; flores lutei. Caulis 2 ped. altus ; folia 8 poll, longa, 3 poll. 



lata ; petioli poUicares ; spica 4-5 poll, longa. 



A small Mexican bush, belonging to the Acanthaceous 

 order. The flowers are yellow, and like those of a Justicia. 

 The leaves are stiff* and shining. From the Botanic Garden 

 at Brussels. 



47. RHODOSTOMA gardenioides. 



Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung, 1842, p, 286. 



Calyx tubo cylindraceo tribracteolato, cum ovario connato, limbo supero, 

 persistente, fisso, quinquefido ; laciniis sequalibus recurvis, acutis. Co- 

 rolla supera, infundibuliformis, tubo longo cylindrico, intus glabro ; 

 limbi quinquelobi laciniis lanceolatis, plicatulis, reflexis, mucronatis. 

 Stamina quinque, summo tubi inserta ; filamenta brevissima. Antberse 

 lineares, inclusse mediofixse, basi sagittatae. Ovarium inferum, biloculare, 

 disco epigyno carnoso. Ovula in loculis solitaria. Stylus simplex, stig- 

 mata duo lineares. Fructus '. Patria ? 



Rhodostoma gardenioides ; fructiculus erectus ramosus articulatus, cortice 



