1905 



* RONDELETIA odorata. 

 Sweet-scented Rondeletia. 



HEXANDRIA MQ-NOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Cinchonaceje. 



RONDELETIA, Plwm. — Calycis tubus subglobosus, limbus 4-5-parti- 

 tus, lobis oblongis linearibusve acutis persistentibus. Cor. tubo cyllndrlco vix 

 apice subventricoso, limbo patente 4-5-lobo, lobis subrotundis ; antherce 4-5, in 

 aplce tubi inclusae, sessiles. Sfiyma bifidum. Capsula globosa, calyce coro- 

 nata, bilocularis, ex apice dehiscens invalvulas 2, ssepius apice iissas, und^ seepfe 

 4-valvis videtur, nunc loculicido-rarius septicido-dehiscens. PlacentcB centrales. 

 Semina plurima, minima, ovato-angulata, ssep^ 2 tantiim in loculo maturescentia. 

 — Arbusculae aut frutices omnes ex America. YoY\^ plus minus petiolata aut 

 subsessilia. Stipulae deltoidece aut lanceolato-lineures, utrinque solitarice, 

 indiviscB, interdum intus hirsutcB. Pedunculi axillares, scepius trichotomi, 

 interdum in paniculam corijmhosam terminalem dispositi, rarius tri- imo uni- 

 fiori. DC. prodr. 4. 406. 



R,. odorata ; foliis vix petiolatis ovatis aut subcordatis acutiusculis, supra sparse 

 scabris, subtus pallidioribus in nervis tantum scabris, corymbis terminalibus. 

 D.C.X.c. 



R. odorata. Jacq. Amer. t. 42. p. 59. Linn. Sp. 1671. 



R. coccinea. Quormidam. 



R. speciosa. Hort. 



Obs. Os corolla; cyatho brevi inteyro munitum, characterem dat aucto- 



ribus recentioribus prcetervisum. 



The accompanying drawing was made in the hothouse 

 of Messrs. Loddiges, in December, 1834. The plant more 

 usually flowers three months earlier ; it requires to be kept 

 in a stove, and by no means exposed to cold even in the 

 summer. 



* " So named by Plumier after Guillaume Rondelet, a physician and natu- 

 ralist, bom in 1507, died in 1566. He is principally known for his works on 

 Algae and Fishes. Rabelais ridiculed him under the name of Rondibilis. He 

 is accused of having given a horrible proof of his love for anatomy, m dissecting 

 his own son."^De Theis. 



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