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GUETTARDA* speciosa. 

 Shewy Guettarda. 



TETRANDRIA-ENNEANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Ci\chonace/e. {^Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botn7iy,p. '203. Ruiu.ace.i: Jussieu.) 



GUETTARDA Jacq. — Calycis tubus ovatus aut globosus ; limbus 

 tubulosus persistens aut deciduus, truncatus aut irrcgulariter subcicntatus. 

 Corolla hypocrateiiniorplia tubo cylindrico, lobis4-9 ovali-ublongis. Anthcra; 

 4-9 ad faucem sessiles inclusa>. Stigrna c-apitatum, rarius bilobum. Drupa 

 subrotunda aut ovata ralycino tubo coronata, putaiuiue obtuse ungulate 

 4-9-loculari, loculis rectis aut curvatis nionospermis. Semina erccta tcretius- 



cula. ArbusculcTc rt?<< Frutices Australl-Americaiice, rarius Indicce. Folia 



ovata aut lanceolata rarius cordata. Stipul-oe hmceolatce, deciduce {in unicd 

 specie vaginantcs truncatfp). Pedunculi axillarcs Injidi, rarius bis hijidi, 

 Jloribus in dic/iotomid solitariis, seciis ramos unilateralibus scssilibus. ■ — 

 De Cand. prodr. 4. 455. 



Sect. I. Cadamba. 

 Calycis limbus post antliesin deciduus. Drupce nucleus loculis gnomonice 



curvatis. — D. C. 

 G. speciosa ; foliis ovatis obovatisve basi sa-pius subcordatis apice obtusis 



subtiis pubescentibus, stipulis lanceolatis acuniinatis deciduis, cyniis 



pcdunculatis vclutinis folio inulto brevioril)us, Horibus 4-9-moris, tVut'tu 



depresso areola, superne notato. — D. C. I. c. 

 G. speciosa. Linn. sp. pi. 1408. Lam. illust. t. 154. f. 2. Roxb. fl. 



ind. 2. 5-21. 

 Cadamba jasminiflora. Sonnerat voyage, 2. 128. 

 Jasminum hirsutum. Willd. sp. pi. I. 36, according to the Fl. lud. 

 Rava-Pou. Rhcedc Malab. 4. t. 47. 48. 



Flores odoratissimi. Calyx superus, tomentosus, campanulatus, trun- 

 catus, rubido marginatus, incecjualiter sub-4^-dc7itatus. Discus 7nagnus, car- 

 nosus. Corolla hypocrateriformis, alba, tubo cylindraceo, tomentoso, incurvo, 

 basi glabra, limbo patente pubescente 1-partito : laciniis cequalibus oblongis, 

 obtusis, subcontortis. Stamina 7, scssilia, in fauce. Antherse tenues, 

 lincares, polline albido cohceroite. Ovarium 5-loculare, ovulis solitariis. 

 ^ty\us yilifoimis, glaber. Stigma clavatum, obsolete pentagonum. 



* Named after Stephen Guettard, a French Botanist, who lived in tic 

 middle of the last century. 



