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SOLLY A=^ heterophylla. 

 / \i riou,s-lea ved Sulhfu . 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Pi TTosrouur. R. Br. {Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 138.) 



SOLLY A. — Calyx minimus, 5-partitus, lacinia altera diffurmi. Petala 5, 

 hypogyna, subiiiicqualia, campanulato-pateiilia. Stamina 5, hypogyna, 

 sepalis opposita ; antheris linearibiis, sagittatis, in conum conniventibus, 

 apice connatis, poris apicis dehiscentibus. Ovarium teres, biloculare, poly- 

 spernuim, cum stylo continiiimi ; stigma obscur^ bilobum. Pcricarpinm 



fnsif'orine, charlacenm, sicciim, pnlyspermum. V\\xi\cc?> Australasicd' sub- 



volnbiles, f'oliis siinplicihus, alternis, perainantibus, cxslipulatis, cymis oppo- 

 sitij'oliis, tloribus carulcis. 



S. heterophylla ; tbliis ovato-lanceolalis inferioribus serratis superioiibus in- 



tegerrimis, petiolis senatorum alatis. 



Frntex volubilis, ramis castaneis, glabris. Folia alterna, atroviriilia, 

 exslipulata, subtits pallida venis salvis ; superiora ovato-lanceolata v. ovato- 

 oblongajjasi angustata, integcrrima, petiolis suprcmorum teretibus, inferinrnm 

 gradatim complanatis ; inferiora fere exacte ovata, suhbiserrala, petiolis 

 alatis. Cymi suhsex/lori, oppositifolii, nutantes, pedunculo capillari undo, 

 pedicellis bracteolatis. Calyx infcrus, mininms, deciduus, Spartitus, laciniis 

 membranaceo-marginatis, coloratis : quatuor oratis acuminatis, quinto oblongo 

 cuspidate, omnibus venis simplicibus, parallelis. Petala 5, hypogyna, utro- 

 ccerulca, (vstivatione imbricatd, oblonga, obtusa, faciebus duabus facillimd 

 separabilibus. Stamina 5, hypogyna, (vqualia, petalis breviora, sepalis opj)o- 

 sita ; filamcntis albis, subulatis, incur v is ; antheris linraribtis, subsagittatis, 

 innatis, in conum conniventibus, apice connatis, longitudinalitcr, sed prcreipuii 

 apice, quasi per poros, dehiscentibus. Ovarium cylindraccinn, gracilc, velu- 

 tiyium, in stylum teretem glabrum scnsim attenuatum, subsulcatum, 2-locu- 

 lare, placentis linearibus, utroquc loculo gemuus, lined elevatd sejunctis, 

 polyspcrmis ; sUi^m^ parvum, obscure bilobum. 



* It is with mucli satisfaction that we name this very distinct and 

 beautiful t;enus after our higldy valued friend Richard Hoiisman Sui.ly, 

 Esq., F.Il.S., &c. &c., wliose general accpiaintance with science, and, as 

 far as Botany is concerned, with vegetable physiology and anatomy, are such 

 as to entitle him most fully to such a mark of respect. 



