; Ell'HOItUUCKl* AFftlCiJNF.S. 457 



E*s, fioivin (1650), Mayotte, liouzi ()», Miis.) 



Ous. — Voisino pom* le port ct I'jnfloroscouco <4n C\ ('ayeriwwM, cetle 

 Oipeco til difforo par ses (cullies plus glabres, ovalos uu obuvales aigues, 

 sos stipules linealics, lo pcu de d(5veloppement ou Vabsence complete 

 ties glandes do la face int'erieure itq Umbect la disposition ties divisions 

 du style. 



Palanosticsja. 



17; CUOTON GOUUQTU. — Tab. Y, fig. 1-3. 



C, foliis alternis 3-5-lobalis rariusvo cordalis, apiee aeuminato, 

 Hiai'ginijjtis crcmitis , pube slclhUa femtgiitca v. llavesecnli ob- 

 silis; pelioUs longis apiec biglaudulosis; racemis longis tennina- 

 iibus ; Ooribns masculis 15-18'autli'is ; pclaifc famiiucowun mem- 

 Jwmacois imhiieiilis ; Huribus sarins polygainis slaininibusmie 

 ftjrtilibus plerumque 5-1 5 circa ovarium bypogynis. 



Arbor? r'apinlis teretibus pube stellata punctulata obsitis. Folia alterna 

 longo pcliolata cordata v. scepius 3-5-loba, bas» retusa emarginatave, 

 apicu attciiuato acuminato, lobis in$quali-deutati$ a pice acumiuatis; 

 sppra glabriuscula punctulata, subtUb pube stellata densu tomentosa, 

 juniora puheeadeni ferruginea V. flavescenti ubique obsita ; pcnninervia 

 basi 3-7-neivia, venis transversis reticulars tomentosis (12 cent, longa, 



\$ cent, lata). Vstiom terptespube eadenj obsjti (5 cent, longi), apico 

 biglandulosi, glanduUs lateralibas scitfatis concavis pedicellatis. Snpui* 

 lineares subulate (5 will. longa)) cadueissiime. Fiores monoeci racemosi, 

 racemis tcyminalibMS gvacilibus longissjmis (2 deeinx). In singulis cynri 

 allcTJii pauciOoii numcrost, inferiorcs (lores utriusquo sexus, superiores 

 inasculos tiintuiu gcumtes, Flos*masculus : Pedicelixs gracilis teres 



t (f cent, longus). Calyx 5-partitus, jaciniis acutis ; a^stivatiouo valvata. 

 •Stamina 15-18, filamcntis receptaculo villoso insertis, antfieris ellipticis 

 jntrorsis. Glandule 5 calycis lacinits oppositas complanatae rotundata* 

 carnosu'. Flos famirieus : PedjcellGS nutans quam in flora musculo' 

 jcra,ssior longiorque (2 cent.). Calyx 5-partitus; aestivation? valvata, 

 Petala 5 ipembranacea calyce longiora tomentosa ciliata; aistivationc 

 iinbiicaja. Ovarium globosum birsutum 3-locuIaiu Stylus tripartilus, 

 lajpiniis complanntis rcllexis pluiilidis. . f* 



Ex$. Ooudot (I8/1O), Madagascar, ciiv. do Tananarive [h. Less.). 



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