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inflorescentia faciern Lii/iospenni assumit. Stamina quin- 

 qiie, orta inter lacinias corollac, filamcntis brevissimis, 

 crassiusciilis, antliciis ovatis, niucronnlatis, viiidibus, post- 

 ea flavis, bilocularibus, loculis bilocellatis. Anthorae, pol- 

 line exploso, fiunt oblongae, purpureae, margine pallen- 

 tcs. Stilus teres, crassus, virens, fautem corollae paulo 

 superans , primo crectus , mox dcclinans. Stigma cylin- 

 draceo-capitatum , basi quinquelobum, Drupa baccata, ma- 

 gnitudine sorbi , globosa, virens, glabra, junior mollis, 

 siccando coriacea , dura, unilocularis , tetraspermia. Se- 

 mina grand ia, ovalia. 



Fornasinius monuit in litteris, drupam esse edulem, sapo- 

 re fructns Sorbi doineslicac L. 



Cave ne conf'undas cum Lilospermo viricli/loro Roxburgh. 

 Fl. Ind. edit. 3. torn. 1. p. 455., Tournefortia viridijlora 

 recentiorum, Roxburgius ita distinguit plantam suam : 

 « Leaves alternate, ovato-lanceolate , acute, rugose, a lit- 

 « tie hairy underneath. Peduncles at first terminal, but 

 « becoming lateral as vegetation advances. Small , exqui- 

 « sitely beautiful, green flowers. Calyx five-leaved. Corol 

 « with the tube enlarged towards the base, Iwice the 

 « length of the calyx, border slightly five-notched, throut 

 « open. Anthers linear, subsessile, near the base of the 

 « tube of the corol. Seeds ovate-cordate . » 



Explicatio tabulae. 12 ^ in qua omnia sunt 

 naturali inagnitudine. 



Fig. a. Caulis superior cum ramis, foliis, et floribus. 

 h. Folium ex majoribus. 



c. Flos corolla adliuc clausa. 



d. Idem verticaliter sectus, ostendens interiora , 



et barbam faucis. 



e. Corolla aperta. 



f. Calyx cun^ pistillo , corolla abortiva. 



g. Anthera perfecta. 



//. Stilus cum stigmate perfectus. 



/. Drupa. *.' , 



A", bemen. 



