A9 ASCLEPIADE. 
Calyx ordinis, sepalis 5 lanceolatis carnosiusculis, imbri- 
catis. 
Cor. rotata, profunde 5-partita, laciniz lanceolate, car- 
nose mucronulo brevi viridi terminte, dorso pubescentes, 
et punctulis subclavatis, sublentem notatz, estivatione val- 
vata, alabastra pentagona. 
Corona staminea 5-phylla. Foliola carnosa concaviuscula 
cordata, extus bilamellata; lamella utraque acuminata apice 
pilorum rigidorum fasciculo-pennicillata, exteriore longiore, 
intus dente obtuso, rugoso, stigmatis apice zequante aucta, 
sed in antheris nullo modo incumbente intus concavo. 
Anthere membracez: apici simplices, in stigmatis capiti 
arcte incumbentes, minute. 
Pollinia, basi affixa subtransversa, minutissima, rotundata 
margini interiori quoad par quodque exteriori quoad an- 
theram truncata, hyalina. Glandula triangularis antice 
brunnea, postice pallida, caudicule semiopace breves, latis- - 
simz, marginem superum totum glandule oceupantes. 
Stigma apice depressum planissimum muticum; interdum © 
obsoletissime bimucronatum. Ovarium ordinis; ovula as . 
cendentia oblonga, foramine sulciformi. biseriata. 
Genus certe novum: Hoye notis quibusdam affine; 
distinctissimum obcorollam zstivatione valvatam, foramen | 
foliorum corone staminee stigma depressum, et ovula 
biserialia ; structure in ordine mihi plane ignota. 
l. Alabastrum first before expansion. 
2. Section of corolla shewing its valvate zestivation. 
3. Flower. 
4. Ditto corolla removed, miserably out of perspectives 
the inner process of the back foliole not shewn. 
- 9. Vertical view of corona staminea and stigma. - 
6. Ditto two of the foliola, bent back with their anthers 
Shewing the situation of the pollinia, à 
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