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CoroLLA calyce duplo longior, monopetala Campanulata 
plicata quinquefida , laciniis obtulillimis, extüs fetis 
- ‚creberrimus rigidis fulgentibus hifpida, intus margi- 
negqüe inter plicas glabra, apice tomentofo-ciliata, 
STAMINA s, corolla duplo longiora, declinata. Filamenta 
teretianuda, Anthere majufcule, Stigma fimplex ob- 
tufum, 
Drupa globofa magnitudine pruni, calyce perfiftenti fuf- 
fulta.,, Commerfon MSS. 
Osgs. Thouinam nutantem Thunbergii in herbario Linn, 
flii, qui eam in fupp. deferipfit, inveni, primoque 
intuitu nil nifi Chionanthum Zeylanicum efle percepi. 
Nec a Chionantho feparari debet. Pulcherrimum ita- 
que genus e plantis Commerfonianis, Linnzo filio ab 
optimo Thouinio liberaliter oblatis, feiegi , letiflimus 
equidem quod in tam gratum refervatus fim oflicium, 
quo obfervantiam erga amicum optimun teftificer, 
& botanicum dignifimum honoribus dudum meritis 
 condecorem, 
vm. 
DICHONDRA, 
Forft, Gen, Pl, zo. tab. 20. 
PENTANDRIA digynia, 
CHAR. EssENT. Calyx penfahyllus, Corolla rotatä infera, 
Capfula dicocca, | 
DicHONDRA repens, Forf, loc, cit. Prod. 21? 
Sibthorpia evolvulacea, foliis reniformibus integerrimis, 
Linn, fupp. 288. 
E Nova Granada Eifnn&o mifit Mutis, 
CAULIS proftratus repens ramofus teres. 
FoL1A alterna petiolata eredta reniformia, fubinde emar- 
ginata, fuperne nudiufcula , inferne fericea, radiato- 
venofa. Petioli teretes fericei. 
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