14 _ IGONES PLANTARUM. 
Puate 1320. 
LEPTOGONUM DOMINGENSE, Benth. 
Potygonacesz, Tribe TRIPLARIDER. 
L. domingense, Benth. in Benth. a Hook. Gen. Pl. iii. 104, single 
species. 
Has. Island of Santo gies near Agua, San Juan, on edges of 
savannahs, Schomburgk, n. 34 and 122. 
ens v. arbor parva, — novellis ferrugineo-villo- 
sulis, defoliatis reliquiarum ocrea annulatis. Folia alterna, 
apices ramulorum conferta, vix patiolate, elliptico-oblonga, 2-3-polli- 
caria, acutiuscula v. obtusa, an gam v. obscur res inuato-crenata, 
pilis sericeis ferrugineis vestite. Flores vix 2 lin. longi, sericeo-villosi, 
secus rhachin spice intra bracteolam brevyem oblique cupulatam soli- 
tarii v. gemini. Perianthiwm anguste tubulosum, alte 6-fidum, lobis 
: 
Thi mrious genus is in many respects allied to ftuprechtia, but the 
flowers are perfectly hermaphrodite, and Boag suspended from an 
eect funicle is that of Brunnichia.—G. Bun 
Fig. hee ra ans erg ea gts of which the three longer lobes protrude, 
“and subtended by a small bra - Bracteole further sxvaneed. showing the enclosed 
flowe 3. — x with a pei Wao or imperfect flowe . the bracteole removed. 
4, Hewik opene showing the stamens and ovary. 5. Stamens, vary. 
7. The same, tonpitodtiat site showing the oe ahd | funicle. 
Pate 1321. 
OXYGONUM ALATUM, Burch. 
PotyGoyacez, Tribe Evponyaones. 
alatum, Burch. Trav. i. 548, annuum, papilloso-scabrinseulum 
saiisensn, foliis lanceolatis destaten v. inciso-pinnatifidis, pedicellis 1-3. 
