ICONES PLANTARUM. 83 
PLaTE 1196. 
MOSTUEA SURINAMENSIS, Benth. 
’ Logantacez, Tribe Getsemren. 
Mostuea, Didr. ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. 789. 
M. surinamensis, Benth. , sp. nov., foliis brevissime petiolatis oblongo- 
ellipticis acuminatis, cymis laxis ’ pedunculatis, corolle parvee limbo 
tubo subtriplo breviore. 
Has, Surinam, Hostmann, n. 1128. 
Frutex glaberrimus, ramis tenuibus. Folia opposita, breviter et 
acute acuminata, basi cuneata, enor membranacea, 2-4-polli- 
caria, venis paucis tenuibus. Cyme@ ad apices 
axilla folio parum breviores, longiuscule pedunculate, dichotome, ramis 
filiformibus, bracteis minutis. Flores in dichotomiis sessiles v. ramulos 
ultimos pedicelliformes terminantes, albi. Calyx vix } lin. longus, 
alte 5-fidus. Corolla 24 lin. longa, tubo superne ampliato, limbi lobi 
5, patentes, sequales, imbricati. Stamina infra medium tubum affixa, 
inclusa, filamentis brevibus; anthers ovate, loculis subparallelis. 
re, ovulis in quoque loculo 2 collateralibus ; stylus 
apice oe 2-fidus, ramis late cuneatis 2-fidis superne stigmatosis. 
Capsu mpressa, scenae a loba, lobis oblongo-quadratis fere semi- 
pollicem yee er margines in valvas 2 de i ina in 
quoque loculo solitaria, comprosee, late ovata fere lenticulara, exalata, 
sifixa. Embryo rectus, in axi albuminis copiosi carn o dimidio 
brevior; cotyledones angustee, radicula brevis, infe : 
The two, or perhaps three, species of this genus from West tropical 
include the Mostuea Le meee dus) sleet i, Oliv. in Journ 
Linn. Soe. viii. 160, t. 12, which in its lax orescence comes nearer 
to the Surinam species than D idvichsen? s vigil BE It has, how- 
ever, much smaller leaves and larger flowers.—G. B j 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla sar yor “— the stam 3. Calyx and pistil. 
4, posh of longitudinal section. 5. Frui . The same, one Hag open, showing the 
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