Hartwegiane. N. O. Celastrinez. 
TAB. CCCLYVI. 
Wimmnenia. Cham. et Schlecht. 
Gry. Cuan. Flores hermaphroditi, regulares, pentameri, pre- 
floratione imbricati. Cal. parvus, obtuse lobatus. Petala 
sub margine disci inserta, sessilia, subconcava, marcescentia. 
Stam. ibidem inserta, cum petalis alternantia. Anthere bilo- 
culares lateraliter et longitudinaliter ‘dehiscentes. Discus 
carnosus, lobatus. Germen disco impositum, basi immer- 
sum, pyramidato-trigonum, triloculare, loculis pluri-ovulatis ; 
ovulis basi affixis. Stylus brevis. Stigma trilobum, terminale. 
Pericarpium samaroides, triquetrum, tripterum, abortu uni- 
loculare, monospermum.—Arbuscule glabre, habitu Celastri, 
Joliis exstipulatis alternis integris serratis, inflorescentis cymosis 
axillaribus.—Cham. et Schlecht. 
Wimmeria concolor ; foliis concoloribus.—Cham. et Schlecht. in 
Linnea, v. 6, p- 428. Benth. Pl. Hariweg, p. 9.n. 41. 
- Mexico, near Xalapa; Scheide and Deppe. Zacatecas. 
Hartweg, n. 4:1. 
The character of this genus depends on the indehiscent, one- 
seeded, samaroid fruit, according to the authors of it. Mr Ben- 
tham justly observes that the peduncles here are only from 
1~3-flowered. They are more divided according to Chamisso 
and Schlechtendal. 
Fig. 1. Flower-buds. f. 2. Flower. f. 3. Pistil and eine 
8ynous disk, f. 4, Ovary cut through transversely :—magnified. 
