HIPPO CRATE ACE /U. 141 



1. Marcgravia umbellata. Umbellated Marcgravia. 

 Leaves of the sterile branches sessile oval cordate 

 obtuse, of the fertile oblongo-ovate acuminate ob- 

 scurely veined, peduncles umbellated, bracteas cucul- 

 liform. 



Phyllitidi scanclenti affinis major, folio crasso subrotundo, 

 Sloane, I. 74. t. 28. f. 1. (ia/a.) Marcgravia scandens, Browne, 



244. t. 26. M. umbellata, Jacq. Arner. 156. t. 96 Swartz, 



Obs. 205. Lam. III. t. 447. 



HAB. On rocks in the mountains. 



FI.. May October. 



The early branches rooting ; those which are older and fer- 

 tile pendulous, simple, subterete, warty, glabrous. Leaves of 

 the sterile branches subsessile, oval, cordate, obtuse, with a row 

 of glandulose dots along the margin which is entire ; leaves 

 of the fertile branches alternate, very shortly petiolate, distichal, 

 oblong, or ovato-oblong, acuminate, entire, membranaceo-rnar- 

 gined, with two lines of glandulose dots, one of them indis- 

 tinct passing along the margin, the other more distinct, situated 

 more interiorly ; coriaceous, obscurely nerved. Umbel termi- 

 nal, 20 30-flowered : common peduncle sulcato-tetragonal : pe- 

 dicels an inch and a half in length. Bracteas about 5 in num- 

 ber, in the centre of the umbel, shortly pedicelled, club-shaped 

 and rounded at the apex, excavated at the base on the side to- 

 wards the flowers. Calyx very short, urceolate, 6-partite : 

 divisions rounded, imbricated. Corolla coriaceous, oblongo- 

 conical, entire, of a greenish colour, calyptriform, imperforate, 

 separating at the base, caducous. Stamens 15 ; filaments di- 

 lated at the base : anthers oblong, yellow. Ovary subrotund, 

 truncated, terminating in a short subconical stigma with little 

 or no style. 



ORDER XXXVII. HIPPOCRATEACE^E 



Calycine sepals 5 (rarely 4-6), minute, united as 

 far as the middle, persistent. Petals 5 (rarely 4-6), 

 equal, hypogynous (?), subimbricated during aestiva- 

 tion. Stamens 3, rarely 4-5 ; filaments distinct at 

 the apex, united towards the base into tube's and 

 forming about the ovary a thick disk-like cup : an- 



