INALBB. | 



AS* LEPIADA( I .1 





Orobo CCXXXIX. ASCLEPIAD/ 



143 17- • | 



-v.... 



Vikmanir-SoUmat i 



Shrubs, or oceamonaUy herbaceous plants, almost alwa 

 Reaves entire, opposite, sometimes alternate or whorled, 

 boles in lit q oi Btipuli b. Flow- 

 ers somewhat ombelled, fasci- 

 cled, or rao mose, proceeding 

 from between the petioles. 

 K \ 5-divided, persist nt I 



rolls in petalousjhypog] i-, 



5-lol,, d,regular,with imbricated, 

 very seldom valvular, estiva- 

 tion, deciduous. Sta as 5, in- 



serted into the base of the co- 

 rolla, alternate with the segments 

 of the limb. Filaments usually 

 connate. Anthers 2-celled, 

 sometimes almost (-celled in 

 consequence of their dissepi- 

 ments being nearly i plete. 



Pollen at the period of thi 



hiscei of the anther cohering 



in masses, either equal to the 

 Dumber of the cells, or i 

 BionaUy cohering in pairs and 

 ing to S proces» a of the 

 stigma either by twos, or fours, 



or Bingly. Ovaries 2 ; Btyles 2, 



closely approaching each other, 



""• 'i very short ; Stigma com- 

 mon to both Btyrles, dilated, 5- ' 



cornered, with corpusculiferous 



angles. Follicles 2, one of which 



i- sometimes abortive. Placenta 



attached to the suture, finally 



separating. Seeds numerous, - 



imbricated, pendulous, all 



■Iways i lose at the liiium. 



Albumen thin. Embryo straight 

 ledons foliaceous. Radicle 



superior. Plumule incoj 



ououa 



Pars long time the real struc- 

 ture of the present Order was 



misunderst I ; but Brown, in 



:i Dissertation in the ZVu 

 of tl,. Werturim S 



gl^ditetrue ^nature beyond doubt I subjoin tl 



Bojamst, whothus idescribes the flo* 

 me Hower-bud oi this plant I fii 



grecn jind considerab ly shorte r than the call v. \ 



i ', ' ' ' ^ v- II T s f ed nnd emb o° of Vii 

 n«>..,.i' -— 1 -"" v .m-lium (r ,: 



nam Boiyaaum ; 4 Bowei 



uterostaamaiepandum - 







