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DESCRIPTION OF THE PEANT URCEOLA. 

 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Gen. Char, calyx beneath five-toothed ; corol 

 one petaled, pitcher fhaped, with its contracted 

 mouth five T toothed : nectary entire, furrounding the 

 germs ; follicles two, round, drupacious ; feeds nu- 

 merous, immerfed in pulp. 



Urceola Elastica. 



Shrubby, twining, leaves oppofite, oblong, pani- 

 cles terminal, is a native tii Sumatra, Pullo-pna?ig, 

 &c. Malay countries. 



Stem, woody, climbing over trees, &c. to a very 

 great extent, young ihoots twining, and a little hai- 

 ry, bark of the old woody parts thick, dark coloured, 

 conhderably uneven, a little fcabrous, on which I 

 found feveral fpecies of mofs, particularly large 

 patches of lichen ; the wood is white, light, and 

 porous. 



Leaves, oppofite, fhort-petioled, horizontal, ovate, 

 oblong, pointed, entire, a little fcabrous, with a few 

 fcattered white hairs on the under fide. 



Stipules, none. 



Panicles, terminal, brachiatej very ramus. 



Flowers, numerous, minute, of a dull, greenifli 

 colour, and hairy on the Outiide. 



Bracls, lanceolate, one at each divifion and fubdi- 

 vifion of the panicle; 



Calyx, perianth, one-leaved, five-toothed, perma- 

 nent. 



Corol, one petaled, pitcher fhaped, hairy, mouth 

 much contradted, live-toothed ? divifions erectj acute, 

 nedtary entire, cylindrick, embracing the lower two- 

 thirds of the g-erms. 



Stamens, filaments five, very fhort, from the bafe 



of the corol. Anthers arrow ihaped. converging, 



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