| ooo ODORATA. 
SWEET-SCENTED RONDELETIA. 
EXOGENZE, DICOTYLEDONES. 
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NATURAL ORDER, RUBIACE. 
CALYCIFLOR&, Artificial divisions PENTANDRIA, 
oF to which MONOGYNIA, 
DECANDOLLE. this Plant belongs. OF LINNEUS. 
No. 53. 
BOREBEE TTD Ae | erage a a tubus subglob , limbus 
45 pastel, lobis oblo persistentibus. 
ngis | ~ Cor tubo 
cylindrico vix apice subventricoso, abe patente 4-5-lobo, lobis aaadonili 
anther ape in apice tubi inc’ cluse penailes. Stiema bifidum. Capsvta globosa ~ 
alyce coronata bilocularis, p i valvulas 2 sepius apice fissas, 
dni fae “A-valvis videtur, loculicid i a ens. PLACEN 
tx centrales. Sem xa plurima minima ovato-a: angulata, sx é 2 tantum in to. 
culo maturescentia. Whee zLE. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis s Regni V. 
getabilis, pars IV, p. 406. 
SPECIES. Ronperetta oporata. Jaceuvin. Foliis vix _petiolatis ovatis 
aut subcordatis ee supra sparsé scabris, subtus ioribus in ner- 
vis tanttm scabris, corymbis terminalibus. Ibid, p. 408. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, RONDELETIA. TuBE of the CaLyx 
subglobose, limb 4 or 5 parted, lobes oblong, or linear, acute, and per- 
sistent. Tuse of the Coroxa cylindrical, very slightly ventricose at 
the apex, limb spreading, 4-5 lobed, lobes roundish. Anthers 4-5, in- 
cluded within the apex of the tube, sessile. Stiema two-cleft. Cap- 
suLE globose, crowned by the calyx, two-celled, dehiscing from the 
apex into 2 valves, which are frequently cleft at the top, which gives 
the appearance as if it were 4-valved. DEHISCENCE, generally loculi- 
cidal, seldom septicidal. PiacenT# central. SeEps numerous, ovate, 
angular, of which often two only ripen in a cell. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, RONDELETIA ODORATA. A Sarvs, 
(in its native country, about 5 feet high), branched, branches round, 
rugose, the younger ones villose. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 
ovate, or ovate-elliptical, obtuse, the younger acute, rounded at the 
base, entire, reticulately veined, the primary veins and middle nerve 
prominent on the under side, leathery, hispid or rough, with hairs on 
the upper side, which is of a deep green, the under surface paler, 
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