MANETTIA CORDIFO'LIA. 
HEART-LEAVED MANETTIA. 
“" BXOGEN, oR DICOTYLEDONEA. 
Natural di vision 
to which eae ae 
‘this Plant belongs. 
- NATURAL ORDER, BERBERIDACE. 
CALYCIFLORE, a nan TETRANDRIA 
OF a mip riche 
DECANDOLLE. Ay Pent aa 
GENUS. Man Moris. Chissccx tubus dirbimatia: limbus partitus 
in lobos tot quot corollini aut dupli, lobulis in sinubus sepe interpositis. Co- 
ROLLA pee Po tubo tereti vel quadrangulo, —_ nunc basi nune 
aucem piloso, lobis Leesa r rarissime quinque. ANTHER# subsessiles, fila- 
mentis Saas ad faucem adna Capsua ovata, i Wig calycinis lobis 
coronata, a apice ad basin septicide dehiscens, mericarpiis cymbiformibus. 
mbar erin a septo subexserte. Semrna imbricata, subsessilia, peltata, mar- 
gine membranaceo sepius dentato undique alata. Empryo erectus in albumine 
> cotyledonibus foliaceis lanceolatis. Hers ticesve ata 
Foxia ovato-oblonga aut subcordata. Stirv UL® late, breves, acute, 
Catycis tare qaladides, lebulis accessoriis 
LLA t intus basi pilosa, fauce intus ako 
limbi lobis reflexis. Pepuncuxi ontitot 
bee Manettia corpiroiia. Marrivs. GuiaBperrima vel minute 
pubescens, foliis ovatis acuminatis basi rotundatis subcordatisve, pedunculis 
unifloris, slit tubo intus hasi piloso fauce glabra. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, ManeTTia. TuBE OF THE CALYX 
turbinate, the limb divided into as many lobes as those of the corolla, 
or twice as many. Corouxa funnel-shaped, the tube terete or marked 
with four angles, hairy inside either at the throat or at the base, the limb 
of four or very seldom five divisions. ANTHERs sessile or nearly so, the — 
filaments adnate to the corolla up to the throat. CaPsuLE ovate, com- 
pressed, crowned by the persistent lobes of the calyx, splitting at the 
dissepiment into two mericarps. PLacENT# projecting from the dis- 
iment. SEEDS imbricate peltate, nearly sessile on the placente, 
surrounded by a membranous wing, which i is often toothed. Bessy Yo 
erect, in a fleshy albumen. CotyLepons leafy, lanceolate. 
Description OF THE Species, Manertia corpirouia. Stem* 
and branches slender, twining, and, like the whole plant, glabrous in 
all the specimens both wild and cultivated which we have seen ; 
minutely pubescent, according to Martius. Leaves on short foot- 
stalks, an inch or rather more in length, ovate, asnnine, rounded, 
or in older plants somewhat heart-shaped at the base. SripuLe 
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