CAROLI'NEA ALBA, 
WHITE CAROLINEA. 
DICOTYLEDONE A. 
4 ps re saeticers i 
BE this Piast bel Sat § 
a PEEL. STERCULIACE. 
gare esas MONODELPHI4, 
ow a icy POLYANDRIA, 
idnesiterea dil: this Plant belongs. OF LINNEUS. 
No. 80. 
GENUS. Caroutnea. Linnevs. Catyx nudus, subtruncatus, persistens. 
LA quinque oblonga longissima. Stamina basi monadelpha su 
adelphias plures dodecandras fasiculata. Srtyxvs pram vath joer 
quingue. Capsvta lignosa multivalvis, unilocularis, polysperm SEMINA 
nec gossypio nec farina induta. Decanpotze Prodromus Sonatas Natutilie 
Regni Vegetabilis tom. 1, p. 478. 
SPECIES. salina AtBA. Loppices. Fours — foliolis ll 
tico-lanceolatis, corolla extus fasciculato-tomentosa, tu 1 
quin nario (ane vix sinuato ?) ieee “Hookan:Bxoti Flora, 
vol. 2, plat 
ra 
fe ok OF THE GENUS éscsiil Cat 
bractez externally, somewhat truncate, persistent. Prins 5 bg 
long, of considerable length. Stamina monadel phous helo , but 
forming several dodecandrous bundles above, (in the presen case 
this latter circumstance does not exist, or is tod indistinct to be no- 
ticed. Willdenow’s character is “filamenta ramosa,” the filaments — 
branched, which is strictly applicable.) Sryxex of great length. Sric- — 
maTa five. CAPSULE woody, multivalvular, of one cell, and with many 
seeds. SExEDs void of all covering, of a oe or farinaceous’de- 
scription. ° 
DESCRIPTION OF THE svete CAaRouiNea ALBA. Lear pal- 
mate, with seven leaflets, petiole 4 inches; leaflets 3 to 6 inches, scarcely 
petioled, oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, veined, margin very 
entire. FLower axillary, but close to the extremity of the branch. 
Pevuncte thick, half an inch long. Catyx half an inch long and of 
EFERENCE TO THE DtssEcTions. 
1,The sore ener ee on the petals. 2,Grain of pollen. 3, Transvi the Ovarium. 
d ovules (a) of fig. 3 at the inner end of a desta 0) ve a part of 
{ec}. 5, Summit aan the ceecaee tube opened to shew the manner in which the fil- 
from it. t in half, shewing the pistil. 7.The upper forked portion of a 
filament. 
