CAIOPHO’RA LATERITIA. 
” BRICK-RED CAIOPHORA. 
EXOGENA, DICOTYLEDONE 2, 
: pene: division 
‘o which 
‘this Plast belongs. 
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, to which [fs 
this Plant belongs. 
No. 119, 
CALYCIFLORE, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
POLYANDRIA, 
MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
GENUS. Cartopnora. Prest. Ciixci s tubus ovario adherens, spirali- 
ter striatus; limbus quinquepartitus, laciniis pinnatifidis, Prtata quinque, 
breviter unguiculata, concava. Sqvam# quinque, RTE petalis alterne, 
concave, truncate vel emarginate, dorso tricarinate, subtriaristate, intus basi 
filamentis duobus vel quatuor instructe. Stamina numerosa, in phalanges 
quingue petalis Beans disposita. Sryxius obtusus, apice trigonus, rarius 
Oh. akg s, angulis apice longitudinaliter stigmatiferis. Capsuxa ovata vel 
onga, mone reflexo coromata, unilocalaris pes mga tres spirales dehiscens, 
ones LACENTA m libere. HeERsz habita 
Loase, ‘or eolabiles: Ports opposita. =a pang solitarii, uniflori. 
SPECIES. Carornora tareritia. Cave volubili hispido, foliis petiolatis 
sine ssiuuatihats, laciniis ovatis lanceolatisve, superioribus confluentibus 
hispidis, squamis corolle dorso brevissime aristatis, filamentis sterilibus stylo 
parum brevioribus, capsula subcylindrica. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENus, CalopHora. Catyx tube adhering 
to the ovarium, spirally striated, the limb divided into five pinnatifid 
obes. PETALS five, shortly clawed, concave. Seuam# five, 
cate m: 
three-keeled on the back, often three-pointed, having inside two or 
four sterile filaments. STAMENS numerous, placed opposite the petals 
in five bundles. STYLE obtuse, three-angled, the angles bearing the 
stigmas. CapsvLeE ovate or oblong, crowned with the reflected calyx, 
one-celled, opening at three spiral sutures, moe bapien PLACEN- 
T# along the margin of the valves, at length free 
ESCRIPTION OF THE SPEcIES, CAloPHORA LATERITIA. STEM | 
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climbing, armed, as well as the leaves, with sca 
each arising from a tubercle and mixed with a number of very short 
ones. Leaves opposite, petiolate, thin, and membranous, three to six 
inches long; in their general form ovate lanceolate, pinnately divided, 
the lower lobes quite to the midrib and even borne on partial foot- 
stalks, He upper ones confluent into a long sinuate terminal lobe, each 
lobe ovate or lanceolate, and toothed. PepuNcxes axillary, solitary, 
as long or longer than the leaves, often twisted, bearing each a single 
dower without any bracts. Ca yx with a cylindrical tube, somewhat 
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