PENTANDRIA, 
_ DIGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
- « No. 178. 
NUS. Cyrro celnk Benner Coroxza rotata, quinquefi fida, r 4 
Tos Bus staminens longe exsertus; corona pentaphylla, foliolis carnosis lanceo- 
latis erectis, basi in cornu recurvatum productis. ANTHER£ membrana 
minate; maa pollinis basi aflixz, conniventes, compresse. StTiemat S| 
depressus, papilla acutiuscula, Sryxr elongati. Frutex. Forts oppo 
membranacea MBELL& interpetiolares vel terminales, >dun 2, mult ag 
flora. Faas maaingoolly ale corolla = fans bato. Hi ELD: Plante J 
Sarr: ‘ Bert TE ee 
- SPECIES. Crnrocenss PLORIBUNDUM. (Bensarr) Fouts ubver 
rae a vel a ro ae a 
5 1G Vallala. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, CShaicttlite Corotta rotate, five- 
cleft, reflexed. Tune bearing the stamens greatly protruding ; crown © 
composed of five folioles, which are fleshy, lanceolate, erect, and pro- — 
longed at the base into a curved horn. ANTHE! RS terminated by ie 
membrane. Po.ien Masses attached at the base, 
pressed. Disk of the stigma depressed, ‘the pa 
Sty.es elongated. — 
DESCRIPTION OF See arden; CYRTOCERAS FLORIBUNDU 
UNDER-SHRUB, having the stem round and smooth. LEAVES nie 
smooth, of a somewhat leathery or membranous consistence, oval, 
acute, veined, deep green on the upper, light green on the under — 
"surface. INFLORESCENCE oa adhd or terminal, stalked, pendulous; — ; 
pedicels smooth; the ‘umbels surrounded by an ‘involucre of small, 
scale-like, downy bracts. FLowers whitish ; corolla rotate, reflexed, 
pubescent on the inner surface, tomentose at the base; segments 
linear, acuminate, yellowish towards the tips. The corona bearing 
the stamens, very smooth; the folioles acuminated at § “both ends. 
Antuers oblong, obtuse, terminated by a short two- 
brane. Potten MASSES erect; the gland simple, all not furrowed. 
Disk of the stigma depressed. 
