“ MEYEN'IA HAWTAYNEA’ NA. 
HAWTAYNE’S MEYENIA. 
EXOGENE oR sors 
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NATURAL ORDER, ACANTHACEA, 
COROLLIFLORZE, S) e 3! er divisions DIDYNAMIA, 
OF ve aN which ans GrOSPERMIA, 
DECANDOLLE. \! i this Pi lant belongs. 
No. 188. 
GENUS. Meyensa. Nzgs. Catyx basi bibracteolats, Gf apap 
Corotta infundibuliformis, tubo brevi annulo piloso clauso, pase sensim 
pliata, limbo quinquefido patente subsequali. Stamina quatu or didynam 
hine tomentoso, interiorum subequales, paralleli, basi mutici. Ovarium : hilo- 
culare, loculis biovulatis. Sryzus simplex. pee bilabiatum, labiis bilobis. 
Capsvta e basi globosa in rostrum conicum a tata, loculicide bivalvis. | 
Semina strophiola cupuliformi spongiosa solubili on 
SPECIES. Merenta Siewiareeans. (aes) Frurtex scandens, foliis 
solitariis pedunculatis. 
“Phones OF THE Give, Meyenta. Catyx with two bracte- 
oles at the base, short, five-cleft. CoroLua funnel-shaped, the tube 
short and closed with a ring of hairs, the throat widened, the limb 
five-cleft, spreading, nearly regular. Stamens four, of which two are 
longer ; anthers two-celled, bearded at the apex; the cells of the longer 
pair unequal, one cell of each anther divergent and woolly, those of 
the shorter pair nearly equal, parallel, without spurs at the base. 
Ovary two-celled, each cell with two ovules. StyLe simple. Stiema 
two-lipped, each lip two-cleft. Capsuie globular at the base, termi- - 
nating in a conical narrow beak, dividing across the cell into two valves, 
Seeps bearing a cup-shaped spongy strophiola, separable from the 
seed. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, Meyenta HawTaYNeEaNa. STEM 
shrubby. BraNcues twining, slender, four-sided, slightly downy, 
glaucous, dichotomous, almost articulate and hairy at the joints. 
LzaVES opposite, on very short stalks, ovate, entire, with a short point 
slightly heart-shaped, and stem-clasping at the base, two to three 
inches long, thick and firm, glaucous on both sides, especially under- 
neath, smooth, with prominent reticulate veins. PEDUNCLES axillary, 
solitary, one-flowered, shorter than the leaves. BRracTEOLZ two, op- 
posed to each other at the top of the peduncle, leaf-like, about an inch 
long, oval, lanceolate, blunt, cohering together when young to about 
