



PLATE DLVII. 



PERIPLOCA 



FR 



African Periploca. 



CAN A 



CLASS V. 



ORDER IL 



PENTANDRIA D1GYNIA. Five Chives. Two Pointals. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Contorta. Nectarium ambiens genitalia, fi- 

 lamenta 5, exserentia. 



Contorted. Honey-cup surrounding the sta* 



mens. Threads 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Periploca foliis ovato-acutis, pilosis: flori- 



bus corymbosis: caule volubili, hirsuto. 

 mild. Sp . PI. 



Periploca with ovate-pointed hairy leaves:, 

 flowers corymbose : stem twining and hairy. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



em 



2. The outer part of the blossom. 



3. The tubular part of the same detached. 



4. The same spread open. 



5. One of the lobes of the nectary surrounding the parts of fructification, 



6. Seed-buds, chives, and pointals, magnified. 



Africana 



introduced 



There are several figures of 



, * • * — »-,.<-*—> "j iji-uiiciiuu green-nouse i 



wb.ch ,1 nn<loob,ed! y is, and continue, in bloom aimo,, from J m till Ja„„ ary 



Onr fig,* represent* me entire p.ant, Jos. as we received it from Mess,,. Whitle, and Brame, 





