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PLATE DLXII. 



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Two-coloured Cynanchum. 



OR. 



CLASS V. ORDER II. 



PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Five Chives. Two Pointals. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Contorta. Nectarium cylindricum, quinque- 



dentatum. 



Contorted. 

 toothed. 



Honey-cup cylindrical,, five- 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Cynanchum foliis cordatis, acutis, pilosis : flo- 



ribus in umbellis proliferis : corollis bicolo- 



ribus : petalis ad basin hirsutis : caule volu- 

 bili. 



Cynanchum with heart-shaped, pointed, hairy 

 leaves : flowers grow in proliferous umbels : 

 blossoms two-coloured : petals hirsute at the 

 base : stem twining. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The empalement. 



2. A blossom spread open, 



3. The parts of fructification magnified. 



4. The seed-bud, shaft, summit, and chives 



same 



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perfectly 



and autumnal months, running to a great length. In that, as well as in other particulars, it bears a 

 considerable resemblance to the Cynanchum extensurn of Jacquin's Icones, but is far superior to that 



pecies trom its petals being enlivened with a rich cnrole snot a slight tin™ n f ,„i • u • ui 



,*- .«.«-. u.,.,. Ullw . a m , , , " pie spotj a sll § ht tm S e of whlch 1S even visible on 



There is an abundant succession of bloom, and the flowers appear to expand with 



be smallest buds, 

 freedom. 

 Vandes, 



Our drawing was made last August 





