LY, 
HAMELTA GRANDIFLORA. 
Large-flowered Hamelia. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Rubiacee. Juss. Gen. p. 196. 
Sect. EX. Fractus monocarpus, multilocularis loculis polyspermis, Stamina 5, aut plura. 
Pericarpium succulentum, 5-loculare, Calyx brevissimus, 5-fidus. Corolla Limbus longissimus, 
parum 5-gonus, basi contractus, dein plus minus dilatatus latere inferiore nunc ventricosiore, 
breviter 5-fidus. Filamenta ore tubi ere ibidemque parum dilatata. Antherz longissi 
adnate. Stigma clavatum, 5-gonum. mina placentis stipitatis sessilia. Arbores Fruti- 
cesve. Folia sepius 3-4-na. Stipule sida: interfoliacee. Flores cymis terminalibus. 
Bractee ad ramos inferiores, mox prorsus deficientes. 
H. foliorum laminis lanceolatis, vix pubescentibus: corolla 13-15 lineas longd, superne ventri- | 
a. 
H. Segircom Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 1. p. 446. H. grandiflora. L’Herit. Sert. Angl. p- 4. 
ampanula arborescens, &c. Browne Hist. Jam. p. 166. Nerio affinis arbor versico- 
ae materie, &c. Sloane Hist. Jum. v. 2. n. 63.t. 183. f. 2. 
Sponte nascentem in Ins. Jamaica, plagis septentrionalibus, legit H. Sloane. 
Floret ab Aprili, in Octobrem. 
Sir Hans Sloane informs us, that in its native soil, this species of Hamelia becomes a large 
rar affording planks which are beautif ally variegated, "called by the Cabinet-makers Spanish sag 
rince 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
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The Corolla spread open, shewing the insertion of the Stamina 
Jalyx and Pistillum. a 
"ransverse section of the Fruit. 
Ine cell of the same same magnified. 
. Seed magnified. 
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