GONOLOBUS OBLIQUUS. 



HAIRY GONOLOBUS. 



Pentandria Dygbiia, Linn. Apocynese, Juss, 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla rotate, 5-parted. Nectary simple, cylindric, sub-carnose, 5-lobed, depressed, 

 exactly equal with the antheroid cells, discoid, pentangular, without alated 

 lateral margins, or terminal membranaceous cusps. Masses of pollen 5-pair, 

 even, transverse. Follicles 2. Seed carnose. — Nutt, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 





 Stem twining, hirsute ; leaves ovate-cordate, acute ; corymbs axillary ; segments of 



the corolla ovate-acuminate. 



SYNONYMS. 



Gonolobus obliquus, Muhl. 

 Cynanchium obliquum, Sp. pi. 1. p. 1256. 

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