MONADELPHIA. TRIAND. 1288. PENT. 1289— 1292. 1049 



128S. APHYTEIA. Calyx forge, funnel-form, 3- 

 clefc: petals 3, inferted into and fhorter than 

 the calyx : germ inferior: berry 1 -celled, ma- 

 nv-feeded : feeds imbedded. 



Hydnora. AphYTEIA. 



Vegetable without leaves, ftcm or root, parafitical on the roots of 

 the Euphorbia mauritianica: flowers feffile, coriaceous, fuc- 

 culent, and eaten by the Hottentots - 



ORDER II. PENTANDRIA: t united ftamina. 



1289. OZOPHYLLUM. Calyx 5 -toothed: corol 

 5-petalled, funnel- form: ftyle 1: capfule? 5- 

 celled. 



irifoliatum . OZOPHYLLUM. 



Guiana. Aubl. GuL 2. t. zyy, Cavan. dif. 7. /, 206. 

 Shrub with alternate leaves: leases ternate, with oblong pointed 

 entire glabrous leafets ;- flowers white, in a terminal corymb. 



1290. SYlMPHONIA. Calyx 5-leaved: corol 5- 

 petalled, globular, twilled : ftyle 1 : berry 5- 

 celled; the cells i-feeded. 



bulifera. SYMPHONIA. 



Guiana. Aubl, Qui. 2. /. 789. /, 313. Moronobea. 



Tree branched ; leaves approximate, at the ends of the branch- 

 lets, petioled, oblong, lanceolate, entire, glabrous, glaucous.* 

 umbel terminal, few- flowered, feffile: petals incumbent, form- 

 ing a globe : anthera feffile, alternating in a ftellate manner 

 with the 5 ftigmata. 



1 291. LERCHEA. Calyx 5 -toothed: corol funnel- 

 form, 5 -cleft: anthers 5, feated on the tube 

 of the germ : ftyle 1 : cap/ule 3-celled, many- 



\icetuda, LerCHEA. 



Eait indies. Shrub irregular ; leaves oppoiite, lanceolate, en- 

 tire : fpike terminal, filiform, very long. 



' 1292. WALTHERIA. Calyx double, the outer 

 lateral, 3-leaved, deciduous: petals 5: ftyle 1: 

 capfule 1 -celled, 2-valved, i-feedcd. 

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