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ON THE ASCLEPI ADEJE 



dulatum of Willdenow's Spec. Plant.: these, 

 however, I have not determined, and the whole 

 genus requires to be re-examined. 



MATELEA. [AubL Gujan. tab. 109. Hostea., 



Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 1274. 



Char. Corolla rotata, 5partita. 



Corona staminea scutelliformis, lobata. 

 Antbercr transversim dehiscentes, membrana 

 terminatae. 



Masses pollinis extremitate exteriore respectu 



loculi affixae, stigmate tectae. 

 Stigma planiusculo-depressum. 

 Folliculi ventricosi, costati, Semina calva. 



{AubL) 



Habitus. Frntex erectus. Folia opposita, basi 



supra biglandulosa. Flores racemosi, laterales. 

 P atria. America meridionalis. 



ASCLEPIAS. [Asclepiadis sp. Linn, 



Char. Corolla 5partita, reflexa. 

 ^ Corona sum mo tubo filamentorum imposita, 5- 

 phylla, foliolis cucullatis, e fundo exserenti- 

 bus processum aversum corniformem. 

 Anther cv membrana terminatae. 

 Massa pollinis cpmpressae, apice attenuato af- 

 fixae, pendulae. 

 Stigma depressum, muticum. 

 folliculi lasves. Semina como§a. 



