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Obs. Periploca esculenta, Linn, SuppL Roxb. 

 Corom. 1. p. 13. t. 11. is the type of the genus, 

 and perhaps the only genuine species ; for a 

 New Holland plant which I have at present 

 joined with it, differs considerably both in the 

 form of its corolla and that of its corona. 



OXYPETALUM. 



Char. Corolla tubo brevi ventricosa \ limbo 5- 

 partito, laciniis supra ligulatis. 

 Corona st amine a 5phylla, foliolis subrotundis 



simplicibus, carnosis. 

 Anthers membrana terminate, 

 Masses pollinis lineares, pendulae, affixse curva- 



turae processuum, dein adscendentium. 

 Stigma acumine elongato bipartite 



Follicidi 



Habitus. Frutex volubilis. Folia opposita, cor- 

 data. Umbella subcorymbosa?, interpetiolares. 

 Flores suaveolentes. 

 P atria. America Meridionalis. 



Obs. The genus consists of a single species, 

 which was discovered in 1768, near Rio de Ja- 

 neiro, by Sir Joseph Banks. 



DIPLOLEPIS. 



Char. Corolla tubo brevi, urceolato, limbo 5 par- 

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