I774* Nov, Dec^ 29^ 
Defcr^ Caulis fruricofu^ , difFufus, procuni- 
bens. teres, cincrcus, Icr^bcr tuberci]lis alhidis, 
in angulum acutum decurrentibiis a cicatricibus 
foliorum gibbofo gl-iiuiulofis ^ r.in]oiUi>, virga- 
tus. I^ami fubumbcUari , divaricati ; Rairailis 
fctrngonis, denfe foliofis, inrer crebras dcatn- 
^es rufcfcentibus, fparfis fepe dicoihomiF* 
ma^vime conferta, cjiiaterna 3 duns line- 
as longa, recurvara, petiolata, ovato-lanceolata > 
integerrima, ciliataj acura, dcnnentia in fetam 
yel ipinularn fubulatam, rubram , peilucidani , 
longitucjnie folium *xqvantem, glabra, nitida, 
fupra CQUvexa, carinata-^ fubtus iu!co in medio 
-profqndg exarata, carnofa, perfiftentia Petioli 
icmitcretes , brpves, fubdecurrentGS, adpreln , 
albo virefcentes, glabri , ad bafin biglanduloli. 
floren nvaiiifculi, terminales ramorum ^ um^»e!la- 
ti : l^eduncuUsi coroiii^^ dirnidio brevioribus, ruhs, 
pubcfcentibiis , veftitis ^ra^eis tribus : duabus 
oppQfiti3 liiperioribus, tertia inferiori , foliis di- 
midio brevioribus, longiu3 petiplatis , alias illis 
ponformibus. 
C^/j^A'. Bcrianthium tetraphyllum, corolla qua- 
druplo brevius: foliolis lanceolatis , ciliatis, acu- 
tis cum feta terminali fubuLita, pubefcentibus, 
carnofis. 
Corolla monopetala, ovato-conica, faucc cJau- 
fa, fere pollicaris, membranacea, diliite carnea, 
pellucida, nitida, cxtus refinofo-glutinofi, in 
fummitare coUi purpurea, Llmbus parvus qua- 
driparcitUN; laciniis cordatis, acutis, patentibus, 
albis, ad bafin purpureis, ultra lineam longis. 
Stamina : Filaaienta 06I0 , reccptaculo infer- 
ta, linearia, convoluta forte exficcationc, alba, 
tubo 
