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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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2607 Stem furrowed angidar smooth, Leaves nearly bipinnatc 
2608 Stem rounded pubescent. Leaves pinnated 
2o09 Stem angular fringed. Leaves pinnated 
2610 Stem angular. Stalks smooth. Leaves broad ovate serrated 
2611 Leaves opposite ellipt. Flowers terminal in umbels 
2612 Stem creeping much branched smooth, Leaves stalked opposite oval flat entire 
2613 Corymbs axillary long naked 
2614 Leaves elliptical acute opposite. Flowers whorled sessile 
2615 Peduncles axillary and terminal 1-flowered, Leaves ovate lanceolate 
2616 Flowers terminal panicled smooth. Caps, terminal smooth. Leaves elliptical acuminate smooth 
2617 The only species. A fine plant with tubular red flowers like a honeysuckle 
2618 Leaves sessile, Panicle dichotomous 
2619 Leaves stalked elliptical acute smooth 
2620 Leaves oblong acuminate hairy rigid nerved beneath. Stalks axillary erect 
2621 The only species. An hexandrous plant 
2622 Flowers pentandrous. Leaves lanceolate elliptical 
2623 Flowers pentandrous, Leaves ovate coriaceous 
§ 1. Leaves smooth. 
2624 Stems 1-flowered, Leaves ovate smooth subciliated 
2625 Lower leaves obovate wedge-shaped crenate, Upper linear entire. Stem simple 1-flowered 
2626 Stem 1-flowered naked. Leaves stalked elliptical lanceolate deeply toothed 
2627 Little stems 1-flowered, Radical and cauline leaves ovate subcrenate, Cal. cernuous 
2628 Stems about 3-fl. Lvs. entire, the rad. ov. on long stalks, the cauline obi. ov. sessile obtuse, Fls. nodding 
2629 Lvs. all cordate serrate stalked smooth, Branches filiform 1-flow. Cal. reflex, glutinous. Cor. spreading 
2630 Smooth, Radical leaves oblong and kidney-shaped serrate : cauline linear entire 
2631 Smooth, Leaves all serrate : radical cordate ovate firm shining ; cauline linear alternate remote 
2632 Radical leaves ovate crenate with flattened stalks, Flowers racemose 1 -sided cernuous 
2633 Stem hairy decumb. angular, Lvs. stalk, ser. smooth, rad. cordate, lower cauline ovate. Cor. short large 
2634 Stem filiform angular striated. Branches about 1-flowered, Leaves lanceolate or linear, Flowers 5-cleft 
2635 Pubescent, Lvs. rather hairy : rad. obov. rounded serrated ; cauline clustered hn. entire. Sepals setaceous 
2636 Leaves upright : radical lanceolate-oval, Panicle spreading 
2637 Leaves wavy : radical lanceolate-oval. Panicle contracted 
2638 Stem angular, Lvs. stiff obsoletely crenate serrate : rad. obi. obovate ; cauline lane. lin. Flow, large 
2639 Lvs. smooth ov. cord, cartilaginous-serrated, the caul. lane. Stem upright elong. branch. Lower ped. 3-fl. 
2640 Lv>J. obi. lane, point, at each end serr. with veins hairy beneath. Stem erect, Rac. term. Seg. of cor. obliq. 
2641 Lvs. cord, and lane. serr. lower stalks ciliated, Fls. axill. sessile. Cor. 5-parted flat. Style longer than cor. 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
advises cuttings to be " taken ofFwhen ripe, planted in a pot of sand, plunged in moist heat, and covered with 
a bell-glass." 
459. Burchellia. Named by Mr. Robert Brown, after William Burchell, a traveller in the southern part of 
Africa, from whom we have two volumes of travels, and the promise of other works hereafter. The spe- 
<^iesis a beautiful dwarf shrub with scarlet flowers in terminal clusters. 
460. Rondeletia. Plumier established this genus in memory of William Rondelet, a scientific physician, whose 
attention was chiefly occupied by fishes and alg«. He was born in 1.507, and died in 1566. Rabelais ridicules 
mm under the name of Rondibilis. He is said to have given a disgusting proof of his fondness for anatomy 
by dissecting his own son. 
461. Coutarea. So named by Aublet from its vernacular name in Guiana, Coutari. A most beautiful plant, 
nmv '""^ utmost heat of the stove j but very rare in gardens, if it indeed exists in cultivation at all 
nt^vJ ^^^^^'^^^^^ I" honor of the Duchess of Portland, once a famous patroness of botany. Splendid plants 
01 the natural order Rubiaceas. Portlandia grandiflora is common and easily grown. P. coccinea is perhaps 
Li^ country, although stated to have been introduced in 1775. 
a mti \f T?'"^""''^' ^ diminution of campana, a bell ; on account of the form of the corolla, which resembles 
iR in 11 J R^Punculus is a diminution of rapa, a radish, in allusion to the nature of its root. C. sneculum 
»8 so called because the corolla in its form resembles a little round and elegant mirror (speculum), whence in 
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