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MARCGRAVIA UMBELLATA. 
Climbing Marcgravia. 
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.-Nat. Oed. MARGRAVIACEJE. 
Gen. CHxn.^Corolla monopetala, calyptriformis, Integra secedens. Caly^ 
qumquefidus segmentis imbricatis basi subcaliculatis. Bacca sicca, oc 
tolocularis. 'S'emwa pulpa nidulantia. 
^^Sf ^ acutis vix venosis 
stenhum ramorum ovatis obtusis, pedunculis umbellatis sipe tX? 
culosis, bracteis cuculliformibus.--Z)C ^ 
M. scandens. Brown, Jam. t. 26 
at first anri oo • /-''^ S™wtn. It IS but a slender weakly climber 
rounded at the base acute nt^L TZ ' v~ ^^"^^^^ elUptical, 
less distinctly ne^eV^rlfuf^g^l^rf^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - 
clavate, much thickened holl1w wi,T "''^^ ^ remarkable form, 
the pedicels: often beting 'Xefor"an°SeT'; 
mitv. Pedicels 2 q {nr.l.«<r i i ^",^^ortive bud near the extre- 
tubLula er^tifZersife^S™''' "r'"''^' »<• more or less 
tra or rather the lid of some moss iZl^vI !f' f ^^e calyp- 
so that it may very rea^lTbT^^l^t V ^l' ? ^ coriaceous texture, 
sule. ^/a^innsS on the ?^ceptcWn^^^ ? ^ ^Tv'^^ ^ ^^P" 
number upon those Eowevs^hiTl ^ ^ 
Anthers linear, oblong TcelW n f^W^. subulate; 
shortlybutverVrtJ^^flva'tt'nl^^^^ (^^'^en ovate 
formed by theCeSrre of marked with vertical shallow stri* 
slightly i^pressS n JL centr^^ %/e none. Stigma oUnsel 
thi partitions scarcely meetW in th. .Lf ""'^^ "V^^^^^y ^ cells, 
which there diverg?8^1a es^o of th^ Receptack central, from 
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