EüPlIORblACEAE. 
— 566 — 
Jatkopiia. 
Stamina 8, biserialia, hasi in columnam connata^ tota c. 0.375 cm. lonya^ 
filamentis filifonnihus virescentibus., 5 exteriora petalis opposita., ^ere ad 
medium connata^ in alahastt'o erecta, recta^ dein apice rejlexa^ apnce in 
connectiviim incrassata; antherae in alahastro ei'ectae, dorsifixaepintro?'sae, 
mox recurvae et extrorsae^ late ovaleSj hasi apiceque emaryinalue^ ^lacae., 
vix ruhro-tinciae, thecis oblongis, fe?x parallelis; stamina 3 interiora ex~ 
teriorihus p)<^ulo longiora et longius connata, erecta^ apice vix divergentia ; 
antherae et'ectae, extrorsae^ latissimae, basi apiceque hilohiilalae., thecis remotis 
hasi divergentihus oblongis curvatis fiavis rubro-marginatis.^ connectivo 
latissimo rubro. Glandulae disci 5, liberae, carnosae^ qiiadrangulae, apice 
truncatae, intiis declives, fiavescenti-albae, c. 0.06 cm. longue. Florxs ^ 
c. 0.7 cm. diam.j pedicello apice incrassato patenter qjuheruloj viridi^ c. 0.2 
cm. longo. Calyx jyrofiinde 5-parütus, laciniis subinaequalibus^ ovaiis vel 
ovato- oblong is j aciiminatis^ apice glanduliferiSj usque ad basin lineari- 
glanduloso'lacinulatis., ciliatis^ dilute viridibus., praesertim in nervis et 
margine rubro-tinctiSj c. 0,4—0.45 cm. longis, 0.17 — 0.23 cm. latis. Petala 
5, subspathulato-obovata^ rotundata^ dimidia qmrte inferiore conglutinata^ 
medio vix ciliolata, ungue p)allide viridi^ lamina atromhra^ c. 0.43 — 0.45 
cm. longa, 0.3 cm. lata. Ovarium trigono-globosum, basi breviter contractum, 
pubescens vel glabrum^ dilute viride.^ c. 0.17 cm. diam. ; styli 3.,basibreviter 
connati, paulo divergentes., tenues., intus sulcati, dilute virides, c. 0.16 cm. 
longi; stigmata recurva, dilatata, brevia, ambitu subrotunda, lobulata, basi 
sagittata, mox convexa, glabra, dilute viridia. Glandulae disci o, interdum 
plus minusve connatae, squamiformes, apice late excisae, carnosae, flave- 
scenti-albae, latiores quam longue, c. 0.075 — 0.1 cm. longue. Fructus calyce 
suffultus, truncato- ovaiis, sulcis 3 longitudinalibus 3-lobus, coccis applanatis, 
verrucosus, paree pilosus vel glaher, c. 1.1 cm. longus, 1 cm. diam., in cocca 
bivalvia dehiscens, qjericarpio in sicco tenui, ah endocarpio crassiuscule 
corneO'p)ergamaceo p)lus minusve soluto. Semina oblonga, apice truncata, 
dorso convexa, intus obtusangula, c. 0.8 cm. longa, 0.5 cm, lata, testae 
strato exteriore carnoso, strato inttriore duro; albumen carnosum ; coty- 
ledones ovali-cordatae, rotundatae, c. 0.325 cm. longae, 0.25 cm. latae ; 
radicula c. 0.16 cm. longa. 
" 2 , Jiitroplia Curciis L. 8p. PI. 1006; Jacq. Hort. Vind. iii, 36, 
t. 63; Desr. in Lam. Encycl. iv, 8; Wlld. Sp. PI. iv, 560; Swartz, 
Obs. 367; Kunth in Hümb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. et sp. pl. ii, 103; 
A. Juss. Tent. Eupli. t. 11, f. 34 A; Koxb. El. Ind. m, 686; Blanco 
