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patentibus diphyllis ; foliolis alternis ; gemmis supra axillaribus, squa- 
mis ciliatis, ramis adultis floriferis, spinosis ; spinis brevioribus, axilla- 
ribus, nudis, erectis ; stipulis exiguis, filiformibus, ciliatis ; floribus 
hermapbroditis in apice ramulorum paniculatis albis, pedicellis trifloris. 
Folia ad siccitatem odorata. 
A bush of the Celastraceous order, about 3 feet high, 
which has been for some years in the Botanical Garden at 
Brussels, but whose native country is unknown : it is sup- 
posed to have come from the East Indies. The leaves smell 
something like Melilot. The flowers are small, greenish 
white, and scentless. It seems a plant of no interest. 
46. HYDROMESTUS maculatus. 
Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung , 1842 , p>- 285 . 
Calyx bibracteolatus, quinquepartitus ; laciniis superioribus sequalibus acutis, 
quinta postica obtusa. Corolla hypogyna infundibuliformis, bilabiata, 
tubo longo ; labio superiore bifido, lobis obtusis revolutis inferioris tri- 
fidi laciniis sequalibus. Spicse bracteis arete appressis, cucullatis, aqua 
limpida impletis. Stamina quatuor, sequalia, corollse tubi inserta, ex- 
serta, barbata ; antberse uniloculares, apice et basi lanuginoso-barbatse. 
Ovarium biloculare, loculis biovulatis. Stylus simplex ; stigma bilabi- 
atum, labiis insequalibus. Capsula sessilis, tetragona, bilocularis, loculis 
dispermis, dissepimento incompleto, loculicide bivalvis, valvis medio 
septiferis. Semina discoidea rugosa retinaculis uncinatis sufFulta. 
H. maculatus ; Scbeidw. SufFrutex mexicanus ; caule erecto glabro ; foliis 
cruciatum oppositis, nitidis, rugosis, undulatis, luteo maculatis, coriaceis, 
obtusiusculis, basi acutis, petiolatis. Spica terminalis, quadrifariam im- 
brica; flores lutei. Caulis 2 ped. altus ; folia 8 poll, longa, 3 poll. 
lata ; petioli pollicares ; spica 4-5 poll, longa. 
A small Mexican bush, belonging to the Acanthaceous 
order. The flowers are yellow, and like those of a Justicia. 
The leaves are stiff and shining. From the Botanic Garden 
at Brussels. 
47. RHODOSTOMA gardenioides. 
Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung , 1842 , p , 286 . 
Calyx tubo cylindraceo tribracteolato, cum ovario connato, limbo supero, 
persistente, fisso, quinquefido ; laciniis sequalibus recurvis, acutis. Co- 
rolla supera, infundibuliformis, tubo longo cylindrico, intus glabro ; 
limbi quinquelobi laciniis lanceolatis, plicatulis, reflexis, mucronatis. 
Stamina quinque, summo tubi inserta ; filamenta brevissima. Antberee 
lineares, inclusse mediofixse, basi sagittatse. Ovarium inferum, biloculare, 
disco epigyno carnoso. Ovula in loculis solitaria. Stylus simplex, stig- 
mata duo lineares. Fructus . Patria ? 
Rbodostoma gardenioides ; fructiculus erectus ramosus articulatus, cortice 
