MALl»IGHIACEÆ. 
STIGMAPHYLLON SAGRÆANUM, A. de J. 
TAB. XXVIII. 
S. foliis polymorphis, ellipticis, vel ovatis, vel obovatis, vei li- 
neari-oblongis, linguiformibusve, glaberrirais, utrinque nervoso- 
reticulatis, subtus cinereo-griseis , coriaceis, petiolis infra apicem 
biglandulosisj antheris glabris , samaræparvæ, glabralæ, virenles, 
lateribus inermibus, ala ad basin introrsum acute appendiculata. 
Descriptio. 
Caulis lignosus ramosissimus , sarmentosus ; rami virgati, tere- 
tes, glabri, tuberculis minimisa, puncliformibus scabri j ramuli 
pubentes. 
Folia opposita, maxime varia, nunc elliptica, vel ovalia, vel 
obovalia, apice obtusissima et breviler mucronata, nunc oblongo- 
linearia, linguiformia, oblusa et mucronata, basi semper obtusa , 
coriacea, glabra, integra et marginata, superne subtusque reticu- 
lato-venosa, subtus pallidiora, 2-3 pollices longa, semipollicem ad 
sesquipollicem lata: petiolus superne sulcatus, subcanaliculatus, 
3-4 lineas longus, glaber, paulo infra apicem glandulis 2 stipita- 
tis notatus. 
Flores subcorymbosi , terminales : pedunculi primarii sensim 
versus apicem incrassati et hic pedunculos proprios, sæpius 4-8 ser- 
tulatos, graciles, glabros, fere unciales, unifloros, gerenles. Brac- 
tea squammiformis ad basin singulorum pedicellorum. 
Calyx 5-partitus, regularis, pcrsistens : laciniæ ovales sub- 
acutai, ereclæ, basi biglandulosæ. 
Petala 5 æqualia, patentia, longe unguiculala, suborbicularia, 
obtusissima, basi cordata , margine inæqualiter denticulata. Un- 
guis calyce paulo longior, gracilis, superne subcanaliculatus. 
Slarnina 10, ima basi monadelplia, inæqualia, lilamcnta glabra 
crassiuscula subulata. Anthcræ introrsæ, suborbiculari-didymæ , 
(lorso afiixæ, biloculares : loculis rima longitudinal! deliiscentibus. 
Ovariurn in fundo calycis sessile, subgloboso-trilobum, lobisoh- 
tusis, hirtis, crista longitudinal! lamelladormi notatis. St}li très 
•listiiicti, erecti, subinaMiuales, (|uasi obtuse tri([uelri, glabri, apic(' 
