GONOL'OBUS HISTIDUS 
HISPID GONOLOBUS. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
OR 
NATURAL ORDER, ASCLEPIDACE^^:. 
'COROLLIFLOR.R, 
OF 
DECAXDOLLE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
PEXTANDEI.4, 
DIGrXIA, 
OF LINNEUS, 
No. 234 
GENUS. GoNOLOBrs, Richard. Calyx quinquepartitiis. Corolla sub- 
rotata, quinquepartita. Corona staminea scutelliformis, lobata. Anthers 
appendice membranacea terminatbe transver.sim deliiscentes. Pollinia traiis- 
Tersa extremitati exteriori affixa. Stigaia depresso planiusculum. Follicult 
patentes, ventricosi, subcostati, semina plurima, ad umbilicum comosa. Sur- 
FRUTiCEs Yolubilcs, in America boreali et tropica crescentesj foliis oppositis, 
lutiusculis,iimbellis iuterpetiolaribus. Endlicher, Genera, page 595. 
SPECIES. Gonolobus hispidcs. (Hooatrr) Suffruticosus, Yolubilis, foliis 
coidato-ovatis, acutis, undulatis, caule petiolis pedunculisque bispidissiino- 
birsutis ■, floribus umbellatis, corollis coriaceis, intus basi tuberculosis. 
Character of the Genus, Gonolobus. Calyx fivG-parted. 
Corolla soiiiet^hat wheel-shaped, five-parted. Corona stamineous, 
scutellifoim-lobed. Anthers terminating' with a membranaceous 
appendage, dehiscing transversely. Pollinia transverse, fixed to the 
exteiior extiemity. Stigma flattish. Follicles patent, ventricose, 
somewhat ribbed. Seeds many, comose to the umbilicus. 
Description of the Species, Gonolobus hispidus. Steai 
sufti uticose, round, somewhat twining, clothed with long, soft, yellowish 
hispid hairs. Leaves opposite, petiolate, membranaceous, of a pale 
gieen colour, ovate, cordate, or orbicular, the upper ones acute, undu¬ 
late, and ciliate, each side smooth, with the exception of the veins on 
the undei side, which are prominent. Petioles from a quarter to half 
an inch long, covered with hairs, similar to those on the stem. 
Peduncles axillary, hairy, scarcely as long as the petioles. Flowers 
fiom foul to ten, umbellate. Pedicels hairy, about half as long as 
the peduncles. Bracts subulate, about the length of the pedicels. 
Calyx smooth, about one third the length of the corolla. Corolla 
fiom half to three quarters of an inch in diameter, rotate, concave, of a 
thick coiiaceous leathery texture, and of a dark shining brownish 
pill pie coloui, divided into five equal ovate acute parts, in the exterior 
of vhich, at the base, are small raised points. Nectaries of five erect 
daik, purple, fleshy, bifid, scales from the base of the corolla j within 
these appendages are arranged the five stamens, which are united into a 
\eiy thick stipes. Anthers five, extrose, two-celled, between which 
are found two small diverging lobes. Pollen masses two, compact, 
waxy, y ellow. Ovariu 3I inferior, ovules numerous. 
