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MANETTIA coccinea. 
Red-flowered Manettia. 
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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNI4: : ; J 
_ | Nat. ord. RuBiaAcEm.- Jussieu gen, 196. Div. IIT. Fructus monocarpus 
bilocularis polyspermus. Stamina 4. Folia opposita, caulis herbaceus aut 
frutescens. ; ; 
MANETTEA, Cal. 4-5-8-partitus. Cor. infundibuliformis, 4-5-par- 
tita (regularis) :: fauce barbat4. - Caps. oblonga, bilocularis,; bivalvis: valvis 
duplicatis. Sem. numerosa, imbricata, alata: (Stam. 4-5. Plante volu- 
biles aut scandentes.) Persoon syn, 1. 134. : 
M. coccinea, foliis ovali-ovatove oblongis acuminatis nervosis subtis elabris ; 
~ ramulis floriferis 3-5-floris axillaribus oppositis folio plurimim longioribus; 
. calyce 8-partito. fa), Ral. Wer : 
Manettia coccinea. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 625. — 
Nacibza coccinea. Aubl. guian. 1. 96. t. 37. fig.1. Lamarck encyc. 4. 415, 
illustr. gen. t. 64. ee 
_. Frutex sarmentosus volubilis longissime scandens, ramis teretibus supernd 
ranmuilosis infra subaphyllis cortice pallido glabro. Fol. decussato-distantia, 
ovalia.v. ovata, lanceolato-acuminata, bi-triuncialia latitudine subduplo, mi- 
nore, basin versus plis minusve attenuata, subtis nervis varicosis adscendenti- 
bus notata glabraque supra villis minutis deciduis (vix nist oculo armato 
manifesta) pubescentia: pet. brevior: stipule interpetiolares virides breves 
transverse dilatate glanduloso-denticulate. Ramuli in ramis superni, axil- 
lares oppositt, folio longiores, diphylli, 3-flort v. iterum divisi 5-floré; flores 
erecti, unus terminalis, ceteri foliolorum axillares ; pedicelli fore plurimim 
longiores glabri virides. Cal. germinis continuus, 8phyllus, viridis, vil- 
‘losus, corolla tubo brevior, revolute divaricatus, persistens, foliolis lineari: 
subulatis ab invicem distantibus. Cor. 1-petala, hypocrateriformis, & mi- 
niato-coccineo pallescens: tubus subsemuncialis, erectus, calyce longior, albus 
rubro-punctatus, ore pilis flavis articulatis erectis limbo brevioribus coronatus, 
intus ee medium aliis minoribus, ceterum similibus, barbatus: limbi 4- 
partiti laciniz coloratiores, ovate, rotate, tubo satis breviores. il*. ad bar- 
bam tubum interne propé basin circumeunte inserta: anth®. incluse, introrse, 
pullide, oblonge, biloculares, posticé annexe. Stylus filiformis  longitudine 
tubi: stig. lobuli 2 oppositi ovali-oblongi compressi virides. Germ. vix brevius 
calyce, oblongum, cylindricum, sepius subcoloratum, subtilissime laxéeque pu- 
bescens, linets viridibus 8 striatulum, basi cuneatum, biloc. dissepimento me- 
dio: ovula plurima compressa alata receptaculo utroque dissepimenti affixa 
arctéeque sursim imbricata, : 
No species of this genus appears to have been introduced 
before the present ; which was lately raised by Mr. Ander- 
son at the Physic Garden, Chelsea, from seed from Tri- 
nidad. 
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