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AGIPHILA lata. 
Tall Bigiphila, 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. VerBENACER. : 
42GIPHILA L..—Cal. campanulatus 4-dentatus. Cor. 4-fida. Stylus - 
bifidus filiformis. Bacca bilocularis; loculis 2-spermis. Spreng. syst. veg. 
1.368. 
JE. elata; foliis elliptico-acuminatis membranaceis, paniculis terminalibus, 
calycibus pubescentibus. Swartz prodr. 31. fl. ind. occ. 1.254. 
_ Knoxia scandens. Browne jam. 140. t. 3.f. 3. 
difficulty by cuttings. | 
JG, elata. Willd. sp. pl. 1.616. Rémer and Schultes, 3.102. Spreng. syst. 
veg. 1.422. 
Scandens. Rami teretes, leviter pubescentes. Folia elliptica, utringue 
acuminata, presertim ad apicem, membranacea, glabra. Panicule termi- 
nales, corymbose, compacte, pubescentes. Calyx feré integer, pubescens. 
Corolla calyce multd longior, flava, glabra: laciniis ovatis obtusis. Stamina 
exserta. Stylus staminibus brevior, bifidus. . 
Brought to the Comte de Vandes from St. Vincent’s, 
in 1823, by Mr. James M‘Crae. It was originally found 
climbing among thickets in Jamaica, by Dr. Patrick 
Browne, who called it Knoxia, and has given a good 
uncoloured figure of it in his History of Jamaica. 
Our drawing was made in August 1824. The plant 
requires the heat of a stove, and may be increased without 
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