ECCREMOCARPUS.
DIDYNAMIA A N G IO S P E R M IA . L i N N .
O R D O N A T U R A L I S , BIGNONI/E. JuSS.
CHARACTER GEN ERI CUS.
HABITUS. Plantae sufFruticosae, scandentes. Folia opposita, decom-
posito-pinnata, apice cyrrhifera. Panicula laxa, péndula, adversi-
folia, pauciflora, pedunculis elongatis, unifloris.
FLORESCENTIA. C a l y x coloratus, corolla conspicue ampllor,
membranaceus, quinquefidus, infer us, persistens.
C orolla tubulosa, calyce longior, limbo recurvis, quinquefido,
laciniis rotundato-obtusis.
Stamina quatuor didynama, inclusa : antherae oblongae, versátiles.
Rudimentum quinti staminis.
P is t il l u m : ovarium ovatum, superum, basi disco cinctum : stylus
unicus : stigma bifidum.
Discus orbiculatus, depressus, ad modumannuii, ovarium cingens,
subquinquetuberculatus.
Pericarpium : capsula ovata, subtetragona, basi calyce persistente
cincta, unilocularis, bivalvis, polysperma.
Receptacula duo, mediis valvis adnata.
Semina lentiformia, imbricata, numerosissima, membrana cincta.
S P E C IE S .
ECCREMOCARPUS L O N G IF L O R U S .
Foliis decomposito-pinnatis, cyrrhosis ; folìolis oyalibus, sessilibus, plerisque indivisis ; corolla subarcuata :
caljce triplo longiore.
S uffrutex altissime scandens, caulis sulcatus, inferne nudu^, superne,
praesertim ad nodos, tomentosus. Folia opposita,. .decom-
Planche L X V .