Cor. tubus longus, cylindraceus, ima parte
paulo arctior : limbus 5-partitus ; laci-
niis oblongis , obtusis , recurvo-paten-
tissimis.
Stam. quinque : filamenta supra faucem
exerta, erecta, longa, setacea, paulisper
supra £>asim tubi corollæ inserta : an-
theræ subversatiles, oblongæ, obtusæ.
Pist. Ovarium tubo calycis concretum sive
iniferum : stylus longitudine staminum :
stigma crassiusculum, obtuse bilobum.
E rü c t. Capsula majuscula , subrotunda ,
modice compressa, opposite bisulca et
inde quasi ovato - digastra, apice retuso
et areolato nudissima.
Pericarpium subcoriaceo-earthaceum,
2 -loculare, biatu modico bivalvi ; valvis
medio semiseptiferis.
—Semina numerosa, horizontaliter acer-
vata , alato-membranacea, circumscrip-
tione irregulariter suborbiculata, basi
lunatim emarginata, qua affixa sunt re-
ceptaculo axili.
—Nucleus ovalis , plano - lenticularis ,
materie subcornea undique includente
embryonem rectum, cotyledonibus brevi-
ovalibus, obtusis ; radicula compressius-
cule tereti, illis paulo breviore.
Genus affine Cinchonæ.