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GONOLOBUS OBLIQUUS.
HAIRY GONOLOBUS.
Pentandria Dyginia, Linn. Apocynese, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla rotate, 5-parted. Nectary simple, cylindric, sub-carnose, 5-lobed, depressed,
exactly equal with the antheroid cells, discoid, pentangular, without alated
lateral margins, or terminal membranaceous cusps. Masses of pollen 5-pair,
even, transverse. Follicles 2. Seed carnose.—Nutt.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Stem twining, hirsute; leaves ovate-cordate, acute; corymbs axillary; segments of
the corolla ovate-acuminate.
SYNONYMS.
G onolobus obliquus, Muhl.
Cynanchium obliquum, Sp. pi. 1. p. 1256.
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