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P L A T E DXV.
C Y N A N C H U M MUCRONATUM.
Miicronate-leaved Cynmichum,
C L A S S V. O R D E R H.
VENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Five Chives. Two Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CONTO RTUM. Nectarium cylindricum, quinquedentatum.
CONTOKTED. Honcy-cup cylindrical, FIVEtoothed.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CYNANCHUM caule scandente, piloso: foliis
sub-cordatis, apice mucronatis: floribus
axillaribus, in umbellis proliferis : corollis
purpureis et virescentihus : oris laciniis
acutis, tortis, reflexis.
Habitat in Insula Trinidada.
I CYNANCHUM with a hairy climbing stem. Leaves
neariy heart-shaped, with a mucronated
end. Flowers axillary, in proliferous umbels.
Blossoms purple and greenish. Segments
of the border pointed, twisted^, and
bent back.
Native of the Island of Trinidad.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. The blossom spread open.
3. The parts of fructification magnified.
4. The outer scale of the honey-cup.
5. The inner of the same.
6. The seed-bud, shaft, summit and chives^ magnified.
THIS handsome new species of Cynanchum was introduced by Lord Seaforth, who infbrms us that It
is a native of the Island of Trinidad. It flowered with A. B. Lambert, esq. at Royston House,
last June, for the first time in England, and is not as yet in any other collection. It is a very free
grower, running to a great length, vyith many umbels of flowers, which succeed each other during
most part of the summer.
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