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Y N A M I A A N g I O S P E R M I A.
M E L I A N T H U S;
T ERAN THIUM magnum,
quinqué parti tum, '
cohratum,
inaquak:
L a c in iæ dua fuperiorcs oblonga (?)'
/ ercBa. /
L a c in ia infima (s) brevrjjima.
Jacciformis,
deorjum gibt a.
L a c in æ intermedia oppoßta interiores; ( i f f--'.
lanceolata -.‘S& „,■<
: fummis ßmplicitus-ereQis.
-P E ’T A L A quinqué,
I lanceolata;
I lüpremum (c) ereétum fimplex ;
I quatuor reliqua(r) fuperne patentia,
\_apice reflexa. -\ .r
Ç monophyilum,
I intra infimam laciniam calycis po/itum, \ , XT .
I erque cum receptáculo adnatum, — — J \ s’ " • )
J brevißmuni,
rlateribus comprefum, (Fig. 4. N.)
I margine tncijfum,
I deorfo deorjum fpeSans. •
l_ feftio longitudinalis. (Fig 4. t.)
r f FILAMENTA quatuor,
i . Jubulata,
I creóla,
< longitudine calycis, .
1 quorum duo inferior a paulo breviora.
I a. A n theæ cordato oblonga,
L aparte antica quadri ¡oculares.-
j'g. G e r m e n tetragonum,
li 'r gibbûm; ■
quadri dentatura,
ì sJSTYhvs ereSus,
I fubulatus,
longitudine iijilu ßaminum,
11. S t igm a quadrißdum:
. lacínula fuñona majore.
C a p su la quadrangularis,
quadriiocularis, (q) U m i m i ■
K . The K A L Y X .
F ig, i.
C . The COROLLA
, Fig.
The PERIANTHIUM large,
quinquepartite,
coloured,
e rea^9 L a c in ia s oblong, (1)
the under L a c in ia s (s) very Ihort,
ihaped in form o f a bag,
downwards gibbous.
the middle L a c in ia s oppofite the interior one, ('it
lanceolate: . ’ * V
the higheft and fimple ones are ereft.
■The P E T A L S five,
lanceolate;
■ tfce upper one (cVereft, fimple;
the other four (r) on the upper-fide patent,
Lrenexed at the apex.
N . T heNECTARUM
F ig, i .
( monophyllous,
I fituated within the undermoft lacinia o f t he calyx 1 .
j y ’ íhort | isj ° in*daswellasw“ h the receptacle \ | g N>
i on hnfli
Àngulis accutis dijlantibus:
i loculis inflatis,
¡ Dijfepimentis in centro appcrtis pro receptáculo Jernìmm,
( dchifccns inter Angulos', r (d f ' ' ru?$?»?*’*' ... ^
e quaterna,
ijubglobofa,
L centro capfula adncxa.
rinferne fuffruticofus, fùperne herbáceos,
lglaber,
liubfimplex.
^alterna,
| petiolata, (p)
I cum in pari-pinatá, (0}
i F o l ío l a oblonga
li acuta,
I profunde ferrata*
làecurrentia, (F. d.)
S T IP U L A intra petiolares,fsf ■
amplexicaules,
obiongx,
dorio ad medium petiolis adnatx.
F lores fpicati, pedicellati 5 ' fupremi fefiìles,
B r a c t e æ (Fig. 9. B.) extrapedunculares,
amplexicaules,
ovato obiongx.
OBS. Flos omnino bilibiatus : L a b ium fiiperius eCalycis
fbliolis quatuor lùperioribus et petalo iuprlnto e-
tefto conficitur ; L a b ium inferius e folíolo Calycis
laccato et petalis quatuor apice patentibus.
The S T A M E N S
F ig. a. S-' .
The P J S T I L L U M
P , T h e -
P E R I C A R P I UM
Fig. 6.
S . The S E E D S
v Fig. 6.X7
T . Th e -ST EM
Fig, 8. I
F . The L E A V E S.
; . "
both Sides compreiled, (Fig. 4. N.)
. in the margin,
I with the back declining.
L ®longitudinal ieftion. (Fig. 4. fc) ’
!/ . The F ILAMENTS feu?;.' f ' 5
"yfubulatej.'
ereft,
the lengih o f the Kalyx,
whereof the two inferior ones are a little fhorter,
a. The A n th e r a s cordate and oblong,
von the fore part quadriloculor.
jf i r The G e rm en tetrogbnus,
I gibbous, l ending in four nobbs. .
r, The-SxYLE ereft,
fubulate,
lenSth and fituafion ofthfe Stamens,
L The St igm a quadrified ; -
/ The C a ? su l e quadrangular,
I quadrilqcular
J 1 iemiquadrified ; • - Anglthe « acute centre ftanding o f the capfnle.at a diftanoe .
ifrom one another,
j the Loculaments inflated, ■ ■■■■1. ' ■
I thC 5 “ C’pening in the centre where-the feeds
^ dehifient (gaping) between the Angles, ( i )
ffour,
< fubglob.oie,
‘ fixed in the
f below iuf&uticoie, above, herbaceous,
J round,
1 imooth,
libmewhatlimple. .
S alterned, ^
petiolated, (p) .
pinate with an odd lobe, (o)
T h e FoLioLTs oblong, %
I very deeply ferrated,
itftlf dawmvards
The STIPULAS within the petioles, fsl
* $ P ^ aicaul ( I^ ^ d in g th if le n ^ ■
■ ihtire,
at the middle o f its back adhering to thepetiolus
T h e F to ^ E R s in a ipike, pediceilated; the' upjiermoft
_ ovate and oblong. . ■ ’
M B up o f the four-iuperior Lacinue of the K alyx and the
eredl partalum; its under Lip confifts o f the bag-
mapedLacinia in the Calyx and the four petals that
¡have the reflexed point. ‘
Nomen triviale Me l ia n thu s ímajor.
Habitat in ¿Ethiopia. Sp. Pf. T h e common Name the great Me l ia n th u s o¡
Honey-Flower,
I s a Native o f Æthlopia. Sp. P], j