Massæ pollinis compressæ, apice attenuate, affixæ, pendulæ.
Stigma muticum.
Folliculi læves. Semina comosa.
Habitus. Suffritices volubiles, glabri. Folia opposita. Racemi v. umbellæ interpetiolares.
Patria. India Orientialis et Nova Hollandia?
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Obs. Periploca esculenta, Linn. Suppl. Roxb. Corom. 1, p. 13, t. 11, is the type of the genus, and perhaps the only genuine species; for a New Holland plant which I have at present joined with it, differs considerably both in the form of its corolla and that of its corona.
OXYPETALUM.
Char. Corolla tubo brevi ventricoso; limbo 5partito, laciniis supra ligulatis.
Corona staminea 5phylla, foliolis subrotundis simplicibus, carnosis.
Antheræ membranâ terminatæ.
Massæ pollinis lineares, pendulæ, affixæ curvaturæ processuum, dein adscendentium.
Stigma acumine elongato bipartite
Folliculi
Habitus. Frutex volubilis. Folia opposita, cordata. Umbellæ subcorymbosæ, interpetiolares. Flores suaveolentes.
Patria. America Meridionalis.
Obs. The genus consists of a single species, which was discovered in 1768, near Rio de Janeiro, by Sir Joseph Banks.
DIPLOLEPIS.
Char. Corolla tubo brevi, urceolato, limbo 5partito.
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Corona staminea 5phylla, foliolis obtusis squamulâ interiori auctis.
