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PLATE XLIX.
MALPIGHIA CRASSIFOLIA.
Thick-leaved Malpighia.

CLASS X. ORDER III.

DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Ten Chives. Three Pointals.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx. Perianthium pentaphyllum, erectum, minimum, persistens, connivens. Glandulæ melliferæ duæ, ovales gibbæ, foliolis calycinis externe inferneque adnatæ.

Corolla. Petala quinque, reniformia, magna, plicata, ciliata, patentia, concava; unguibus longis, linearibus.