The botanist's repository for new and rare plants; vol. 03 & 04 [of 10]

by active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

Contorta. Drupa monosperma. Corolla infundibuliformis.

Flowers contorted. Pulpy seed-vessel, one-seeded. Blossom funnel-shaped.

See Plate 130, Cerbera undulata, Vol. II.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Cerbera foliis ovatis, acutis, laciniis corollæ undulatis; calycis foliolis reflexis.

Cerbera with egg-shaped, pointed leaves; segments of the blossom waved; leaflets of the cup reflexed.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Blossom cut open, the Chives in their place.

3. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit; with the summit detached, magnified.