PLATE CCLXVII.
JATROPHA PANDURÆFOLIA.
Fiddle-leaved Physic-Nut.
CLASS XXI. ORDER VIII.
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. Chives and Pointals separate. Threads united.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Masculi flores.
Calyx. Perianthium vix manifestum.
Corolla monopetala infundibuliformis; tubus brevissimus; limbus quinquepartitus, laciniis subrotundis, patentibus, convexis, subtus concavis.
Stamina. Filamenta decem, subulata, in medio approximata, quinque alterna breviora, erecta, basi connexa. Antheræ subrotundæ, versatiles.
Pistillum. Rudimentum debile in fundo floris latet.
Feminei flores in eadem umbella cum Masculis.