CLASS XVI. ORDER VII.
MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. Threads united. Twelve Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx duplex, exterior 3-phyllus deciduus. Corolla 5-petala. Stamina 10-20, quorum 5 sterilia. Stylus 5-fidus. Capsulæ 5, coalitæ uniloculares, 1. s. polyspermæ.
Empalement double, outer 3-leaved deciduous. Corolla 5-petalled. Chives 10 to 20, of which 5 are sterile. Style 5-cleft. Capsules 5, conjoined one-celled, 1-or many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Dombeya, foliis ovatis acuminatis cordatis, subtus tomentosis reticulatis, pedunculis subtrifloris, floribus pentandris.
Dombeya, with ovate acuminated heart-shaped leaves, downy and reticulated beneath, peduncles about 3-flowered, and pentandrous flowers.
Dombeya Erythroxylon. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. 725.
Pentapetes Erythroxylon, foliis cordatis subcrenatis subtus tomentosis rugoso-reticulatis, floribus subumbellatis decandris. Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. 438.