CINCHONA CARIBÆA.
West India Bark-tree.
CLASS V. ORDER II.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, superum, campanulatum, 5-dentatum, persistens.
Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis, 5-partita.
Stamina. Filamenta 5, minima: antheræ oblongæ, intra faucem corollæ.
Pistillum. Germen subrotundum, inferum. Stylus longitudine corollæ. Stigma crassiusculum, oblongum, simplex.
Pericarpium. Capsula oblonga, bipartita, calyce coronata, in duas partes dehiscens: partes interiores dehiscentes, dissepimento parallelo.