The leaves, when fully expanded, are in size and figure like those on the plate, hairy on both sides, and terminating in a very remarkable blunt mucro or point, which has not been noticed either by those who have described or figured the plant as it deserves, for it appears to form a very strong character.


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Oxybaphus Viscosus. Viscid Umbrella-Wort.

Class and Order.

Triandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus campanulatus. Cor. infundibuliformis. Nux 5-gona 1-sperma calyce explanato persistenti circumdata.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

OXYBAPHUS viscosus. L'Herit. Monograph.

MIRABILIS viscosa floribus racemosis; foliis cordatis orbiculato-acutis tomentosis. Cav. Icon. I. n. 17. t. 19.