Volume 9 — PLATE DLXXVIII. ÆGIPHILA DIFFUSA. Fig. 1. Spreading Ægiphila.
Reading edition
CLASS IV. ORDER I.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 4-dentatus. Corolla 4-fida. Stylus semibifidus. Bacca bilocularis, loculis dispermis.
Cup four-toothed. Blossom four-cleft. Shaft cleft half-way down. Berry two-celled, cells two-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ægiphila foliis ovato-lanceolatis, longè acuminatis, utrinque glabris; paniculis diffusis axillaribus et terminalibus; staminibus tubo vix excedentibus, stylo longissimo.
Ægiphila with oval-lanced, long pointed leaves, smooth on both sides; panicles spreading, axillary, and terminal; stamens scarcely longer than the tube, and shaft very long.