Scaphopetalum blackii

Scaphopetalum blackii is a flowering plant species of the genus Scaphopetalum of the plant family Malvaceae described by Maxwell T. Masters in 1867.^[1]

Prologue

Foliis breviter petiolatis, oblongis, accuminatis; floribus fasciculatis, pedicellis brevibus, calyce clauso, subcoriaceo, demum bivalvi, valvis cymbiformibus; petalis cucullatis, obtusis, nervoso-stricatis, plicatis sulcatisque; tubo stamineo 5-angulari, infundibuliformi. Frutex 4-5 pedalis. Ramuli virgati, puberuli. Petioli 3-4 lin. longi. Stipulae subulato-lanceolatae, nervoso-striatae, petiolos aequantes. Folia 5-8 poll. longa, 2-4 poll. lata, oblonga, integra, acuminata, glabra, subcoriacea, venatione reticulata. Pedicelli brevis (4-5 lin.), fasciculati, erecti, e ramis nascentes. Bracteolae minutae, subulatae. Alabastra subglobosa. Calyx subcoriaceus, purpureus, clausus, demum irregulariter rumpens, bivalvis, valvis cymbiformibus, patentibus, intus pilis parvis appressis munitus. Petala calceiforma, obtusa, cucullata, 5-striata, plicata, sulcata, glabra, sepalis paullo breviora. Tubus stamineus petaliodeus, infundibuliformis, 5-angularis, apice 10-lobatus; lobis sterilibus 5, reflexis; lobis fertilibus totidem, antheras biloculares tres, in petalorum cucullis reconditas, gerentibus. Ovarium oblongum, 5-lobum, 5-loculare, tubo stamineo dimidio brevius. Stylus inclusus, stigma obsure 5-lobum. Ovula in quovis loculo 00, amphitropa, placentae axili biseriatim acffixa. Fructus -

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