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Botanical Engravings of A. Poiret

ENGRAVING TEST NUMBER 93.

LOST ENGRAVING.

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Artist: A. Poiret. Del.

Notes by Charles Gaudichaud Beaupré.

BOBEA.

Calix campanulatus, basi bibracteatus ; limbo integro vel obsoletè bilobo. Corolla hypocrateriformis ; tubo recto, tetragono, calycem superante ; limbo quadripartito, patentissimo ; laciniis elipticis, obtucis, concavis. Stamina quatuor, fauci imberbi corollae inserta. Filamenta brevissima. Antherae cordato oblongae, inclusae. Ovarium calyci adnatum.
Discus epigynus, medio depressus.. Stylus erectus. Stigmata 2, digitatoquenquifida; lobis linearibus. Drupa subglobosa, 8-10-pyrena, calycis limbo umbilicata; pyrenis monospermis, osseis.
Arbor glabra. Folia opposita. Stipulae inter petiolares. Pedunculi axilares, triflori; flores laterales pedunculati, intermedius sessilis. Corolae flavido-virescentes. Fructus fusco-violacei.

1. BOBEA ELIATOR. Pl. 93.

In insulis Sandwicensibus (Alt. 500-600 hexap.).

Témoignage de reconnaissance et de respect à M. Bobe-Moreau, savant médecin du port de Rochefort, ex-pharmacien en chef de la marine, qui professa avec un égal succès les diverses branches de la médicine, de la chimie et de la botanique, traducteur de Stoll, &c.

Testimony of recognition and respect to Mr Bobe – Moreau, scientist physician of the port of Rochefort, ex-pharmacist in chief of the marine, who professed with an equal success the various branches of medicine, chemistry, and of the botany, translator of Stoll, & c.

SANDWICH ISLANDS.

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