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-PLATE-        Plate No. 131
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-COMMON_NAMES- Thorny Catesbaea, Lily-thorn
-GENUS- Catesbaea
-SPECIES- Catesbaea spinosa
-CLASS- Tetrandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS- Catesbaea
-MODERN_SPECIES- Catesbaea spinosa
-MODERN_FAMILY- Rubiaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- shrub
-COLOR- pale yellow
-SEASON- stove plant, summer
-NATIVE_REGION- Nassau-town in the Island of Providence  

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 4
-PUB_DATE- 1790
-REISSUED- 1795
-EDITOR- William Curtis
-ARTIST- S. Edwards
-NALPCD- Disc 0644 IMG0125.PCD