r>G6 PONTEDEnEJl?. 



PONTEDERIA. Linn. 



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Calyx corollaceus^ infundibuliformis; linibo Irrcgularlter sex.fido. Sta- 

 iviiNA sex 5 quorum Lrla sumuio, irla mcdlo calycrs inserta. Cafsula carnosa, 

 [rllocularis , polyspcriua. 



Herb^. aquatica?. I^^olia basi vaginantla. Flores spicali aut umbcllatl j ex 

 fissa follorum vagina cxserii , singuli spathacci. 



1. 



PONTEDERIA azlrea- 



P. follis stibromndis , o])Uisis; pcllolis sjipm Ijasin iiidiUis ; noribus siiicotis, 



Poi"\l.ctlcria aziirca. Swarfz. Flor. JtuL Occ, i. p. G09 (^tiuct. herh. iiort. Paris.) 



Crcscit iu ripa J!i(niiuis Canc^e prope Buga No\'0^r{inateusium ^ alt. ^60 hexup. -% F/oret 



JVofcmbri. 



Jlritni .Tcaulis, afjiialica, Fotja radic-ilia longe pelioUla , suhrocunda, oLtusa , I>asi Lrcvissimc in 

 jietiolam anguslala^ iulegcrrima, teauinsimc stiiala, iUrioc|ue i-Iabra, diamctro Iri- aiit qiiailripollicari. 

 Petioli lereles, fislulosi, sapra basin inflali, folio duplo longiorcs, gl.-^bri^ {iQrifeil non infl.Ui ?. Spice 

 solilario^ e peliolis supra Lasin erumpenies , obionso oylinflraeca? , subquiiiquepollicares, basi spatba 

 involuta. Spatha obovala, obHisa, memljranacca , siriata , glabrn, bipoIlicTLis- rLOKits sessiles, densi. Galyk 

 iiifuiidibuliformis,ail»ris aut etctalescens ^ cMerne punct^tus, siibliirhisi limbo seypartito; L'i(.;iiilis (libiis 

 <\l.crionbus ^f^fjualibus; tribus inlerioribus trijilo J,ilioribus, obovalJs, jnrei^u^ilibiis, siij»eriore maxima, 

 ]j3si carulco-nigricanit^ , medio flavo-maculata. Sta-mfm sc\ ^ Iri.i exscrta, inc-equalia , unico omnium 

 masimoi tria inclusa, subHTijuaUa, Ovatucim scmiinferum, cvatiim. FKtCTUM non obscrvavi. 



A Poniedcria azurea Sw. vix fliversa , nisi colore calycls. 



Fibrre radicis PonlcdcrKc. ut I-emna! , in apice caljplra inslrucl^e snnu iVerjue tamen pulanduin 

 fSt, fibras radlcem perrumpcntes parljciilam epiJormicli? aiifrrre , eademquc e|ii(lermide veslilas, 

 calyplralQS apparcir. Imo vcro ba:calyplrre c subsumtia ij>sa iiicdulltc nascuntur- ( ex Richard/o ■ ) 



