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i. MOUGEOTIA poLYSTACiiYA. | Tab. CCCCLXXXIII. a et h. 



M. caule herbaceo, hirsuto-piloso; foliis oblongis, acutis, basi rotundalis, serratis, supra 

 pubescentibus, subtus scriceo- pjlosis ; panicula terminali , simplici 5 (loribus raccmosis, unila- 



teralibus. ' 



Crescit prope Honda, ad ripam flumims Magdaleruv , alt. i3o hex. *£? Floret Junio. 



CAUusherbaccus (exBonpl.) , 2-5-pedalis, subsimplcx(?), teres, hirsuto-pilosus. Folia alterna, petiolata, 

 oblonga, acuta, basirotundata, scrrata, reticulato-venosa, vcnis primariis approximatis, subparallclis nervo- 

 quc subtus prominentibus , membranacea, supra viridia ct pubcscentia , subtus, prascrtim in nervo et venis 

 molliter sericeo-piiosa et canescentia , pilis longis , adpressis, 2 t pollices longa , vix pollicem lata. Petioli 

 4-5 Hneas longi, birsuti. Stipul£ petiolares geminae , lineari-subulatx, sericeo-pilosa:, duas lineas longte, 

 decidua:. pANicuLAtcrminalis,simplcx, 6-9-pollicaris,erecta; rhachitereti, subflexuosa, pilosa; ramis alternis, 

 remotis, multifloris, racemiformibus , patcntibus, scsqui-aut bipollicaribus. raoREs(y/£\ 1.) raccmosi , in 

 ramis unilatcrales, solitarii aut sa^pius gcmini-quaterni, ramulo abbreviato insidentes, pedicellati, crccti, magni- 

 tudine floris Melochicc tomentosa;; pcdiccllis sesqui-aut bipollicaribus, pilosis. Bracte£ complures ad basim 

 pediccllorum , lincari-subulata!, pilosa;, pedicello duplo brcviores, decidua;. Calyx (Jig. 2.) campanulatus , 

 quinqucfidus, membranaceus, laxus, scricec-pilosus, coloratus; laciniis ovato-subulatis, uninerviis, erectis, 

 a-qualibus, longitudine tubi. Petala (y/#. !\. 6.) quinque, hypogyna, unguiculata , obovato- oblonga , basi 

 cuneata, apice rotundata, flabcllato-venosa, tcnuiter membranacea, glabra, flava, asqualia, calycem supe- 

 rantia. Stamina (Jig. 5. 7.) quinque, petalis opposita iisque breviora. Filamenta a basi ad apicem in tubum 

 connata; tubus membranaceus , quinquenervius , glaber, basi unguibus petalorum adnatus. Anther£ 

 (fig. 8. 9.) summo tubo externe insidentes, sessiles, oblonga:, apice bifida; , basi emarginata: , biloculares, 

 glabra;, longitudinaliter externe dehisccntes. Ovarium (ftg. 5.) superum, subsessilc, oblongum aut elliptiCo- 

 subglobosum, tomentosum, quinqueloculare; suppetentia gravida et aucta; o\u\n(Jig. 11. 12.) a inquolibet 

 locuio (Jig. 10.), superposita, ovata aut obovata, apice umbonata. Sttli quinque, capillacei, glabri, libcri, 

 stamina superantes. Stigmata clavulata, papilloso-puberula. Capscla (fig. i3. 14.) subglobosa, pentagona, 

 pentacocca,tomcntoso-hispida, calyce persistcnte inclusa, magnitudine graui piperis , membranacea ; coccis 

 (Jig. 16-20.) mono-aut dispermis, apice bivalvibus; duobus aut tribus sa.'pc abortieutibus et parvis. Axis 

 centrahs filiformis, quinquepartibilis(/^. i5.). Semina (Jig. 21. 22.)subovata, subobovata autclliptica, basi 

 acutiuscula , ad apicem tuberculo (hilo) instructa, ad vcntrcmlinea longitudinali notata , nigra, arachnoideo- 

 villosiuscula , maguitudine grani minoris sinapis. Integumkntum duplex; exterius crustaceum ; intcrius 

 (fig. a3. 24-)tcnuissimc mcinbranaceum, fusccscens,extremitate obtusiore, hilumspectante, maeula magna 

 castaneo- fusca (chalaza) notatum. Endospermium (Jig. 25.) semini conformc, carnosum, albidum. Embryo 

 (fig. 26.) axilis, rectus, endospermio brevior, flavidus. Cotyledones orbiculatc-reniformes, planac, foliacea;. 

 Radicula teres, infera, chalazac obvcrsa. 





2. MOUGEOTIA mollis. t 



M. fruticosa; foliis ovatis, acutis, basi rotundatis, subcordatis, serratis, supra sericeo- 

 pubescentibus , subtus molliter canesccnti- tomcntosis ; umbcllis axillaribus , rnultifloris , 

 petiolum multo superantibus. 



