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ceng, magnitudinc grani cannabis. Seuen (Jig. i5.) oblongura, acutum, infra apicem suspensum, ad ven- 

 rem sulco longitudinali et ad basim macula fusca notatum, heve, glabrum , fuscescens. Iktegumentcm 

 simp ex, tenuiter membranaccum, intus substantia tenuissima carnosa (endospermio? ) vestitum. Endosper- 

 MiUMnuIlum. Embryo (fig. 16. 17.) invcrsus, lutcscens. Cotyledones carnosa:, oblonga, obtusie, plano- 

 convexax Radicula parva, subrotunda, obtusa, supera. Plumula inperspicua. 



9. MONNINA LIGUSTUIFOLIA. t 







■ iruticosa- ramulis foliisque tenuissime puberulis, oblongo-Ianceolatis, acutis, basi 

 angustatis, reticulato-venosis, membranaccis ; pedunculis subtristachyis. 



Crescit in Regno Quitensi, prope pagum Ayarnca, alt. i^oo hex. ^> Floret Augasto. 



Rutex orgyalis; ramis sparsis, crectis, tcretiusculis, htvibus, glabris; ramulis junioribus angulatis, 

 puberuJis. Foha sparsa, breviter petiolata, oblongo-lanccolata , acuta, basi angustata etin pctiolum decur- 



»a, mtegerrima, plana, reticulato-venosa, nervo medio subtus promincnte, mcmbranacca, utrinque 

 tcnuissime puberula, supra lxte viridia, nitida, subtus pallidiora, 2-24 pollices longa, 6-9 lineas lata. 

 Petiou semiterctes, puberuli, 1-2 lineas longi, basi articulati. Pedunccu terminalcs, tardius latcrales, 

 tnstachyi, rarius axillares monostachyi. Spice crccta, 2-2-^ lineas longai; rhacbi angulata, puberula. 

 I-LOREspedicellati, sparsi, solitarii, rcsupinati, magnitudine floris Polygalaj vulgaris ; pcdicellis dimidiam 

 Iiueam longis , puberuJis , basi tribractcatis ct articulatis. Bractes caducie; exterior ovata, acuta , 

 concava, uninervia , puberula, lincam longa; durc intcriores triplo brcviores, cxteriori contraria-, 

 oblongs, acutaj, ciliata;, albida*, diaphana;. Calyx pentaphyllus , dcciduus; foliola (tria ) cxtenora 

 parva, subrotundo-ovata, obtusa, concava, glabriuscula , ciliata, camilescentia ; duo superiora basi 

 obhqua, trincrvia; inferius paulo majus, quinquenervium; foliola (duo) interiora (lateralia) maxima, 

 petaloidea, subrotunda, concava, brevissime unguiculata, flabeIlato-7-nervia, glabra, violaceo-camilea, 

 corollam xquantia, patentia. Corolla pentapetala, hypogyna, irrcgularis, decidua; petalum superius maxi- 

 mum, subrotundum, galeato-concavum, multinervium, apice obsolctc quadriJobum, glabrum, stamina 

 includens ; petala duo lateralia minutissima, subrotunda, squamulaiformia ; petaia duo infcriora difformia, 

 concava, hinc (margine inferiore) rotundata, apice in ligulam oblongam obtusam adscendcntem angustata 

 et carinato-contigua, inde (margine superiore) filamentis adnata, obsolete trinervia, utrinquc, praisertim 

 interne, pilosa ibique, vcrsus mcdium, plica transvcrsa sacciformi instructa. Stamina octo, hypogyna, 

 subxqualia, curvata, in pctalo superiore recondita ipsoquc parum breviora. Filamhnta apice libera et 

 capillacea, reliqua partc membranacea ct connata; tubus stamincus octoncrvius, apicc villoso-ciliatus, 

 externe longitudinaliter apcrtus et petalis inferioribus adnatus. Anthf.rs ovata-, obtusa;, basi affixce, erecta:, 

 glabra:, uniloculares, interne dchisccntes, apcrtai subcalccoliformcs; placenta pollinis linearis, longitudina- 

 literadnata. OvARiuMsuperum, sessile, glandula hypogyna suffultum, oblique oblongum, lateribus comprcs- 

 siusculum , teve, glabrum, unilocularc; ovulum 1, oblongum , acutum, compressum, glabrum, infra apicem 

 suspensum, ad parietem petalo superiori aversum affixum, pendulum. Glandula carnosa, glabra, persistens, 

 binc (rcspcctu petali superioris externe) crassior. Stylus terminalis, superne incrassatus, curvatus, glaber, 

 deciduus. Stigma bilabiatum ; labium superius dentiforme; inferius subglobosum, papillosum. Fructus 

 clliptico-oblongi, reflexi , obtusi, nudi, glandula hypogyna suftulti, rugulosi, glabri , unilocularcs, mo- 

 nospermi, magnitudine grani tritici. Sarcocarpium tenuissimum. Endocarpium lignoso-coriaceum. Semen 

 in fructibus suppetentibus immaturum. 



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