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sed evidenler distinctae: 42. C. obtuslfolhan Rich. 1. a, 

 fol. obovatis obtusis glabris, fioribus paniculatis Amer. 

 merid. — 43. C. rotundifolium Ricb, 1. c, fol. subsessi- 

 Hbus rolundatis mucronatis, Amer. mend. < — 44 C. fer- 

 rugineum Don, fol. breviter petiolatis lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis glabris basi attenuates snbtus ferrugineis, spicis 

 axillaribus terminalibusque , Amer. merid. 45. C, corda- 

 tum Don, fol. breviter petiolatis amplis sub tot undo- cor- 

 datis, novellis pubescentibus, panicula spicala terminal). 

 Hispaniola. — Species adbuc valde dubiae, quarum no- 

 mina in Roxburgh Catalogo Hort, Bot. Calcutt. solum- 

 modo reperiuntur: .46. C. ovalifotium Coromandelia. 47. 

 C. acuminatum Bengalia. 48! C. costatum Ind. orieni. 

 49. C. rotundifolium Bengalia. Jede Art 1st ausser der 

 Diagnose, auch noch mit einer gross em Beschreibung una 

 roit Synonymic verseben. 



Description of a new genus of plants belonging to the 

 order Nymphaeaceae : in a letter to H, T, Colo- 

 brooke etc. By Naihanael Wallich etc. /?. 442 

 et tab. 18. 



Barclay a Wall. Polyandr. Polyg., Nynphaeaccae 

 Trib. 2 DC. Syst. Cbar, gen.: Sepala 5 distincta infra 

 ovarium thalamo inserta. Torus basi in ovarium globosum 

 ampliatus, mde tubulosus corolla ceus slamini ferns, fance 

 8 — 10 loba, lobis inaequaliter 2 — 3 serialibus conni- 

 venlibus. Stam. plurima nutantia, tubo tori intws adta 

 eodemque inclusa, superiora sterila ramosa. Antb* nudae. 

 Styli plures, fundo tubi radiatim insert!, supra foveam 

 verticis ovarii convenientes , basi connati. Bacca cacnosa 

 globosa, calyce suffulta, corollaquc coronata persistent!*- 

 bns, muHi I ocularis, polysperma. Semina globosa, setis 

 carnosis oblecla, albuminosa, inversa. Habitus : Herba facie 

 Potamogetonis , in aquis stagnantibus pro veniens, gracilis, 

 fol. perquam tenuibus elongatis oblongis, basi paulo an- 

 gustata cordate - subhastatis , minime peltatis, penninerviis, 

 fluctuantibus .v. natantibus, lucidis, subtus ferrupneis, If 

 viler tomentosis. Scapi multiflori petiolique gracilcs longi. 

 Flores erecti glabri ex viridi-livescenies inodori \\ polb- 

 cares. — - Genus a ceteris Nympbaeaceis valde distincluro 

 structure et forma foliorum et ftorum, Ab Euryale dift. 

 calyce dislincto absolute hypogyno; a Nympbaea toro 



