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9€rrf*iis, fr«r[u paiiiio majore^ alae raajoris (maxnnao) latorc 

 auteriorft recti llueo hec coneavo (reliqnia miuimis). 



Crescit Siuiuami prope plant, J.igllnst. Sulfrulcx. 



J^YCTAGINEAE Juss. 



BOKaHAAVlA Linn, 



Hujus gfneris species herbact^a^^ (inarnm pirracqne sihi 

 valdc similes ntrt minus pro loci n/tlaiis ditTerenlils variabilt'Bj 

 in- Ithria bolaniGis pleromqae brevit^r descriptA^ H confi^sat*, 

 difliGillime exlricandac. Qoare s€(|UfMiii9 dcseriptionem ail- 

 jpci, lit a fiiluro monograpjio acoiratc cam spcritljus cognillg 

 comparetur, 



1. Boerhaavia surinamensis^ Hcrbacea adscendeuSj raule 

 glahro, fotiis ovatis oljtnsis repafido- augnlatis eiJiatjs, ewb- 

 tii9 discoJorihus in i)er?is peliolis jiniioiiims fu^aci - pilosnlis, 

 iofloresceiiiia lerinin-ilj )axe dichoioino - panicnlata , floribiis 

 diaodris, fniclibus juiiioiibus pilis CTpitellatis puberulis, ad- 

 iiltis glabralis. 



CrescH Sarinami in dfs*rictn Niltpri iiiferiorf*, in flre- 

 nosis hand louge a laariv m. Majo. 



N'lili^rs speeiet itefinilio cum nostra congrniL B. repens 

 L- diffcrt foliis ftpice murronnlatii^, fl, 3-andris; B^ hirsuta 

 L, caole pobcscente, frHttibns gliilinosis; B. erecta L. fo- 

 liis si'bdJS piinctatis; R dciTflNtii&efM Vnhf, cawle piloso, ff>- 

 lij> cordato- orliienlftus; B. nauiokana J, C Schaver in 

 PL Metjen. p. 403, vij-crdinc €t TiHositaii*, foliis in polioluP 

 eoQtrACtlB; B. dUcolor H. B, K. fofiis acuiis pnnrUlis. — 

 Ntim B. diandra Aubl L c. L p- 4^ eilaia net^ desmpta^ 

 hoc pertiiieat, dijndicare iion ansim. 



Caules pedales, si»bsimpHcr5 la^ves glabri, iutpraodiis 

 diKilalibus vel spitbameis, nodis parurupw conatrirtis. P^- 

 tioii tOHiips antii-e ranalicnlati, lrD»e pilesuli demoin gtabri 



