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TUPISTRA squaUda. 



Grey-fl&wered Tupistra. 



HEXANDRIA MONOQYNIA. 



Nat ord. AspuoDELE^. Brawn prod, I. 274. 



TUPISTHA. Nobis m CurHs$ magaz, 1655. Cw. iDfera, adscen- 

 dens, carnosala, cupulato-campanulata^ 6-fida» Umbo subirreg^ulari subinie- 

 quali patente. Anthfl'^ pairae^ basi lacinianim ab azi parvft medift pdtato^ 

 adnatse, intxorsx. PiatiUwoi urceolato-columDare^ iDclii8uin» exsupenuti 

 antheras : stylus cum genuine iBoperimetro continuus aliquoti^sque toDgior, 

 crassus^ rotundato-triqueter^ erectus, 3-sulcus, cuniculatus^ in stigmata 3 

 crtisaiuscula brevia rotundata patentia intits ^ toto ambitiH pUcato-CDrrugaia 

 cum canaliculo medio lon^tuainali diBcedeDS. Oerm* Tiride, oblato^ub- 

 rotundum exsulcum estriatom^ r«pletb-3-loculafe loculis coHaterali-disper- 

 mis. Bacca? - ;v 



Rhizoma dttro-cartiosumf cMoideMM, bulbiceps, stoloni:(aHS, Jibras cras^ 

 sas tenaces exserens. Folia cvncta radiCalia, i.bastims dilatatis rhizoma 

 imbricate compacteque ambieniia, ad^cendentia^ ffrdmineo*virentiaf membra^ 

 nacea, costd medid Jitmata, demsi nervosa'^ lan^hita, ' sesqut-bipBdaKa lo* 

 titudine 4-&-unciali, suprd fiaecidiffra recurvo-paientia acuminata^ ii^eni 

 vers^ hngius attenuata in pedimculum strictum caitaUculato-wmp&calmMs 

 (omnibus astivatio distincta, spirali-eonvohtta,) Scapus radUa^, foHis 

 oHquoties brevior, reclinato-assurgens, livido-viremf roimstus, rigidus, soU- 

 dus, teretiusculus, folioUs nMnu&s amvolutis lanceolaUs ad basin, aUt^gus 



faueia bracteaceis wyis lineari^hmceolatis appressis S0eits bmg iim di m t m ^ 

 pica ternUnaU'Contimut (4^5-imcia/tiJ erecta, cgOndraceiheloHgata, innae* 

 rate, ^forsa, smilts, creh^a, injri Uudar, axi a sedibas iaciuibus JtoruM^ 

 imtmrwpii angmbUA: braetesa MrbacetMmett^anosee, geMmattB, una ^Uida 

 ms^wroUmmlgps^liSiMSefigue npposUa tameeolata conccmm altera lateralis 

 interior cpwlyna < wifif ii i i pha^s minor. Cw.sessiUs, adseendens^ raeUdi 

 obHqui accnmbems^Jhma, lati companulata, } vhcup &lta v. dted, errib 

 violaceo-pallens bietda, iioks msfRko-saualent 0p^ta; tubiitt en^uhiMS^ exUlm 

 pticis senis lot^iHUUnaHbrns pr>minwm sutwtisqim totidem immersis alterni 

 notatus; limbus subbrmior tmbo, reciirmto-jw#eii^ absobti fttteMoAif, bet* 

 niis obht^is obtutis pUmiuscmlis am^bitA r^^ems, imis tribus patentwibas^ 

 medid minore auctiore depressiare; (lotus dorsak coroiks propter arctam 

 eoiUra raekidem pressumem diseam dtU intntsmm cum lateribus marginaU>^ 

 eletaiis. Anth*°. laciniis oppositau sumsno tvbo ab (urt brem medid pe&ato^ 

 adnatm, aUndm, oblato-subrotund4Bf hUoadares, loculis colhteralibus basi 

 subdivergentibus apice conniventibus, introrsum zerticaliiir dekiscentibusi 

 pollen grumosfhfarinaceum* I^tillojn inclusutn^ tubo aliius, ockrolencum 

 stepique wolaeeo diluti^ nimbatum: stylus crassus, germine phtriis l&n* 

 gtar, obtusati trigonus, ^sulcus, tubulatus, in tres facU^ wbd^iHs quasi eM 

 3 Mfikf canaculatis confectus : sti^. lobi crassiuscmti trini patentes subrotundi 

 (angnlas stgH continuantesj , intia opaci plidsque camosts rndiato-rugati et 

 eanoHcuh medio UmgitudinaH impressi, Gertai. tiride, stglobatam amtir 

 nsiam isspe rim etram pistHU efformans, subrotmuhmf otqUb geminis para^ 

 leliefimibai^usqfieUmJitiiffisM. Fhs nsmc partibmqaattam aMit* 



TujHBtra squalida. Nobis in Cutfit^s magaz. 1655. 



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