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3. DESMONCUS ORTHACANTHOS. Tab. 69. ct 98. 



A vagiim peliohrlbus rachibusquc postlcc aculeis recti's comprcssis, rachibus aniicc incrmilms, cirrhis uncatis; pinnis oblont/o - tan- 

 ccolatis utoinqw acuminata} spatha intcriorc imrmi; dnqris pisiformibxis (?,. 



DLSCRIPTIO. CAVDEX teres, crassitie digit! mlnoris, infenie floxuosus atque quasi nliis plantis cir- 

 cumvolutns w[ subscandeus. passim sarmenta longa ageus, aculeis rectis eompressis subulatis horridus , vaginis 

 frondium vest it us. 



FRONDES subdisticliac, patentes ct subrccurvntae. Vaginae pctiolarcs dodrantales et longiores, cylimlricae, 

 membranaccae, in ore tenuiorcs ibiquc irregular iter librosae fissaeque, ubique, praesertim vcro in parte superiors nrmatac 

 aculeis pofficaribus, longioribus ct ungaicalaribas iiigro-fuscis comprcssis, ad marginem tomento grisco-t'usco villosis, cpmle 

 qnoqae superiiciei mspcrsuin est. Constat hoc tmncutum filis simplicibus ramosisve vario modo tortis et implcxis, modo 

 subulatis modo inflaris. Itaciiides frondium supra medium e vagina progrcdiuntur, longitudinc circiter cubiti, extus con- 

 vexae, intus postice concavne, antiee bifaciales, primum parce toinentosac, deiu glabresccntes. Pinnae sex ad octo parium, 

 inlcriores suboppositac, superiorcs altcrnae, obiongo - lanccolatae , utriuquc acuminatac, quinque ad septem polliccs longae, 

 iinuiii in medio Iatac, basi noimiliil cmnplicntno, nervo medio utrinque prominentc, latcralibus subduodenis alternatim 

 supra ct subtus prominentibus, glnberrimae. obscure ct subnitido - virides. Ilmui in cirrho rctrospcetantcs, e basi crassa 

 snbulatotriqnetri ct sacpe in pumas nbeuutes, triom quatnorve parium, iuferiores biunciales, sumini uncialcs. 



SPADiX inter supcriorain frondium vaginas eruinpens, pedem ct quod execdit longus. Podnncalus 

 dodnmtnlis, comprcsso - teres, longitudinal iter striatus, tomento ferruginco passim adspersus, aculeis sctisque 

 mgricautibus oompressis in basi floccoso - tomentosis armatus. Rami in saprema parte c pedmiculo s. radii 



su pre inn parte 

 flexuoso - angulata cxeuntes, valdc (lexuosi . (ere filiformcs, trcs polliccs longi, in 



na 



peduueul< 



basi bractca parva 

 membranacca adpressa suffiilti. SPATHA exterior quatuor poffices longa, linearis, subauceps, dorso concava, 

 ventre convexa ibidemque transverse trtmeata, ut dorso in lacinias dims triangulares sccta appareat, membra- 

 nacea. fusoidola, tomento ferruginco passim adspersa, caetenmi incrmis. SPATHA interior interne pcdiin- 



culum arete obvolvens et subcylindriea, supcrne fosiformis ct a[>crta lanccolata, longitudinaliter striata, uti 

 exterior tomentosa ct inermis. 



FLORES omnem ramorum superficiem, excepta unguis longitudinc ima parte, occupantcs. MASCUL1 

 plures, singuli in ramorum tlexuris, bractcolis minutissimis instruct!. CALYX c membrana tenera nlba compagis snbtilis 

 factus. triangularis atque in denies breves acutos porrectus, albidus. COROLLAS pctala ex ovato tenuitcr acuminata, erecto- 

 patcntia, pallida Hnvcsceiitia. STAMINA ad medium nsque pctalorum pcrtingentia, filamontis crassiusculis brevibus conicis 

 antheris lineari - oblongis obtusis, polline albo taretis. PisriUA RODHtSNTUlU minimum, obovatum. in vertiec subtilitcr 

 tririinatum, glabrum, albo - virens. 



FLORES FOEMINE1 quam masonli duplo minora, lineam et qnod execdit longi. Calyx uti mosonloram e mem- 

 tenui alba subpellueida factus, annuliformis obiterquc tridenticulatus. COROLLA ealycc triplo et quadruplo longior, 

 -cylmdrica, ore in denies trcs triangulares acutos seeto, pallida liavescens, substantias carnosiuseulae. Ovarium ova- 

 tum, albidum, glabrum. Stylus brevis, e corolla exscrtus, subconiens. Stigmata pyramidata, acuta, primum erecto-conni- 

 vtntia, dein patentia ct rcvoluta. UpvPA i-mota. 



brana tc 



ovato 



Cmeit in si/Ms uHmtw.is prope Mucwt jluvhm, »bi Senmmimm Princops Maxiroilianns Ncovidensis legit, „/, /HC 

 samUbm has , H ,^m in Prwinda Paraitosi. — Martio /ton/. 



ICOy. LXPL. Tab. i«S. Polnwn MMtnun exMbal in Mnnicarii. anccift 



r» wjanilcnicro, tie qua eonToM <iua«- ail Mtmicariiiin illuslraml.im infra diccuiur. 



Tak C9. SUlit apiwm Domopri or.b.C.nlhi o Um apadicc ..on-lum evolulo in ip-lbl , au, ue ^.lic-m Horctom, <■ Hil ,pa,l,U «»eil m (m. U .L - Fi« 1 

 H.. ™cu1u, 2. Mc, Diagi , ,,, crlD ,. 3. Civ, ... l V,al ulu *, ■«,„ r-cio. i. H„ macula, horbonlJiWr wpBc-m 6. Goni.nlia ,na K ala «„ mdimomo 2 W . 

 .. S^ca .co^n. nb atmqac latcf.. «. Hudimcntun, pUIB. 9. Mta. - 10. Fl« fo.^lMu 11. Kj,,,^,, c .lvx. 12. Kjwdem corolla. 13. Ovarium iuvenilc. 14. 



Kjit$dfia »ccti« transvcraali*, in qua luculamcnu 



Uf^a it[*|-nniiL 



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