MONANDRIA, MONOGYNIA, 



PER. Capiula obfolctc trigona, coronata calycc, trilocularis, trivalm. 

 SEM. plura, oblonga, inaequalia, obtufa, niduhniia in putpa molln 



Hidsx pcrcnnis, carnofc, inaqualis, candida; admtf producic plurcs, 

 fubgcniculatos, fubcrcaos, tcrctcs, glabros, pcdcm unum altcrumvc ahos* 

 Hos oraarw/o/w oblonga, acumimta, bafi attcauata» nitida, intcgcrrima, 

 ahcrna, donata pctklo brcviifimo tcrctiquc; jwrolidfub fpica plerumquc qut- 

 tcrna. Quemlibct tcrminat ctimum fpka conica, folitaria, & dcnfilfimc 

 coinpaQa cfptfbis coccincis, crallis^coriaccis, imbricatis,& unifloris* Ab 

 infcrioribus fucccffivc prodcunt jlora inodori, flavi, pollicarcs, cito mar- 

 ccfccntes. Martiniccnfcs, a quibus Cme dt nvicrt fivc Arundo fluviatilis 

 appellatur, radicum culmorumquc decoQa paflim adhibent in Gonorrhtea 

 aliisque morbis pro potu refrigcrante, admiftis non raro aiiis ctiam hcrbis. 

 ftcgant floris color foliiquc glabriiies fumma, cftc hanc plancam Pifonis Ja- 

 cuacangam Marcgraviiquc Paco Caatingam; nifi hx varicnt in variis re- 



gionibus* 



Habitat in Martinica ad ripas hcrbaceas torrcmum, & in montibus um- 

 brofis humidis. Vidi florcntcin Scptcmbri & O&obri. 





D I A N D R I A. 



MONOGYNIA. 



JUSTICIA. 



i. JUSTIOA (fpmfa) monamhcra; TAB. II. Kig. i. 



CAL. Pcrianihium quinquepart itum , pcrfiftcns: foliolis lanceolato-linca- 

 ribus, ocuminatis, crcclis, tubo corolke tluplo brcvioribus. 



COR. monopctala. Tubus fubcylimlraceus, crcitus. Limbus ringens, 

 tiibo duplo brcvior: labio fupcriori bifiilo, fubcrcQo: labio infcrlo- 

 ritrifido, rcflcxo: utriusquc laciniisovaiis, obtufis, fubwqualibus. 



STAM. Filamema duo, filiformia, pctnlo brcviora, ejusdcmque tubo per 

 totam longitudincm adnata. Aothcra: oblonge , didymi. 



PIST. Gcrmcn oblongum. Siylus (iliformis, crcaus, ftaininibus brcvior. 

 Sugma fimplcx, obtufum. 



PER. Capfub oblonga, bafi attcnuata, fupcrne craffior, obtufc cum acumi- 

 ne, comprcilmfcula, magna, fupcrnc bilocularis, bivalvis: vtlvulis 

 navicularibus, ungue daftico. 



SEM. 



