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rcplct; fi jftc diliringitur, pcdunculo appcnfa harrcns pcr pauca ligamcnta 

 valida, qua: illam amplcGumur, vidcmurquc antca fuilfc vafa fiiccum nu* 

 critiiium advchcntia: ab iisdciii tamcn lcvi vi folubtlis Solcnc incolx in 

 duas difiinguere hanc arborcm fpecics, vidclicct in dulccm & in accrbam. 

 Rcvcra dautur ifliusmodiTamarindi, quarum omncs quotannis fruElus muU 

 to aliis funt dulciorcs; & vicc vcrJb: fcd quum alias non difcrcpcnr, auc 

 foli» in quocrcfcunt, divcrfitaii, aut alii ignotE mihi caufa: actribucndum 

 hoc cflc faporis difcriincn, cxiflimo. Amcrtcanis pnc cxtcris auccm Cura- 

 cavicnfibus» iu fummo precio funt hi fruftus, macuriqnc magna copia co» 

 mcdumur crudi, absquc incommodo alio, nili quod vcutrcm movcanc in* 

 ccrdum lcvius. Milii fic difti dutccs fatis arrifcrc; fcmpcr tamcn admifti 

 quiddam dcprchcndi accrbi, quod Unguam vcllicabat ingratiis. Martini- 

 CCnfcS coincdcrc hos potuiflc iminatoros, adcoquc aurtcrifiimos, admiratus 

 fui. Ex immaiuris& dccorticatiscondimcnta cumfaccharoCubcnfcs faccrc 

 norunc omnium fapidiifima. Fthmcntorm corpus ubi in trcs partcs fcpara* 

 iur, cinittit ctiam quatuor Jlipulas fctaccas brcvcs cum iisdcni ahcrnantcs. 

 Sfipnfd 1 alia: duar, prioribus duplo longiorcs, cnafcuncur c rcccptaculo (cre 

 iid dorfum corporis (ilamcncofi. Poffunt autcm fpc&ari ha ftipula;, ac (i 

 cflcnt aliorum fiaiiiinum rudimcnta^ ita ut tria diccrcntur fcrtilia, ficrilia 

 rcliqua; quo ccnc Cafiiis cvadcrcc aflinis. 



Habiruc inpratiSjhorcis, culcis Caribararum & Contincntis; fortaflc nul* 

 Ubi vcrc fylvcflris Florcc OQobri & Novcmbri. 



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x. HAPALANTHUS (refcv.) TAB. XI. 



CAL. Pcrianthium triphyllum, pcrfiftcns: foliolis lincari-lanceoUtiSjCon* 

 cavis, acuininatis> crcclis. 



CO& Pctalatria, lanccolatajacuminata, planiufcula, crcQa, ccnclla, caly- 



cc paulo brcviora. 

 STAM- Hlamcnta tria» capillaria, creSa > dcfincntia in braScam fubrotun* 



dam, calycc duplo longiora. Anthcrce globofa: inquolilct tilamcnto 



gcminx, adtixc paricti intcrno braftcae. 

 PIST. Gcrmcn oblongum, comprcflum, Scylus capillaris, crcSus, longi* 



cudinc ftaminum. Srigma pcnir.il liformc. 

 PIJR. Capfula ovaca, acuta» comprc(Ei* bilocularis, bivalvis- 

 SEM. iu quolibcc loculaiucnto bina, fubrotunda. 



Planta hcrbacca, ccnclla, rcpcns, viridis, cgcniculis nuliccs ctrre im- 

 niutens, fupcrnc crctliufcula, forcc annua y bafi ramofiufcula , glabra. 

 Fotia ovaca* acumiiLita, bafi fubcordata, intcgcrrima* crofliufcula , nirida, 



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