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TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNM. 



pinguia, vagifiaivii, margincpurpurco, altcrna incauliculo tcrcti, quctn 

 cermiiunc alia a?£rcgaca atquc imbricata in rofulam patcntcm. Flvrcs par- 

 %*i, tcnclli, fclfiles, vircutcs, trcs plcrumquc fimul c cujuslibct vagina fo- 

 lii infcrioris. A florum habicu ccnello nonicn amA*V*Sw impofui. Ejus- 

 dcm gencri* omnino cft acquc illa planta, quam Callifiam vocat Ltffflingius 

 bifp. jo;. 



Habit&c in Marcinicx humidis bcrbaccis & umbrofis ; frcqucns intcr 

 CdmindiftaSi 





COMOCLADIA. 



I. COMOCt.AOIA (bttgnfi£a) foliolis imcgerrimis. 

 Comocladia. Lisit. /yjh A. p> g6T* 



Comocladia caudicc fimplici , quandoquc brachiato » frondc co- 

 mofa, piiijuca; tloribus confcrcis fclfilibus; raccmis alaribus. 

 Brmt* jm* i. p m 124, 



Prumis raccmofa, caudicc non ramofo» alaco fraxini folio noncrc- 

 naco, fruftu rubro fubdulci S!tm*biji.J4m.2. p. 131.1, 222,/ r. 



CAL. Pcriamlutim monophyllum, coloracum, triponitum: hciniis fubro- 

 tundis, concavis, obttifis, patcntibus, 



COR. Pcula tria, ovata,plana,aaiia f patcntifluna, calyccduplo longiora, 

 STAAL Kilamcnta tria, fubuhca, crcQa, pctalis breviora. Anthcrx qua- 



drifulcata:, incuinbcntcs. 

 PIST. Gcrmcn fubrotundum, parvum, in fundo calycis. Stylus vix ul- 



Itts. Stigma fimplex, obtufum. 



PER. Drtipa oblonga, obtufa, lcviffinie incurva» fupcrne nocata tribus nun- 

 Gis nigris. 



SEM- Nux mcmbranacca, cjusdcm figurx. Nuclcus fimilis. 



Harc nrbor rJticudincm vigjoti pcdum raro fuperat. Trunczs crcftus & 

 cralFtici ntcdiocris in mms divirtitur paucos craflbs & trondofos; quos con- 

 fcrtim ad exircmitates ornanc/olij pinnata glabraquc^ conftancia cofla tcrcti 

 5: bipedali ; /o/jofl/quc cum impari utrinqucuc plurimuin ofto, ovaco-hm- 

 ceoktis, acuminaus, inccgcrrimis, pcr venas iransvofas lcvitcr rugofis* 

 laterifaos parum rcvoiutis, pctiolatis, quadripollicaribus. In horam plorimn 

 uilh» rarim pcndcnt paniculati» laxi, fesquipcdalcs, divifi in mcmos fur- 

 hdcs btcfite dtcroos circitcr viginti quatuor; quorum iniimi func quadri- 

 polhcarcs, fnpremi vix linarcs longitudinc mtcrmcdiorum proporzionali- 

 acquc hi etiam magis minusvc funt compofiti, undc amph panicula cxfur- 

 giu f^inqwbbctpaiucuhrnncnumerofiffimi, cxigui, m* t jnodo . 

 ri, iacuracc rubcnces. Hornm icmper in codcm raccmo plurcs Gmc corolla 



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