u 



TETRANDRIA, MOXOGYNIA; 





qocjtore* luftinem inodoram, corolla candicla, calyccque lomcmcfo, m 

 quo lacinix minorcs imcrdum funi obfolct*. Fr^ut fcquitnr Bnros , niu- 

 dus, pifclli magnitudinc, qui calycis linui infidct. Fruticcm liunc nomi- 

 navi in honorem amici carimmi, viriquc cruditi & hiltorix naturali addiaif- 

 fimi, Bcncdiai Aquart, in patria infula Martinica primarios intcr ncgotia- 

 uoncma«cntis; quo in ewuriionibus Botanicis mcis fKpcnumcro fdicitcr- 

 quc ufus fui iocio, & cui plurimas ad hirtoriain naturalcm fpcclantcs rcs pul- 

 chcrrimas nic dcbuiflc, gretus rccordabor femper, 



Hnbiiat in Domin<»o nd finum Bayalia in rupibus fruiicofis moriiimi:'. 

 Florcnicm vidi paritcrquc tVucius maturos fcrciucin Octobn. 



IXORA. 



I. IXORA (^rcm/ob) foliis altcrnis, TAR CLXXVIF. Fi E . 8. 



Jafminum aliud arborcfccns, foliis folani, minus Ptum* fpce, 17. rc. 

 157* /1 *- 



CAL. Pcriamhium monophyllum, minimum, tubulofum, ercGum, qua- 



dridcntaeum, acuminatum, infcrum, pcrliftens. 

 COR. monopctala. Tubus cylindraccus, tcnuis, longiifimus, crcSus, api* 



ccin globum ampliatus. Limbus quadritidus: laciniis lineari-Ian* 



ccolatis, obcufis, planis, patcntilfimis, tubo duplo brcvioribus, 

 STAM» Kilamcma quacuur, brcviffiim , jn fuprcma ainpliaca partc cubi* 



crcfta, Anchcrx fubrotundar* 

 PIST. ficrtncn fubrocunduin* Scylus tiliforniis, longitudinc tubi. Sti^ma 



capitatum. 

 PER. Bacca ovaco-oblonga, fubbilocularis. 

 SbM. plura, oblonga, insqualia, magna, in pulpa molli alfixa rcccptacu- 



lo ccntrali oblongo. 



Arbufcula indc^ans» ramofa, ercfh, duodccimpedalis, ad lorrentcs 

 fxpcad vigimi quinquc pcduin altitudincm incrcfcit. Folta liabcc cx ovaco 

 lanccolata, acuta, tmegcrrima, nitida, alterna, pctiolata. Ex axillis nro- 

 dcunt pcdxiceuti mulciflori & brcvitiimi , qui Jforibus onerantur inodoris albis- 

 que cum (himnibus non raro quinquc & calycc corollaquc quinqucfidis. 

 ScMna numcro inconrtanci a quatuor ad dcccin comincntur in baa;it nigris 

 pulpa uropurpnrca plenis, Ad Ixora gcnus cx habitu rctuli, diflineti forte 

 gcncris plantam: quod rcflius dcccrminabic illc, cui altcrius llorcs vivos 

 cxaminarc dabitur, 



Habtut frcqucns in Martinica: iylvaticis. 



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