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TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA.' 



Arbor proccra, ramoft. Fclia ovato-lanccolata, acuta, imcgernnu, 

 niiuli, pctiolata, oppofiw, fcmipcdalia. PcJmnii axillarcs, brcvilTimi, fie- 

 pc trillori, in ramis prxfcnim fcnioribus nudis. Florcs pani, cxtcrne ro- 

 fti, imcrnc candidi. locolis a ligni duritic Bcit dcfcr fivc Arbor fcrrca nun- 

 cupatur. Ob fruaus dcfccluin, gcnus lixum adfignarc huic arbori non po- 

 tui; commudatum itaque corrigct numcn is, cui ipfius anatomc innoicfcct. 

 Habitat in fylvis montofis Maninicar. 



HEDYOTIS. 



», HEDYOTIS (tmcrium) foliis lincaritnts^ floribusnxillaribus, folitcriis. 



CAL Pcriamhium tctrapbvllum, gcrmini infidcns, pcrfiftcns: foliolis fr 



ncari-lanccolacis, acucis* concavis» crcEHs, hirfutis, 

 COK- monopctato- Tubus cylindraccus, crc&us* calycc duplo longior. 



Limbusquadrilidus: laciniis oblongis, truncnus, patcniilfimis, tubo 



fcrc dupto brcvioribus, 

 STAM. Filarticnta quatuor, fubulata, crcQa, brcviflima, orta in pattc fu* 



pcriorc tubi coroll-c. Anthcra oblongje, crcctar, tubum non fupc- 



ramcs. 

 PIST. Gcnticn fubrotundum, parvum, infcrum. Stylusfiliformi*, crcftus, 



ftaminihus l >rcvi c Siigmata duo» fubulata, patcntia. 

 PER. Capfulafubovaia, hincconvcxa, illincplana, coronata foliolis caly* 



cis, bilocularis, bivalvis. 

 SEM* plurima, oblonga, mimma. 



Fmtcx hic raro trcs altitudinc pcdcs cxccdit. Ramt qns funt diflufi , bafi 

 fxpc procumbcntcs, cxccruro crcEli. FoJjd habct iinearia, acumiuaca, in- 

 tegerrima, carnofa, crafia, nltida, dorfo fulcata, latcrihus convexa, facic 

 planiufcula> pctiolata, oppofita> qnadrilincaria, numcrofa. Prtiotiutrinquc 

 uniumur mcmbrana nauiulos amptcxamc & cum acuminc obcufa. Fiorir |q. 

 tci, ioodori, fdfiiis, axillaris, & folitarii, gcrmcn corollxquc pars in finu 

 folii reconduntur. SttpuLi ucrintiuc ad latus gcrniiiiis adrtdct unica, lotvn* 

 tudinc & ligura folioti calycini. Kupcftria amac bxc planta» ipfisquc nudis 

 fxpc rupium riffuris innafcitur. E fcminibus in horto Bounico nata, l«tc 

 quidcm, fcd urdilfimc increfcit, poft tricnnium ftaturam vixdum tripolli- 

 carcm *quans, lignofa tamcn tota, foliisquc pcr iatcgrnm annam onuIK 

 Habitat palfim Havan* in liuoribus rupcftribu* mariiimis. 





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