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TETRANORIA, MONOGYtflA. 



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I. CISSUS tfkpidtt) fbtiis fimplicibus, nici^js. TAB.XV. 



Ciflus foliis ovatis nudis fctacco ■ fcrratis. Linn.jyft. C p. 897- 

 lrfiolafcandcns, foliis oblongo-ovacis, ftd margincs dcoticulis fcca- 



ccis rcfcrtis, Brawn. jarn. 2. p, 147, r. 4. /* I. S 2. 

 Vitis foliis dcnuiis. JVam. ic* 259. /. 2. 

 Funis crcpitan*. ttmpf j. />. 446. f. 164. /. 1. 

 Bryoniaalba gcniculata, violx toliis, baccis c viridi purpurafccnti- 



bus Sloau.bijhftn. t.p. 23^ I, 144./ U 



Planta h«c lubiuim pr* fc fcrt fingularcm. Gvdcs qus lignoli arbores 

 valdc proccrasfcandunt ad fumma usquc cacumina; pcr cadcmquc honzon* 

 talitcr quaquavorfum pcrgcndo, plurimo* cmittunt hinc indc ramufculos 

 gcniculatos caulcsquc alios fimpliccs & fcnnc nudos. Rtnnufcnli lolia & Ho- 

 rcs profcrunt; fumquc gfabri, altcrni» & brcviufculi. Gttatcr vcro tcrram 

 vcrlusrcila dcfccndunt, quam tandcm cum attigcruric, radkcs cidcm nn- 

 mittunc valtdas, tiovosquc ita truncos confttcuunc, tcmporc lignofos cva- 

 furos, ncc raro diamctri fcmipcdalis adcpturos crafliticm. Quum vcro mc* 

 moratum fpcSaculum prxbcrc hrec planta folummodo valcat in fyivis unv 

 brofis vaftis ntquc altiflimis, hitic funiformium compigcm hanc ramorum 

 vcl radicum diuia?pc mirabitur oliquis» priusquam cognofcat plancam, undc 

 dcrivcmur: folia cnim cunc rnrius pratcrquam in cacuminibus obfcrvantur, 

 iju*l" tsm ditfita dillingucrc oculorum acics ncquit. Parictcs autcm» rnpcs 

 apricas, ollcsquc abruptos codcm, quo Hcdcra Europxa, modo invcrtirc 

 folct, Fotia ntmufctilos ornam acuta, fctacco*fcrraca, nitida, pcciolata, al» 

 tcrna, fubdifticha» ircs plcrumquc qtwcuorvc pollkcs longa» a cordata li^u- 

 ra ad ovatam variantia in locis variis. Picrumque cnim in Martimca invcni 

 magis minusvc cordaia, c qua infula dcfumpta cft icon^ in Domingo cx fub- 

 rotundo cordata, vcl cx oblongo ctiam cordata» ncc raro tunc fcmipcdalia j 

 Caahagcna ovato-cordata; ovata in Cuba; &oblongo-ovata in Jamaica. 

 1/icWkr compofitx^ latcralcs, altcrnx, foliis opponuniur. Minimum & 

 multidcmacum involkcnm adcft fub umbcllis omnibus. Ftms func parvi nu- 

 mcroli, inodori, m variis locisvd rubri, vcl flavi» vcl viridcs; Mfanrlim- 

 bo magis minusvc confpicuo: receptccdi fupcrficic crudformi in planta M&r- 

 tiniccnfi ; orbtculari in plcrisquc filiis, fticar font nigror, niudx, fucculcn- 

 1*, tcncrrimx, magnitudinc pill Cxtcrum planta hxc mirc con^ruii in 

 plurimis cum Hcdcra; & alfinitas intcrccdit fumma, qnx habcri in divcrfis 

 gcncribus potcfl. Bucca monofpcrma, & una quinta pars numcri dcmpta in 

 florc, difcrimcn omnc abfolvunt. Vidctur porro hoc gcnus in utrisquc In- 

 diis fatis cOc cxtcnfum; uii Plumicri iconcm 2S9. fub figuris 3. 4. & y# 



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