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Giaiifcnj fruticolis, voluhilibus, Icutis, infcrnc lignolis & fubcrofis, fu- 

 pcrnc viridibus tcrctibus nitidisquc, ad pcdurn quindccim aliiiudincm arbo* 

 rcsvicinas fcandit ha?c plantn; tota fucco glutinofo & aquci coloris abun- 

 dans. Fdia funt c fubrotundo ovata, bali fubcordata, trcs vcl quatuor pol- 

 liccs longa. Pcdunadi communcr apicc Hurcs a quacuor ml fcpEcm ccu in um- 

 bclla locanr, rtipulis aliquoc involucri viccs obcuntibus. Fbrm funt magni, 

 pulchri, Hmbo candido» tubo cxtcrnc viridanti. Mcrito judicavit cx con- 

 fidcrato huius planta: chara£tcrc clariilimus Browncus, ad cognita jam gcnc- 

 ra rcclc rcduci ipfam non pofle; undc gcnus Echitis condidit. 



Habunt psfTm in fcpibus arborcis & fruticctis Jamaicx, Domingo, & 

 Cuba. Invcni florcntcm ab Oclobri ad Fcbruarium. 



3. ECHITES [adghtiibfia) peduncutis raccmofis; folus ovaris, emargina- 



tis cuin acuminc. TAB* XXIIL 



CAL, Foliola ovata, minima, perfiftcmia. 



COR. Tubus cylindraccus, quinqucfutcatus, longus, in mcdio ventrico- 



fus* Liinbi lacinix lanccolatcc^ acuminatar, paulo brcviorcs tubo, 



obtiqua:. 



Glandula; oblonga;, ^crminc paulo brcviorcf* 

 STAM. Filamcntahrcviffima, in ampliata tubi partc. Anther* longitudi- 



nc tuhi COTOlta 

 PIST* Gcrmina ovata, longitudinc calycis. 

 PER, Folliculi terctcs» erc&ti» apicibus conglutinaiis, 

 SEM. ovali » oblonga. 



Cmkf volubilcs» fruricofi. Fotia ovata, quadripollicaria. Pcduxadi com* 

 mtaict longitudinc foliorum, fope diflbrmcs, intcrdum bifidi. Florcs parvi, 

 candidi. Fdkc*U li ab inviccm feparanuir, quod vi quidcm fit Icvi, in utro- 

 qucfcparationis pun&o adapices,quibusncmpe colucfcrcnt,guttuIacnu- 

 nat liquidi aquci & glutinofi, quali fcatct tota planta. 



Habitat in fruticctis montofis in Domingo circa Cap Francais. Vidjflo* 

 rcmcm Dcccmhri. 



4. ECMTES (trifida) pcdunculis raccmofis; foliis acuminato-ovatis, TAB. 



XXIV. 



CAL. Pcnamhii lacinia: ovata:, concavar. 



COK. Tubusinfcrneovatus, fupcrncfubcylindraceus, longus, Limbi la- 

 cinLc oblongc, apicc latiores, truncai:e, tubo duplo brcviorcs 

 obliqutt. 



Glandulc fubrotundc, comprcffx, loi^itudinc gcrminis, 

 STAM. brcvillima, imcrnc vtlloGi > in fimdo jwtis tubi cylindraccz* 

 FIST. Gcrmina fubovau, calycc duplo brcviora, 



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