PENTANDRIA, MOXOGVNIA. 



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brcvcsquc, horizontalitcr porriguntur omncs, *d diftaniks circiter pollica- 

 rcsnouci a foliorum lapfu totidcm nodis, qui articnlationcs imitamur. Fo- 

 toifunt ovata, ccuta, intcgcrrima, nitida» crafliufcula, plusminusquinquc- 

 pollicaria, brcviccr pctiolaca, oppoiita, pagina alrcra ad balin lcvitcr oblitc- 

 raia: quibuscum alccrnancJfyuZcr oppofiia:» viridcs, lata?, iubrotundx, & 

 icnmlaebrcvi au8x. PfJii»cv/j communcr funt axillarcs, folitarii, oppofiti, 

 cmfli, brcvitfimi, ut plurimum triHori ^ propriit ctiam cralfisatquc brcvilfi- 

 mis. Florcr funt maXimi» pulchcrrimi, fcmipcdales, mucuo fucccdcntcs, 

 intcrdiu prorfum inodori, noftu odorcm latc fpirantcs gratiflimum & rcG- 

 cicntcm. Calycis foliola c viridi rubroquc mifccntur. Corolla condida> 

 fingulis & limbi marginc rubcntihus, lincis fcu ftriis longitudinalibus quin- 

 dccim inugnitur. Stamina llavcfcunr, & afunrio tubi ortumducunt; utidc 

 crror in Kgura Hrownci confpicirur. GapfvUe nigrcfcunc, ditiqtic pcrfiftune 

 in nrborc. Scmma inveni plcrumquc ab infcclis coiiiefta oinnia, criam in cc- 

 ncllisadhucdum immaturi<qucfruQibus. Hxcmmirom cunftorum poftfc- 

 minum dcftruciioncm, qua intrarunt, fpomc itcrum capfulis cxcunc, rcli- 

 9is fui loco cxcrcmcmis, qux, ut vulgo Kt, minutormn facicm fcminum 

 prar fc ftnmc Impofuiffc illa vidcmur dclincacori in iconc Brownci, qux 

 cxcrcmcma difta quidcm, fcinina vcro ncutiquam exhibct. Qucm dclinca- 

 ranttO| aqux impofucram abfciftum ramulum, apcrto florc unico orna- 

 luin. Iftc pcr quatuor noftcs fubfcqucntcs cubiculum omnino inctun fra- 

 Rnrntia fua implcvic: ad folis vidclicct ortum amittcns quoiidic, qucm fub 

 vcfpcrsm rccupcrabat odorcm. 



I labitat in Jamaica copiofc ad pcdcs montium inFcrrv, locis rupcftribus, 

 inquc ipfis ntidis farpc rupibus. Vidi ilorcntcm Januario S: fruciibus fiinul 

 maturis onuftain. 



2. POKTLANDIA (bcxarJra) floribushcxandris.TAB.CLXXXlI.Fig. 20. 

 CAL. Pcrianthium monophyllum, parvum, gcrmini inlukns, marccfccns, 



profundc fcxpartiium: laciniis ovaiis, dcltncncibus in fctas acutas & 



fubcrcclaf. 

 COK. monopctala. Tubus infundibuliformis, longiflimus, bafi globofus» 



fupcrnclcvitcr arcuatus & gibbus. Limbus fcxfidu*: laciniis ovatis, 



planis, paicntiflimis, tubo triplo brcvioribus. 

 STAM, Filamcnta fcx, Kliformia» dcclinata, orta in ipfo tubi fundo» ctin- 



dcmquccum ftylo ibidcm cxaQc claudcntia, fcrc longieudinc tubi. 



Anthcnelinearcs, obiufx, crcQx, comprcITc, longitudinc pciali. 

 PIST. Gcrmcn obovatum, comprcflum, ftriatum, infcrum, Siyluslilifor* 



mis, fupcrnc uirinquc fulco noiatus lougicudinali, fitu & longitu- 



dinc ftaminum. Stigtna fimplcx, obiufiutK 

 PER. Capfula obovata» comprcfla, apicc a dcftru£ti$ calycis indurati rcli- 



quiis inxqualis, fublignca^ bilocularis, bivalvis, abapiccdcliifccns; 



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