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PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



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COFFEA. 



I. COITEA (oxidaaalis) floribus teiraiidis; fru&ibus monofpcrmis. TAB, 

 XLVII. 

 Pavctia foliis oblongo-ovatis oppofitis, Hipulis fctaccis pciiolis i::- 



tcrpofiti&, Brvunt.jam* i. p. 143. K6*f. 1. 

 Ixora foliis lanccolato-ovatis, floribus paniculatis. Umt.Jyfi. A. p* 



Jflsminum arborcfccns lauri foliis, florc albo odoratiflimo. Plxm.ic, 

 156./. 2. 



CAL. Pcriamhium monophyllum > minimnm, quadridcntatum , gcrmini 

 infidcns. 



COR. monopctala. Tubus cylindraccus, ad bafin attcnuatus, Icviter in- 



curvus, calycc muhotics longior. Limbus quadripartiEus: laciniis 



ovato-lanccolatis, ncuminatis, rcflcxis, tubo longioribus, latcribus 



rcvolutis. 

 STAM, Kilamcma quatuor, filiformia, orta in fundo tubi, cui pcr totam 



longittulincm adnata, & quo duplo brcviora. Anthene lincarcs, in* 



cumbcmcs, lilamcntis duplo brcviores. 

 PIST. Gcrmcn fubrotundum, infcnim. Stylustiliformis, ereilus, tubum 



Corollx lcvitcr fnpcrnns. Stigtnata duo, fubuhtaj craiTiufcula. 

 PER- Itecca fubroiunda, dcprcifiufcula , umbilicata, calycc coronata obfolc- 



to, unilocularii. 



SEM. unicum, dcprcflb-globofum, cartilagincum, bafi umbilicatum, in- 



tcrnc fcmiqucdrilobum, arillo mcmbranacco inclufum. 



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 Arbufculacrc3a, ramofn» fexpcdalis. Folia habct lanccolato-ovata, in 



flcumenabcuntiaobtufum, intcgcrrima, nitida, pctiolata, oppolita, in ra- 



mufculis dumtaxatjunioribus, quadripollicnria* ftipitLr cum pctiolis altcr- 



nantfubulatx, acuminatic, crcftx, atquc oppofua:. Ractmi irichotomi, in* 



tcrdum paniculati, plcrumque tcrminalcs, f#pc ctiam axillarcs, /towfuftcn* 



unt fumma fuavcolcntia prarditos, quibus corolla clt nivca. Foliis ramis- 



qucjuflioribus cqui lubcntcr cnprxque vcfcuntur, Tanta cft h*nc plnntam 



intcr CoiTcamquc Arabicam limilitudo, fi numcrum in fru£HIicationc dc- 



inas folum, ut locare fub codcm gencrc ncuiiquam hxfitavcrim. Imo tunc 



jam tcinporis fummo tcncbar dcfidcrio cxpcriundi, on non ufta fcmina ln- 



fufum prxbuiflcnt palato gratum; fcd antc perfcclam horum maturitatcni 



ex Hifpaniola difcclli, iicc poftca obviam ftirpem habui. 



Habitat paflim in Domingo circa Cap Fran^ais in collibus fruticofis. 



Florct Dcccmbri* 



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