

PEXTAXDRIA, MONOGYXIA. 



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pliccntur, fequcntc cmm vcfpcra ipfse pcritunr, Calyx profuudc quinqitc* 

 lidus & glahriufculus in lacinias dividitur (igura & proportionc quam maxi- 

 mc varias, numcro conftantcs a inc fcmpcr nbfcrvatas; undc> li rc&e nume- 

 ravcric Larfingius, vixvidctur iplius Menais hr/p. jc6. ad hoc gcntts pcrti- 

 ncrc. Pctali candidi tul)US lomncudinc laciniasad criplatn, duplam, unam- 

 vc tcnbm ftipcrat parteni. Filamcntorum omnino funt vcliigia nulla: an* 

 thcne auccin acuca: mcdia fui parcc adnafcuntur fuprcmocoroll«tubo infra 

 divifuras; unclc pro varia qnidcm infcrcionis fua: alticudinc, aut criguiuur, 

 aut incumliunc fulcis a contiguis laciniis limbi orcis. Stylus longior vcl brc- 

 vior cubo corolla*, vcl cidcm arqualis, ftigmacc gaudet intcrdum globofo di* 

 dymoquc, frpius taincn in lacintas oblongas bipnrtito. Bseca non ilriata, co- 

 ronata calycis partc dutnttxac aliqua, conicc vdlitur uuriori, primum fla- 

 vcfccncc, tandctn fufco* Pulpain prxccdcntis ptilpx limillimam cuni ipfis 

 fcminibusab anirmlibus, ncfcio quibus, comcflam, forarninc in corcicc cro- 

 fo» plcriunquc invcni, Folia & liorcs codcm folcnt ficiem vcrtcrc, quo fpc* 

 ciofuin fapc fafcictilum cflbrmanc. Hifpanis proptcr litum fpinarum voca- 

 cur Cruzfidy five Crucicula. 



Habitat Canliagcnx & inMartinica; in fylvaticis & fruricolis. Florct 

 Majo & Junio. 



H A M K L I A. 



CAL. Pcriamhium quinqucparticum, minimum, acutum, crcflum, colo* 



ntom, gcrmini inlidcns, pcrfiftcns. 

 COR- nionopccala, tubulofa. Tuhus obloagus, in mcdio actenuatus, bafi 



ipfo gertninc amplior, quinquangularis, crcctus, longtilimus. Lim- 



btis qtiinqucpartiius, acutusf crc3us, parvus. 

 STAM. Filamcnca quinquc, lilifonnia, crccia, orta in partc infcriorc cubi, 



amhcris brcviora. Anclicne lincares, crcGa:, longitudinc corolla*. 

 PIST. Gcrtncn ovacum, coloracum, apicc conico obtuio calyccquc patilo 



longtori, Stylus tiliformis, crcftus. Stigina linearc, obtufum, lon- 



gitudinc Haininum. 

 PER. Hacca ovato-obtonga, coronata dcnticulis calycinis, nictda, c ccntro 



apicis rctuli produ&a in appcndiculum obtufo * conicum umbilica- 



tumquc, quinquclocularis. DilTc(jimcuui mcinbranacca. 

 SEM* numerofa, comprcfla, minitna, nidulawia, 



i. HAMELIA (mtk) raccmis crcQis. 



Fruccx quinqucpcdalis crcctus, ramofus: ca-Jibw infcrnc ccrccibus, li- 

 ^nofis, glabris; fupcrneobtufc criangularibus & villolis, Fclia func rcma, 

 polica incoftiscauliniscxcancibus, ovata, acuminata, inrcgcrrima, utrinquc 

 fubcomcntofa, crcsquatuonx pollices longa; pcciolis, in dorfo vcnis, ucr* 



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