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rymbofi, circitcr fcptcmflori, axiltarcs. blorcs inodori, omncs furfum fpe- 

 tiantcs, fquamis vircncibus. Calyx profundc quinquctidus. Anchcw cx- 

 tra fquamulas prodcunt. Stylus fimplcx in (Hgma dcfinit irifidum. Gipfula 

 fubrotunria, irifulcata, crilocularis» crivalvis; valvulis apicc bifariam dc* 

 hifccntibus. Scmixa folimria» fubrotunda, comprcfliufculn , cmarginata, 

 atra, nitidiffima. Gallis Martincnfibus dicicur £oix conlcwrc fivc Arbor colu- 

 brina. In fylvis altis montofis ad viginti pcdcs cxcrcfck, in fruticofis maiv 

 ciuiis rarofcptimumauingit: hic folia quftdripollicftria, illic fcmipcdalia lia- 

 Lcc. Tomcncum in Cuba argcntcum, alibi fcmpcr fcrrugincum obfcrvavi. 

 Habitat m infulis fanGi Martini, Domingo, Cuba, & Jamaica. Vidi 

 iiorcmcm Januario, Junio, & Xovcmbri. 



3. RR\MNUS (atknfit) iucrmis; floribus monogynis, hcrmaphrodicis; 

 caplula criluculari; ramis ibtiis fioribusquc quaquavorfum fpcclan- 

 tibus. 



Arbufcula crcfta, fcptcmpcdalis, ramofa, habuu proximc acccdit ad Vi- 

 burnuin Lamanam. totid funt ovaca, ucrinquc obcufiliima, incc^crrima. 

 utrinquc comuuofa, pcciolata, altcrna, qujdripollicaria. Ftercs Sc frt&tits 

 omnino, qualcs in praccdenie. 



Habitat pallim in frucicctis maritimis Cubx. 



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i. RUYSCHIA (chMolui.) TAB. LL Fig.2. 



OAI*. Pcrianthium pcncaphyllum, pcrlidcns: foliolis fubrocundis, conca- 

 ybj obcufis, connivcmibus, imbricaus. Auftum bafi fquamisduabus^ 

 foliolorum confimilibus: intcreasdemqucappcndiccobovatOjacuto, 

 pcrpcndicularitcr dcpcndcncc, ancicc convcxo, polticc concavo, ma- 

 pri foliolis* 



COR. Pciala quinque» ovata, planiufcula, obtufa, rcflcxa, calycc triplo 

 longiora. 



STAM. Hlamcnmquinquc,fubulata,plana # patula, pctalis brcviora. An- 

 thcnc oblongx, incumbcnrcs. 



PIST. Gcrmcn ovaco-fubrocundum. Stylus nullus. Stigtna quadrangula- 

 rcj cruciformc, plamtm. 



PER. Bacca, . t , 



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Pianta fuflruticofa, bipcdalis, arboribus parefitica innafcitur. Folia funt 

 obovata, obcufa, inccgcrrima, nitida, avcnia, crafla, brcviccr pcciolaca, al- 

 ccrna, quadripollicaria. Roccmi fimplicilfimi, termina!cs, crc£ti, novcmpol- 

 iicarcsj pcdwculQ ammkni tcrcti, glabro, craflbquci proprus brcvibus, fpar- 



