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PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



fi$, patcntibu>, numcrotis. Ftcrcs inodori, parvi; pccalis purpurcis; tila- 

 nicmit ctiam purpurci>, farpc fcptcm, inicrdum fcx, plcrumquc quinquc* 

 VraOm vidcrc macuruin liaud contigit, qucm baccam cvadcrc> conjcci. Ob 

 foliorum cum Clufix foliis fimilitudincm apud incotas nomcn fortitur Ardic 

 6 p<titctftwtier t fivc Clufis parvifolix. In mcmoriam cclcbcrrimi Ruyfchii 

 plautam hanc nominavi; quandoquidcm quse fub hoc oliin nominc platua 

 vcaic, lucrit fld Dracoccphala vtrius rdata- 



In Martinicx fylvis vafti s hutuidisquc Imbitac* Florcntcm vidi .Aprili. 



BYTTNERIA. 



i. BYTTNERIA (ttitafj.) Linn. fyjl A. p. 939. Ltfl. hifp. 313. 



CAL, Pcrianthium monophyllum, profundcquinqucfidum, dcciduum: la* 

 cinits ovato-actiminatis, patciuilfimis, ptams, fubcotoratis» 



COR. Pctala quinquc, oblonga, fupcrnc letiufcula & concava, brtvia, in- 

 trorfum conntvcntia, lactniis calytims anguftiora: tcrminaca in fc- 

 tflin fubulatam, longam, bafi nc&ario incumbcntcm atquc conti- 

 guom, ac nonaccrctam, dciu crecto-patcntcm, calycc longiorcm; 

 & inalias fctulas duas, latcralcs, brcvcs, & rcflcxas, 



Nc&arium pcmapliyllum, vcntricofo - cai npanulacum , calycc brc* 

 vius: foliolisobovatis, obculis» planis, crc&is, pcr filamcnca femi. 

 connatis. 



STAM. Filamcnta quinquc, fubulata, cxtra ncctarium cx cjusdcm proximis 

 duobus foliolis orta fingula, pattila, lon^itudinc fcrc nc&arii. An* 

 thcne in quolibct tilamcnto geminx, fubrotunda-j bihdc, diftiricto. 



PIST. Gcrmcn quinquangulari -fubrotundum, vcrrucofum, ncflario brc- 

 vius, in cujus ccmro. Stylus fububtus, brcvi* Stigma obtufum, 

 obfolctc quinquctidum» 



PER. Copfulx quiuquc, fubrnctindie, comprcfl* , apophyfibus circiccr oflo 

 pungcntibus varitquc lon^itudinis armat*, unilocularcs, non do- 

 hifccmcs, marginc intcrtorc truncato fimul adhatrcnccs rccetuaculo 

 coinmuni ccmrali fubulato. Vcl Capfula (fi iravis) pcncacocca, ad 

 ccntrum usquc divifa, 

 SEM, folitaria, ovata, comprcfla, latcrc intcriori acuto. 



Plantafarmcmofa, diflufa quaquavorfum, habim ad Ktibum fruticofum 

 quodammodo acccdit. Oafef func pcrcnnes, fublignoli, quinquanguUm, 

 futcisangulisqucobiufis, armati aadtit rccurvis fparlis & numerofis, arbu- 

 fculis fruticibusquc ptrtim fcfc fuftentanccs. 'Rmrfctijumm icrctes, acu- 

 lcau, altcrni. Fctu «labra, intq;crrima vci fcrratura una altcravc incifa, al- 

 tcma, qnotannis dccidua, pctiolo coftaquc mcdia aculeatis in dorfo; inra- 

 mis fcoioribu* wwa, acuca, quadripollicaria vcl longiora; in junioribus 



laacco* 





B. OH 





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