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PESTAXDRIA, DlQYNl \. 



P1S1\ Gcrmcn oblongum, calycc longius. Stylus filiformis, iongicudinc 

 tubi corollx. Stigma fimplcx, capitatum, obtufum. 



PER. Capfala oblonga, tcrcs» obtufa, calycc duplo longior* unilocularis, 

 bivalvis; valvulis ba(i & apicc cohtfrcntibus. 



SKM. numcrofa, fcobifonnia» 



Phntula cmniuo aphylla, tenclla, crcclu. Radictt tcrctcs, albidx, tc* 

 ncllxj craffic, fafciculatx. Gnfcr fimpliccs, quadripoIlicareSj niiidi, um- 

 flori, colorisftraminci, inltructi (tipidit oppofuis brcvitfimis rcmotisquc, pcr 

 quas gcnicula diflinguuntur. Fht ccrminalis, fotitarius, pollicaris, crcQus, 

 inodorus, ilavefccns. CWte mnrccfciu &»ijuj, qualia inOrchidc. Incolit 

 cryptas truncorum lumini vix pcrvias, in quibus traftu tcmporis humi ali* 

 qua porcio fuic collctta; quo polTcc fenfu arborum parafitica vocari. Ego 

 sAibi non otTcndi plantulam, qux omnino ctiam raritlimc occurrit, Cum 

 Gcmiaimin multisconvcnit; nihil taincn rcnuo, (i quis proprium gcnus 

 ccnfcat. 



Habitat in Martinica: lylvis montoliS vaftis & humcmibus. Vidi ilorcu- 

 ccm Majo & Dcccmbri. 



GOMPHRjGNA. 



i, GOMPHRJCNA ^jmfca) caule rcpcncc; capitulis rotundis, fclfilibus; 

 foliislanccolaco-obovatis. TAB. LX. Fig. 4. lin.jp. pL g.p- "y. 

 Gomphr-tnacaulc dilfufo rcpentc, capitulisfcflilibus. Roy htgJb. 418* 

 Ainaranchotdcs marina rcpcns, poiy^oni folio, capitulis argcntcis* 

 rim.fpcc* 2o P an varictss l y lum. k* 2». Jig* 2? 



CAL, Pcriamhium triphyllum, aridum, pcrfiftcns: fotiolo cxtcriori ovato, 



acuininaco, coucavo, crcito; duobus latcralibus fubuhtis, falcatis, 



aCutis, crcclis. 

 COR. Pct: la quinquc, acuta, ercGa , arhla , calycc duplo lortgtOfa, pcrfiftcn- 



tia; quorum cxccrioru duo fiini Unceolaco-ovata, concava; triain- 



ccriora lanccolata, convcxa, mcdio latiori. 

 STAM» Hlamcnta quinqucy filbulata, crcQa, longitudinc gcaninis* An* 



thcnc fubrotunds, fimpliccs. 

 PIST. Gcrnicn fubrotundum, comprcflum. Stylus omnium brcviflimus* 



unicus. Stigma obtufum , villofum. 



PER. Capfula cordato-orbiculata, comprcfla, inftru&a rtylo & fiigmatc* 



unilocularis. 

 SEM. unicum> orbiculnre, compreflum. 



Plamarcpcns, ad lingula gcnicula radiccs tcrr® immittit. Folia cunct* 

 formi-obovito, acuta, fcfilia. Capittk fubrutunda , fcfiilia, numerofa. 

 Characlcr ad Celofiam acccdic propius. 



H-bitat copiofc inMartinicarprati^qu* pclTumdat ; liinc ruiicolb invifa. 



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