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Habkat infylvisdcnfis humidisquc monti> Calcbaffc in Martinica* Flo- 

 rcc Aprili. 



LORANTHUS, 



CAL. Pcrianthium fubduplcx, FruQus monophyllum , parvum, perfiftens. 



Floris margo intcgcr, cxiguus, coronans gcrmcn. 

 COR. Pctalafcx, oblonga, plana, gcnnini impofita, caduca. 

 STAM. Filamcnta fcx, fubulata, creGa, alcerna brcviora, adnaca bafibus pc- 



tnlorum. Anthcnc ohlonga;. 

 PIST. Gcrnicn oblongum, intcr utrumquc calyccm. Stylus fubulaius, ere* 



Gus, longitudine rtaminum. Stigmafiinplcx, obtufum. 

 PER. Bacca oblonga, obtufa, uniiocularis. 



SEM. unicuin, apiccglutinc multo tcSuin» in quod appcndkuli fpccic fu- 

 turs rudimcmum radicis pcnctrat. 



i. LORANTHUS (mcrimus) cymis ramofis, TAB. LXVtt 

 Loranthus. Lbm.fp. pL I, p. 531. 

 Loniccra flore coccinco, baccis nigris. Phm* ;c. 166. jjg. i.gcn. 17. 



Plamafruricofa, ramofa, diflufa, (ragilis, ramis altifiimarum arborum 

 prsprimis Cocculoba: grandifolix innafcitur» radicc vifci in moduin coruci 

 arboris hrmiflimc adluercntc. Aiiiputatoautcm propc truncum ramo ctiam 

 maximo, cujus fummitati incrcfcit, altcro jam dic tota flacccfcic ptama, brc- 

 viquc pcrii j indicio, ni fallor, cvidcnti , cx ipfis illam motis pcr vivam Iianc 

 arborcm liquoribus nuirimcntum fuum haurirc. Folia funt fubovata, crafla, 

 coriacca, avcnia, intcgra, nitida, pctiolata, oppofita, rarius altcrna; plc- 

 rumquc pr*emorfa 5: diflbrmia fcnnc omnia; puto, quia in cacuminibus 

 crcfccmcm altiflimarum arborum, vcntorum oportct violcntia s-aldc cflcob- 

 nuxiam. Corymbi ramofi, imcqualcs, axillares & terminalcs; ramufculi* 

 ultimisfepius trifloris. Ffores numcrofi, inodori, coccinci, clcantcs, pc- 

 dunculati, fcsquipollicarcs , pcnduli; in quibus calyx Iruftus cft concavu$& 

 ore inaqualii calyx floris margo inxqualis. Pctala acuta & omnium lon- 

 gilfima ultra mcdictatcm corollam mcntiuntur monopctalam tubulofam 

 hcxagonamiticurvamquc; fupcrnc patcnt in limbum fubfccundum, Stami- 

 Da corollnm xquant, quibus amhcrx obtufx incumbunc. Lmmeus in Syjt 

 tftt. pag. 9S8* hanc plantam confudit cum Scurrula prima Brownci & cum 

 Laflin^ianaScclidcctiamprimai qux, ctiomfi cjusdcm fincgcncris, fpccic 

 aPlumeriana cvidcmcr diflcrunt; ut paccbitconfcrciui dcfcriptiones, 

 Habitac in fylvis montofis Mnrcinicar* 



2, LORANTHUS (Jpicatus) Ibicis quodnmgularibu$. TAB.LXVIO, 



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