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COK. Pctala quatuor, obcordata, plana, cmarginaia, patcntitlima, calyce 



longiora. 

 STAM. FHamcntaoclo, fubulaca, incurva, fcrc longitudine rtylL Anthe* 



r*e ovslcs, incumbcmes. 

 PIST. Gcrmcn cyltndratcum, longum, oaoftriaium, infcruin. Stylus craf- 



fus, crc&us, calvcc duplo brcvior. Stigmacapitatum, magnum. 

 PEK. Capfulacylindracca, longiflima, o&oftriata, unilocularis, oQovalvis. 

 SEM. numcrufa, angulata, minima, pappo dcftituta. Kcccptaculum co- 



lutnnarc, tccragonum, libcrunu 



Vidccur harcplamacumlipilobiisconiungcrcOcnothcras; iia cum utris- 

 quc charaacre convcnit, paritcrquc dtfcrcpat ab iisdem. 

 Habitat in Caribxis plerisquc. 



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* COMBRETUM. 



CAL- Pcrianthium monophyllum, fubcampanulatum, quadridentacum,acu* 



tum, gcrmini infidcns, dcciduum. 

 COR. Pctala quatuor, cx incifuris calycis- 

 STAM. Filaiucnta ocfco, capillaria, corollam fupcrantia. Anthcre incum- 



bcntcs. 

 PIST. Ccnncn lincarc, quadrifulcatum, infcrum. Stylus capillaris, crcctus, 



lon^itudinc ftaminum. Stigma fimplcx, acutiulculum. 

 PER. Capfula lincaris, abicns in alas mcmbranaccas quatuor fcrc fcmidrcu* 



larc* magnasquc, unilocularis, non dchifccns. 

 SEM- unicum, oblongum. 



I. COMBRETUM tfcamdum) foliis oppofitis; fpicis fccundis, TAB. 

 CLKXVL Fig. 30- 



CAL. Pcrianthii colorati tubusad ortum Ihminumviilisconnivcmibusclau* 



ditur. Liinbi lacinift func fcmiovatc, planar, patulx, tubo paulo 



brcviorcs. 

 COR. Pctalaovata, plana, acuminata, patula, laciniis calycinis duplo brc- 



viora minoraquc. 

 STAM. Filamcntalongifiima, patcmi-crc£la, ortainmcdia partc tubi ca* 



lycis. Amhcne oblongx, 

 PER. Capfulx alx rigidar, 

 SEM. terc*. 



Arhufcula duodccimpcdalis, rtroiir tercubus longillimis & fubfanncnto* 

 fis, arboribus vicinis fc fuftcntat , incumbitquc, Fotid habcc cx ovacu oblon- 

 ga, acuminata, itucgcrrima , glabra, vcnofa, difticha, pctiolaca, oppofiia, 

 quadripvllicaria, inrauiufculis florcntibus fupcriora minora. Spica pinna- 



