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OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



Ex his plurimi gcrmcn babcnt minimum rcccpcaculoquc immcrfum, cum 

 ftigmatc duplici & obtufo, ftylo intcrmcdiantc nullo; quos abortarc obfcr- 

 vivi. fVaflw pif! magnitudinc vircfcunt j quorum rupctt fllvata guccaum 

 bfllfamum cxftillanc. Scmcnin parccnuda nigrcfcic, in ccflaalbicat. Pulpa 

 vcro ipfa, qua (irrniccr circumdatur, cft coccinca, a capfulxquc caducis TO- 

 vulis prorfum libcra. A ligni Icvitatc (ft«tp(.>) novo huic gcncri nomcn 



unpofui. 



Habitat in Curacjao vicinisquc infulis ; locis faxofis vcl glarcofis. Florct 



jalio & Augufto» 



2, ELAPHRIUM (glakum) foliisglabcrrimis.TAB. LXXI. Fig. 4. 



Arbufcula habicu praeccdcntis j at ramofo magis, ncquc a mevifi cam aUc 

 cxcrcfccrc. Fo/iapinnata, alata, glnberrima: /olio/i/bnccolato-ovam, crc- 



natis inxqualiccr. Fhrcs &fr*Rus hdcm. 



Carclu^cnic habim in fruticolis maridmis proximc fuburbuim Xiximani* 

 Flercc Julio & Augufto. Fruflum dat maturum Novcmbri. 



XIMENIA. • 



1, XIMENIA (miiftijtora) pcflunculis ftialtifloris. TAB- CLXXVfl.Fig.ji* 

 Ximcnia. Uun. bort. Qtff. 483. 

 Ximcniaacukata, fiorc villofo, fruau Iricco, Ttum t gtn. 6. ic.a6u 



CAL. Pcriatuhium monophyllum, minimum,campanulatam, fcmiquadri- 



fidum, acuminacum, pcrfiftcns. 

 COR- Pccalaquatoor, uUonga, pbna, acuca,in*gna, inccrnc (bafi & api- 



cc cxccpus) pilis numcrofis rcclis obfiea, infcrnc crcfU tubtmiqut 



formanria, fupcrnc rcvoluca. 

 STAM. Filamcnta otlo, tiliformia, rrcaa, gcrminc paulo breviora, An- 



thera:lincarcs, ohtufa:, ercifcr, longitudinc corolla. 

 PIST. Gcrnicn ovaco - ohlongnm, obcufum, pculisduplo brcvius. Stylus 



filiformis, crcclus» longicudincftaminum. SiigmafimpIcx,obtufuuu 



PER. Drupa fubovata, magra. 



SEM. Nux fubrocunda, magno- Nuclcus cjusdcm figurx. 



Arbufoila Iktc ercfra ramofaquc quindccim vulgo pcdum alcitudincm 

 adipifcitur, Fotia habct ovato-oblonga, intcgcrrima, cuiarginaca, ghbra» 

 pctiolata* Upollicaria, iria quatuorvc fimul orca cx tulxrculisaltcrnamibus 

 annati^quc adlatus/fiiwfubuUta quadrilincari forciquc, non raro tamcn vd 

 in toto quodam ramo principali abfcntc Pedux:di foliis brcviorcs» nuntcro 

 inconftanti bini icrni quatcrnivc cx codcm cum illis tobcrculo prodcunc, ra- 

 ccmofi, & p'u* minu* qiunqucflori. FtUtt albidi prxdiei funt odore ft*a- 



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