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niXANDRIA, PENTAGYMIA. 



fatis dcnfc j^ofici i quonim inccnlum loco prodcum pcdunculi unittori, bi~ 

 flori , &c. f/ww pan j , ruhri i in qulbus calycis laciuix funt obtufx, fubro> 

 cundx, & coduvc; pctala ohtufa, apiccqueconcava; iligmafa limplicia. 

 Frultas corticc plcrumquc vcftiti purpurco, vct &liavo,autcxutri$quc mix- 

 to pulpam coniincnc dulccin lcviccrquc acidulam, flavam, paucam, faporc 

 pradicam fingulari ncc ingrato, odorc fuavi. lli vcro ligura varianc,quiun 

 finc oblongi, fubovaci, apicc ulmilillimo, aut magno illic appendicc au£(i. 

 Apud Amcricanos in prccio funt, in mcnfisquc non raro appontintur. iVii* 

 dct vix unquam maturcfcuiu , fcd adco facilc hatc orbor c talci* propagatur 

 ut> 1i quis fruclibus parvulis onuftum ramum abfcindac, tcrraquc impo- 

 MC, a<l pcrfcQam ficpc cosdcin inauiricatcm povcnirc mirctur, &carpcrc 

 fc poflc. Hinc Domingenfcs c puratis ramis lcpcs conflrucre folcnt , paucos 

 poft mcnfcs floribus fruiHbusquc fpc£labi!cs. Trunco ad alciiudtncm alt- 

 quatn ampwato, raini cxfurgunc (prarfcrtim in humidis locis) absquc divi- 

 fionc Ion*;iflimi, crecli, foliisquc fparfis & numerofis pcr totam longieudi- 

 ncm ornati; ut rci ignaro impoiiat, ac fi cflct arbor omnino diverfa. Hif- 

 panis appcllatur Crrarfo fcu Prnnus ; Gallis Pruma- d' Efpngnc > &Anglis Spa* 

 nisb ftm-trtt) fivc Prunus llifpanica. 



Habitat fylvcllris in tcrritorio Carthagcncnfi; indc in Caribxas transpor- 

 tata, frcqucntiflima jain in Domingo; frcqucnsin Jamaica, Curatjao, & fan- 

 fli Martiniinfula; rara in plcrisquc aliis. 



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SURIANA. 



I. SURIANA (awrWmS^ Ijntufpt:. pl. i. p. 2S4. 



Surianafoliis portulacx anguflis. Plm.gen* 37. id 249./. r. 

 Suriana maritima, foliolis lanccolatis, floribus fingularibus> ftamini* 

 bus fubhirfutis. Brtfinr, jnm, i. p. 190. 



Thymdftc facic frutcx maritimus tctraspcrmos, florc tctrapctalo. 



Slocn. bijh }cm. 2. p. 29. U 162./. 4. 

 Arbor amcriana falicis folio frondola. Plttk. nfat. 44. t t 2^1, f y t 



CAL. Pcrianthium pcntaphyllum : foliolislanccolaco-ovatis, acutis, planis, 



ercQis, pcrfiftcmibus, 

 COR. Pctalaquinquc, ovalia, obtufa, pacemia, longitudinc fcrc c*lycis. 

 STAM. Kilamcnca dcccm, liliformia, crcila^ altcrna longiora, corollam noii 



fupcrantia. Autlicri 1 fubrotunda; t fulcatx. 

 PIST. Gcnnina qtiinqtic, fubrotunda, pan*a. Styli quinquc > (iliformcs,crc* 



Qi, Ion;jicudinc fcrc ftaminmn, ortusquilibcc cx intcriorc latcrc fui 



^crminis. Stiymata obtufa. 

 PER. nullum. Ca!v\* patcns in (Tnu fcmina continct. 

 HiLM. quinquc, fubrotuoda, htuc convcxa, indc angulata. 



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