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DODECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



calyci* ladniis dccoloribus rcflcxisquc» apicc pcrlbratum pro fcininc 

 transcuntc, cujus tantum bafin continct. 

 SEM. unicutn, omnium longitfiinum, carnofum, tcrcs, acuminatum, vcr- 

 fus apiccm fcntim craflcfccm. 



Arbor harc quinquagintapcdalcm altitudinem plcrumquc attingic; cujuS 

 mjffr^ralbida» in aquis maccrata rubcfccns, focoquc inflrucndo dumcaxat 

 unlis, cortiee vcfticur fcrrogioco, craflb, coriisquc condcnfandis aptiffimo. 

 Ftfta habct ovata, apicc attcnuata lcvitcr, obtufa, imcgcrrima, nicida, coria- 

 cea, facic faturatc vircntia, dorfo c fiavcfccmi viridia punSisquc nigricami- 

 bus adfpcrfa, pctiolata, oppofita, a tribus ad fcx polliccs longa; in ramu- 

 fculis junioribus, qui floribus carcnt, duos circitcr polliccs ab inviccm di- 

 ftimiia; iu arbufculis junioribits fepcvcl ad fcmipcdale internodium; in ra* 

 mis fcnioribus & florilcris magis vicina» in valdc adultis fcrmc frondofa. 

 Qufflil ct bina folia antc cxplicationcm invulvuntur binis br&cis ohlongis» 

 convolucis, crcflis, poft corundcm cruptioncm imrccfcentibus brcviquo 

 cadcmibus; rcliftis in ramulo cicitriculis duahus cum fuliis alccrnantibus: 

 undc ccu gcmmiftfl fpcflnri hxc arbor potefh IVJwickii pflmftflKf axil- 

 Iis infidcm folirarii, pollicarcs, coinprcfli, fulco longitudinali cxarati, bi' 

 flori, bifidi; intcrdum triflori & obfolctc trigoni : propriis tcrctibus & 

 femipolltcaribus. 11(1 vcro in /ruclibus ad duos polliccs ultraquc clon- 

 gamur. tiorcs funt fgpius inodori, imerdum lcvitcr fuavcolcntcs ; ca- 

 lycc flavcfccntt; pctaliscandidis; anthcris pcrpctuo oitonis» bafi clafticcbi- 

 fariam fcccdcntibus, hinc valdc caducis. 



Quum vix aliud in planmrum hiftoriamihi vidccur cxaminc & attcmionc 

 dignius Botanici, quam arboris huius, adco in omnibus pcregrinatoruin iti- 

 ncrariis obfingularcm crcfccndi modum cclchratx,fru£tus; atqtic indccdam 

 confidcrans, vix fpcrandam Europa;o, fi non pcrcgrc, ciusdcm ocularcin 

 iufpc£ttoncm; haud nbs rc facturum tnc cflc, arbitror, dcfcriptioni & in* 

 dagini huiusfi immorcr diutius. 



Totus quantus nptc dividi fru£lus potcfl in quntuor partcs, rc vcra qm- 

 dcm diftinitos, fcd mutuo cohxrcntcs: viddicct in Pcricjrpium, Crux, G> 

 lyptram , S: ikwctt propric diccndum. JVntyrpjaiw, quod non rcccpcaculum, 

 fcd ipfarc calcclt, proptcrca quod cxhocin florc itylus oriatur, clt corpu? 

 cx ovato oblongum, bafi gibbofum, carnofum, pollicc longius, cxtcrnc 

 fufcum & fcabriufculum , orc utrinquc ftyli (>artc divifa coronatum, imcrno 

 adbafin usquc cavuin. Crut cfl corpus fubcylindraccum, nitidum, pallidc 

 vircns, vix fcsquipollicarc, pcricarpio tamcn fcmpcr longius, attcnuatum fu- 

 pcrnc in collum, hinc tcrminatum in caput incurvum obtufum & cx lutco 

 aurantium, intcrnc cxcavatumin conum acuminatum pcrtin^cnccm adcol- 

 lum usquc, cuius clt fupcrficics candida nitidaquc. Conftjt autcm c (ibris 

 albidis longitudinalibus Sc tcncrioribus, capite exccpto> iu cujus fnbflaiuia 



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