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SEM* pluriina, oblonga, utrinquc obtu&, fubtcrctia, corticc duriufculo, 

 dinc fimplici difpofita. 



Arbufcula crefta, parurn r.nttolix ^ in fcpihus & fruticofis apricis ofto> 

 pcdalis, ad quindccim pcdcs cxcrclcit in fvlvis umbroiis. Rami feniore* f-mr 

 iubcincrci lignofiquc; juntorcs vircfcunr» &bafi ad onum liipulis ornantur 

 fcwccis. A Januario ad Aprilcm foliis fpoliatur, lioc imtfll iqcnfc c fuin- 

 mis ramufculis raccmi prodcunt creiti, fcx vd fcptcm pollices longi, tcrmi- 

 nalcs, folitarii, floribus circitcr quinquaginta fuccclfive fcfc cxplicamibus 

 onufti, hinc ultra mcnfcm florcntcs: pcdmctdts propriis tfipula fctacca fullul- 

 tls- Floribus primis fcfc cxpandcmibus njrcdiuntur dcmum fotia y qux funt 

 tunc lanccolata, acuininata, inccgcrrima, nitiria, tcuuia>ahcrna, pcuolaia» 

 fampcdalia; fcnfimveroinmajusvolumcniiKrcfcunt, liguramquc afluinuuc 

 oblongo-ovawm, obtufnm, obtufc acuminatam, vcl vcrcacuminacam, it« 

 quidcm priori fuo ftetui diiiimilia,ut facilc quisrci igturusftirpemdivcrfam 

 fufpicctur, Florcs inorlori c viridi atbicant, ilamintbus pollicaribus, inferio* 

 rcs foli frufttgcri, raccmo poft pcra£hm omnium florcfcentinm lupcrnc mar- 

 ccfccutc Frrflns funt viridcs, gracilcs» & fcx vcl fcptcm polliccs I011- 

 gi. Valvularum fcparatio fepiflime inaltcra tantum accidit futura; intcr- 

 dum ctiamin mraquc, fed liinc infcrnc, illinc fupcrnc» in ncutraabfolvitur, 

 Caro filiquascfl mollis, albicans, fubpcllucida. Seminum cortcx duriufculus 

 nigricat, lamctlte vircnc 



Habitac Carthagcnx frcqucns. Fru&um fcrt maturum Septcmbri i & 

 Oclobri. 



i?. CAPPARIS (ptdcbcrrima*) floribus raccmofis; foliis obtufis; fruQu bac- 

 cato. TAB. CVL 



CAL. Pcrianthium taraphyllum, dcciduum: foliolis fublincaribus, fupcr- 



nc lcvitcr latcfccntibus, acutis, planis, intcrnc fubtomcntofis, rcflc- 



xis> bafihusdiftantibus, coloratis. 

 COR* Pctala oblonga, plana, acutiufcula, utrinquc torticntofa, fcmireflcxa, 



calyce paulo longiora* 



Glandulic ncflarc^ parvar, acune, crefta*, extra petala pofita:, 



fitu cum iisdcm altcrnamc 

 STAM* circitcr vi^inti, filiformia, coroliam fupcrantta- 

 PIST- Gcnncn ovato-oblongum , inlidcns pcdicello cylindracco croflb crc- 



ftoquc. Siylus brcviffimus» craffus, pcrliitens. Siigma capiutum^ 



umbilicatum* 

 PER. Bacca fubrotunda, maxima, ftylo obtufc acuminau, cortice crafib 



X fcabriufculo. 

 SEM* plurima, reniformia, lubrotunda, comprclfiufcula. 





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