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">orcs quadrangula.es funt &flori&ri. Wiahabcc cx ovali ItOCCOhu, utrin- 

 quc acuminata, incegra vcl inccrdum incifuraaliqua fupcrnc inaiqualia, fub- 

 'usglabra, facicglabriufcula, pciiolaca, oppofica, duos trcsve pollices loo- 

 ga. Pedmc-M axillarcs, folitarii, oppofiti, pciiolorum fcrc longimdine, api- 

 ceterminanturincapitulum imbricmum & licmifphxricum,- cujusfquatna) 

 funt rhomuoidco-cordara, acuminmnr, intcgra;, fub quovis florc unica. 

 Florei esgoi pcdunculis propriis iniidcnt hrcviflimis. Corolla dl nlbs. Cap. 

 /«/*■ coniucz, quando funt macur*. vi leviffimfl (cparantur; & mentiumur 

 capfulam (impliccm bilocularcm & bivalvcm. Poflct foric quarlibct capfula 

 fumi pro fcminc ipfo, ica ut tunc pericarpiumforcc nullum. Miro ccric 

 modo fec plantaStcllncas cum VerticiUntis conjungit, ncuira cx ucrisqucipfa. 

 Habiiat Cartlagcna; in fylvaiicis. 



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CAL. Pcrianthium quinqtiepanitum, pcrfiftens: fotiolis fubovaiis, conca- 

 vis, obiufis, creftis: auQum ad bafin fquamis trlbus imbricaiis con- 

 fimilibns, at acuiis p.iuloque brevioribus. 

 COR. monopciala. Tubus campanulatus, crcaus, calycc brcvior. Lim- 

 bos qoidrifidos, bilabiatus, tubo duplo longior'. Labii fupcrioris 

 lacinia fubquadrata , cmargintca, plana, patcns- Labii inferioris la- 

 cinuetrcs, obovata:, imcgrsc, plan*, sequales, paicoti-rcflexa:, lon- 

 giiudincfupcrioris, cadcmquc duplo anguftiorcs. 

 STAM. Filamcntd quatuor,fubulata, erccta, tubo corolll infcrta; quorum 

 duo amcriora pauriflo rcliquis brcviora & ad latcra lacini* fupcrio- 

 ris rcflcxa. Antlicrar fubrotundx, ercax, didymaj. 

 PIST. Gcrmcn ovatum. Stylus fubulacus, crcSus, lungitudinc ftamimim. 



Seigmn bitidum , acutum; lacinia interiorc dcflcxa. 

 PER. Capmla, coriacca, rhomboideo-ovaia, comprc(Ta, obcufa, unHocuu. 

 ris, hivalvis. 



SEM. unionii, mngnum, figura capfuhc; compofituin cx quacuor lamellis 

 carnofis, alccra laicrali & fupcriorc parcc connacis, & cx inccrmcdu 

 radicula oblonga villofaquc ; gcrminans incra pcricarpium. 



I. AVICENNIA (m&jV) foliolis ucrinquc nkidis. TAE CXIL Fig. 1. 



. Arborramofa, quadrsgintapcdalis. Folia lanccolnta, acuta, integra, i& 

 lida.bwiicrpctiobca.oppoliia, tripollicaria. Rftfanfi racemofi, fubra- 

 mofi, ccradatlcs. Fkret fcJfilcs, corollis aJbidis, quarum lacinia media U- 

 biiinfcriorisimprcflam plcrumque gcrit (laminis fufci cffigiew. Lamellse 

 Jcminum cotylcdoncs funt. Gipful* ddiifcit , quun. ]vn ccclderit in terram, 

 Minqutm vero in ipfa arliorc. Raiice, laie fefc quaquavorfum fub tcrram 

 difiiindcmcs, fvlvam anictunt amplam turionum fcmipedalium, afparago. 



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