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DIADELPHIA, DECANDRU. 



Arbor indegans, ramoft, cre£ta, duodccimpcdalis. Sp;nx rarfe, fubu- 

 latx, fepc pollicarcs in trunco ramisquc craflls. Fo!ia pinnaca : wjta glabra, 

 fupcrnc fulcatfl» quadripotlicari : foliolis utrinquc fxpius fcptcm cum imparij 

 oblongis, obtufis, glabris, imcgcrrimis. Raccmi fimplices, dcnfi, axillarcs, 

 trcs quntuorvc polliccs longi. Fforcs brcviflimc pcdunculati, corollis fordi- 

 dc fulvis, odorcm latc fpirant fcctidilfimum, Drupa haud malc rcfcrt Amyg* 

 dali fructum rccentcnii curticc vcRicurlcvilfimc tomcmofo, colorcmqueha- 

 bctcflavo vircntcrn, Pidpa eft mollis, dulcis, odoris naufeofi, fubflava; 

 manumquc tnquinat imcula fubfcrruginea & ditficulccr dclcbili. Nux albi- 

 cans pulpse tirmiccr adircrct, continccquc itudcum candidum faporis farina* 

 cci & fldftringcntis. In rtirpe papilionacca drupam quis pradiccrc tuiflcc au- 

 (US? Nifi fortc objiciatur milii,drupam liic cnatam cfTc ck lcgumine, eujus 

 cortcx intcrior induratusmmacusquc mcniiatur nuccm; adcoquc legumat 

 mollc dici oponcrc- Ego vcro natunt prxfcribcrc Icgcs, ejusdcmquc liber- 

 rimum agcndi modum corqucrc ad prxconccpcanl liypothctfin nolui: adco- 

 quc drupam vocavi fru£cum pulpofum nuccm nuclcumquc contincuccm. 

 Plantam nominavi in mcmoriam viri cclcbcrim; Ctaudii Joicphi Gcoffroy, 



cdito fupcr matcric mcdica opcrc lauda*iiffimi. 



Habitat Cartlugcnfc in fylvacicis arcnofis maritimis; prafcftim ad viam 



publicam El fpaffco dictam. 



niPHYSA. 



i . DIPHYSA (ccrtbagcnaifis.) TAB. CLXXX. Fig. $U 



CAL. Pcriantlrium nionopliyllum» campnnulatum, comprcfliufculum, fc* 

 miquinqucfidum : laciniis duabus fupcrioribus fubrotundis, obtufis, 

 ptanis, patcntifltmis : duabus latcralibusovatis, acutis, crcftis,pta- 

 ruufculis ; infima lanccolato * acuminata, concava, crc£ta, rcliquis pau* 

 lo longiorc 



COR. papiliomcca, 



Vcxillumobovato-oblongum, cmarginatum, amplum^planumj 



unguc concavo & longitudine tubi calycis; ita totum rctrorfum ar* 



cuatum, ut cum unguc fuo cvadat br*£tca parallela. 



Alte du*e, oblonga, obtufic, plana:, vcxillo brcviorcs, amicc di- 

 vcrgcntcs, portice connivcntcs, hinc altcrum incntics: vcxttlum, liat! 

 au£fcc appcndiculo , inlcrncattcnuarx in ungucm ccnucm,rccrorfum 

 in fcmicirculum arcuatc* 



Carina falciformis, acuminata, comprcfla, alis brcvior, bali utrin* 

 quc appcndtculo au£ta, porticc & infcrne divifa, liinc attcnuata in 

 duos tmgues tcnucs crccloMjue, ad alas ita rccurvata, ut ad ungucs 

 apcx cvttdat parallclus. 



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