GYNAXDRIA, DECANDRIA. 



cc e fufco lutco ; pctalis purpurcis. Habhu rcliquo ica fimilis cft prcccdcn- 

 ci, uc, prxrcrqUAin in flore & fruclu, agrcdiftinijui qucant. 



Habitat paflim Carthagcnx in fylvaticis. Florcc Junio & Julio. 



4. HELICTERES £apctala) (oliisfcmiquinquclobis; floribus dodccandris, 

 apcialis. TAB.CLXXXI. Fig. 98. 

 an Macpalcxochi Guahuitl. Mnr. mcx. p. 383. £S 459-* 



CAL< Pcriamhium monophyllnm, campanulatum, ampliflirmim , patcn*, 

 coloratum, cxtcrnc villofum, fcmiquinqudidum: laciniis ftmiova- 

 m, trcutis, planis, fcmircflcxis. 



COR, nulla. 



STAMt Filamcnta circitcr quatuordccim, fnbnlata, brcvilTima, ad bafin 

 gcrminis rcccptaculo iflfcrtft. Anthcra fubrotundx, didym», in- 

 cumbcntcs. 



JIST. Gcnncn fubrotundum^ quinqucfulciitum, inlidcns rcccpraculo lili- 

 formi rccurvo calycc fcrc duplo brcviori. Siylus fubulaius, rcflcxus, 

 longitudiiic gcrminis. Stigma capitatum, obfolctc quinquclidum. 



PER. . . . 



SEM. ... 



Arbor clcgans, quadragima pcdcs alta, coma ampIifTima concinnaquc 



fpcctabilis, Folia lubct frondofa, plicaca, fcmiquinqucloba, facic glabra, 



dorfo fuhvillofa, diainctri plus quam pcdalis, numcrola; /o&r ovaco-fubro* 



mndis, acutis, intc^crrimis: pCUoGs tcrctihus, novempolticaribus. Pmcu- 



i<rlax«, mftgna:, plurimxcirca cxtrcmitatcsramufculorum prodcunt, Flo* 



rcs fteiidifliini& numcroli fordidc flavcfcuntcum maculispurpurcis; inqui- 



bus pctala & ncilarium abfunt perpctuo. In his ad ocutum patet, rila- 



mcnta cflcdumtaxat cominuacioncm divifamcorticisfcu partis cxtcriom rc- 



ccptaculi; gcrmcn vcro cnafci cx prolongata mutataquc ciusdem mcdulla. 



FruUm cxaminarc liaud contigit. Majo & Junio has nrborcs lloribus invc- 



nionuftas; quusdiu pcrmancntc$,omncs tantlcm amcOcJobrimdccidifle vi- 



di, doluiquc; nullo frutlus rudimcmo rclifro vcl minimo, cx qtio dchujus 



naturajudicarclicuilTct. Siccitatcm, optnor, luifle in caufa, qaX Cartha- 



gcna iilo anno morc folito diutius proirahtbatur. Adcrant ftmpcr florcs 



plurimi, in qtiibus omnino dcficicbat rtylus, fti^matc quinquclido maiori- 



quc immcdiatc gcrmcn coronnnie; at hi abortabant ilico. Incolis appclla- 

 tur CamaJQKilkro. 



Habiiat Carthagcnx in fylvk, atquc in ipfo paffim fuburbio. 





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