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MON T OECIA, MONADKLPHIA. 



mala tidc ortas. Nucis ctcnim fcindcntcs apophyfcs imprudcnton fatis fu- 

 pcrquc moncnt, ncpcrgat cdcrc; pcrgcrcautcm volcnti, artilicio clTct opus 

 ac paticntia, *dum fauccs intcrca infiammarcntur tota\ Fcrtur ctiflm arbo- 

 ris umbrft noxam infcirc fubtus rccubanti; fcd pcr trihorium ipfi mihi cum 

 fociispcriculutn facicnci nihil mali cvcnit. Tum ctiam pluviam crans hanc 

 flrborcmcadcntcm, corporcquc nudo cxccptam, innocuam fum cxpcrtus: 

 noxia fortaflc fuit, ubi rupti vcmis vcl imbribus rami foliavc lac fimul dc- 

 (tillavcrinc pluvix immiilum* Truncus pnthct matcricm pulchcrrimaro, c 

 fufco & Icucophxo vagiceatam, poliri aptam, & ad iiudliiu opcra frcqucns 

 in Amcrico adhibitam, Solec arbor, priusquam cardatur, i«nc circumpofiio 

 adradiccm cxuri, quo a copiofiori fucco infcrior crunci parsliberctur: dcin 

 opcrarii , nc in oculos fragmcnta infilianr, illos tcla linca tcnui obligant. Iti* 

 ic°ras olim fylvas littoralcs harum arborum inccndio confumpfcrunt Marn- 

 niccnfcs aliiquc, ut a tam atroci vcncno vindicarcnt rcgioncs cultas. M&* m 

 ccmPda cpud omncs nationes, niagis mimisvc ad vcrnaculam linguam cor* 

 rupto vocabulo Hifpanico, quod parvulum pomum fignificac, vocatur* 

 (cluando ftorct, iutcrdum foliis fcrc caret. 



Habltat in littonbus mariumis Carib^arum & vicinx Contincntis, 



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DALECHAMPIA- 



i. DALECHAMPIA (famfons* > TAB. GLX. hnn.fp.pl 1* p - 1054. 

 fc - Dalcchampia fcandcns, lupuli foliis, fructu hifpido, tricocco. Flunu 



gcn. 17. 

 Dalcchampia folio tritido, fructu tricocco hifpido. Ttunu cmcr. 89. 

 * U 101« 



* Mafculi florcs circitcr dcccm intra binas braQeas floralcs. 

 CAL/Involucrumcommuncqufldripartitum: foliolis obtuiis, crc£Hs,quo* 



rum ncttario fuppofitum rcliquis duplo latius- 



Pcrianthium proprium hexaphyllum: foliolis ovatis, acucis, io- 



tcgris» rcflcxis, apicc furfum rcplicatis. 



COR, nullfl. 



Nc£torium latum, in involucrp communi antc mafculorum pc- 



dunculos fcflilc; conrtans lamcllis plurimis, obovatis, obtufis, plmis, 



pcdunculis mafculorum proprits paulo brcvioribus, apice neflar glu* 



unofilTimum fundcmibus, multiplici dcnfaquc fcric pofitis. 



STAM. Hlamcma plurima, concrcta in unum corpus crcftum, filiforme, 

 longitudinc calycis, fupcrnc divifum. Anthcne fubrotuodx, qua* 



; p drifulcfltffi. 



• Faminx trcs intra casdcm cum maribus bra£teas. 



CAL. Involucrum communc triphvllum, pcrfiilcns: fuliolis fubrotundis, 

 1 9 obtufis, crcilis, maiginc Iiirfutis, quoruin cxterius iriplo latius re*_ 

 liquis. Pcrian- 



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