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MONOECIA» MOMADELPHIA. 



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STAM. Filamcmadcccm, fubutoca, diftinaiflima, c rcccpraculo inccr nc- 

 6Uriiradios adfccndcntia, fupra idcmquc crcQa : quorum quinquc 

 altcrna cxccriora, craflior* , rcliquis fcrc duplo longiora, & xquan- 

 tiacorollam. Anihcre oblongar, obtufic, crciht, magnie, 



• Fccmina. 



CAL. nullus. 



COR* Pctala quinquc, dccidua, cfctcrum fimillima laciniis pctali mafca- 

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Glandula ncSarca rnagna, orbiculata» dcprcf&j marginc infi- 

 nio dcccmfulcaeo» 



STAM. Filamcma dcccm > capillaria* gcrminc brcviora, c rcccptaculo 

 iutcrfulcosncfforiiadfccndcmiajcvitcr connivcntia. Anthcrar nullx. 



PIST. Gcrmcn fubrotundo*ovatum > obtufc hcvagonum, corolla brcvius, 

 infidcns nc&ario. Styli trcs, bafi connati in unum corpus, patcn- 

 tcs, dccidui » (cmitriHdi ? laciniis abcuutibus in Stigmata ampla» 

 pUna , criftnta » apicc profunde multiiida , gcrmini coronx odinrtar 

 impcndciuia. 



PER. uc in congcncribus. 



Frutcx crettus totusque glabcrrimus fucco fcatct aqueo Aibglutinofo 

 odorcmquc habcntc foliorum Juglandis. In fylvis umbrofis farmcmoius & 

 vix ramoius ad viginci fcpc aliicudinem pcdum cxcrcfcic, dcbilisquc nuncc; 

 qucm ctiam habituin in noftris caldoriis confcrvac- In frucicccis apricis vul- 

 go fcxpcdalis atquc inclcgans ad lacrophrcManihoc figurom proximc acccdic, 

 Inipfis&xcismarmbuscaftclli ftnfli Philippi in Boca chica, poft ultimam 

 Anglorum cxpugnacioncm diruii dcfertiquc, in arbufculam vidi cxcrcviffe 

 octopcdalaro t crunco rc3o polliccs diamctro quatuor cquancc comaque 

 concinna confpicuam. RcJix valdc c(l tubcrofa Afphodcli in modum. 

 Folia funt tmpla, clcganua, pfllmato - digitata ; W»i/quinquc,ob!ongis T ccu- 

 minatis, in medio utrinquc finu maximo comraftis» cxterioribusfffpein- 

 cegcrrimis; 1>cti*lv fcmipctlalr. Raxmi laxi fccminas paucas inframarcsplurcf 

 gerunc. FIotct c lutco & fufco vircnt, Filamcncatntcfcccundationcm pror- 

 fus crc£ta,p*jft hanc pcraftam varic Inflcctuntur. FrUlut ccgicur pcllicula 

 carnofa, viridi, fcx ftriis candidis nocata, & nicidiflima; eftquc tuncglobo* 

 fus,& diamctro dimidiuin pollicem cxccdic: hacautcm cxficcatadilapfaquc, 

 manct capiula laterihus triloba. Quod idcm plus minus obtinet in omni* 

 bus, qua* cxaminavi, Crotonis, Atalyphtc, latrophxquc fpccicbus, Sf«l- 

 rti funt nitida, fubovata, viridia vcl Cincrca. 



Habitat pafiim Carthagcna:. Florct fcrc pcr imegrum annum. 



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