C 1201 ] 



Damasonium Indicum. East-Indian . 

 Damasonium. 



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CAz/> <2//c/ Order. 



^ Ab Hexandria Hexagynia ad Polyandriam Polygyniam vel ct 

 in eadtm fpecie ludens. 



Generic Cb a racier. 



Involucrum /rutins herbaceo-membranaceum, monophylium, 

 oblongo-vaginale, molendinaceum laminis (5?] femieilipttcis 

 verticalibus inasqualiter? alatum, germen totum inveftiens, ore 

 bi?-fido pervium. Cat. fuperus, fubcorollaceus, triphyllus. Cor. 

 jfto peramplior, aequalis, tripetala, petalis a latiore lamina 

 inverfe anguftafi?, pateritibtis. Germ cohimnare, hexangulofe 

 oblongum. StyU graciles, corolla breviores, furcilla ftigmatofa 

 bicruri terminati. Ft I. gracilia, erecla, his breviora, fummo 

 germini impofita. Anth. ereclae, lineari-oblongae, a bafi infixae. 

 Cap/, coriacea, ovato-pyramidata, verticaliter fextorofa, in- 

 complete fexlocularis, fexvalvis, medio vacua ; d'ffepimenta 

 Quplicata ex introHexis valvarum lateribus marginem verfus ab 

 mvicem connexis nee ad centrum ventrale produftis formata. 

 Sem. numerofa, biferialia, oblongiufcula, angufta, parva, hori- 

 zontalia, utraeque diffepimentorum margini internas affixa. G. 



Ues. Herbte aquattut, perennesp Radix e rhizomate cra/Jiore carno/a 

 pbroja ; folia plurima, radicaiia, petiolata petiolis a deorfum membranaceo- 

 tuatatis convoluto-compaclis ambienter vaginantibus /ur/um triquetro-angu/' 



a /is canaliculatis divergentibus, in laminas aqua baud innat antes abeun~ 

 I'ous; fcapj plureSy i/lis ititermixti, radicales, uniflori, anguh/i, altiores, 

 nu <*i- Calycis folio/a ordine proxime externa petalis alternant/a. Cor. 



"ura fugax. Germ, in fumma areola ambitu excrefcentiis Jive paxillis 

 J er »s brevibus carno/ts fubobconice prominulis, atque una ferie proxime extra 

 Jtamina alternatim conjiitutis con/it urn: annejiamimtm effatorum riidimenta? 

 yapf. a ventre inflatiore farjum in collum atienuata, quafi craJJ'e ro/lrata, 

 J u g>s /ex rotundatis Jenjim decrefcentibus a canaliculus totidem interceptis 

 'xarata. Stratioti genus quam maxime a/fine. G. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 

 DAMASONIUM indicum; foliorum laminis late ovatis, 

 nervofo-coftatis, venofis, ora finuato-repan- 

 dis,- imis petiolorum lateribus membranaceis 

 fenfim decrefcentibus, ferratis ; involucri 

 alis flexuofo-undulatis ; corollae petalis 10- 

 tundo-obovatis-, undulato-ftriatis, calyce du- 

 plo longioribus. G. 



DAMASONIUM 



