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ARISTEA MELALEUCA. MOURNING- 

 FLOWERED ARISTEA. 



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C/^/J <j»</ Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Char after. — f7*£ TVp. 605, et in Ann. Dot. v. 1. p. 236. 



Specific Char a tier and Synonyms. 



ARISTEA melaleuca; (herla ex fafcicuUs paucifoliis colla- 

 tcrali-dijhchis equttantibus c<efpitofi ;) foliis an- 

 gufto-gramineis, lineari-acuminatis, rigidiufculis, 

 caule comprefifo-ancipiti pauciarticulato 2 — 3- 

 foliofo triplo hrevioribus ; fpatha terminali, foli- 

 taria (vet altera eaulis articulo proxime infero im- 

 pvfita), 2 — 3 -flora, paucivalvi, Janceolato-acumi- 

 nata, valvis duabus externis fubherbaceis equi- 

 tanti-conduplicatis, caeteras fphacelatas includenti- 

 bus ; germine lineari-elongato, triquetro-prifma- 

 tico, gracili, exclufo, pedicellis inclufis longiore ; 

 corolla fubrotata ; laciniis exterioribus obiongo- 

 obovatis ; interioribus fubtriplo majoribus, obo- 

 vato-ellipticis, emarginatis, fubinvoJuto-concavi- 

 ufculis; ftarainibus afiurgenter divaricatis; ftylo 

 reclinato; ftigmatibus ex cucullato-convolutis, 

 orbiculato-explicitis, margine multifido-fimbriatis. 

 G. 



ARISTEA mtlaleuca. Nobis in Ann. of Bot. 1. 236 ; uti et 

 fupra No. 1231. pag. alt. in Spec. Enum. — Ic. PL 

 Capenf. Cod. Bankf. cum Exempt. Spont. in Herbar* 



■MOR^EA melaleuca. Thunb. de Mor. n. 1, tab. 1. /. 3, Prod. 

 10. Willd. Sp. PL 1. 240. VahL Enum. 2. 153. 



MORiEA lugens. Linn. Suppl. 99. Syft. Vcg. ed. 14. 93. 

 Hort, Kezv, 1. 75. 



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