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ERIOSPERMUM LATIFOLIUM (a). SHORT-PE- 
DICLED BROAD-LEAVED ERIOSPERMUM, 
HE Hee SMe REESE Se MA MESES 
Cla/s and Order. — 
HEexANDRIA MoNnocyNIA. 
, Generic Charaéer. 
Inflor. feorfim bratteolata. Ca/.o. Cor. infera, perfiftens, 
ere€ia, regularis, qualis, hexapetaloideo-partita, oblato- 
oblongove-campanulata, laciniis ovatis ligulatifve imbricationeé 
laxa. Stam. ime corolle affixa, equalia vel fubzqualia, eretto- 
conniventia, inclufa. i. complanata, ovato-fubulata. Anth, 
didymz loculis apice connexis, ereétz, introrfe. Stylus ftriato- 
filiformis, reGtus. Stig. obfolete trifidum, hifpidulo-fubcapitel- 
latum. Cap/. pergamea, rotundato-oblonga, trilobo-trigona, 
3-loc., 3-valv. valvis medio feptigeris ftellatim replicandis. 
Sem, affurgentia, in loculamento pauca, fepti margini interiori 
utrinque (nunc unicum imo angulo) pedicellatim annexa, pappo 
nucleo plurimum longiore, cujus expanfione elaftica extricanda, 
contetta, G. 
Ozs. Rhizoma tubericeps perennans, fubterraneum, folido-carnofum, 
corticatum, ut plurimum irregulariter rotundatum tubere g-multiceps intus 
purpurafcens, rarius decolorum informius oblongatum modove equabiliter orbi~. 
culatum gemma unica carnofa fuperftratum; foliam annuum radicale, in 
Jingula gemma fingulum, involuto-petiolatum, \amina 
oblongatam, coriaceo-crafja, nervofa venis eg ole a be 3 fepius fin- 
3 
tempore alio ac folium vigens 
ERIOSPERMUM /aii abero 
= - multicipiti-torofo, fubrotundo; folii lamina 
 . rotundo-ovata acuta nervofa venis tran{f- 
~ verfis rugulofa, fubtus pallido-glabrata ; 
racemo laxius multifloro patente ; corolla 
- oblato-campanulata papillis glandulofis pel- 
~ lucidis pruinata ; laciniis interioribus ob- 
_gvatis fubbrevioribus acutulis apice erofo- 
© © denticulatis; filamentis membranaceis 
~ | evato-acuminatis corolla tertia parte cir- 
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