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Septas globiflora. Globe-flowered 



Septas. 



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Heptandria Heptagynia. L. (re&ius Pentandria 

 Pentagynia). 



Generic Charade?'. 



CaL 5 — 7-partitus. Petala 5 — 7, Ianceolata, patentia. Germina 

 5 — 7. Net! aria fquamse tot quot germina, horum baft extrorfum 

 inferta. Cap/. 5 — 7, polyfpermae. 



Obs. Herbx fuccuknta'y fubacauks, radicibus tuberofis. A Craflulis 

 Vtx niji habitu recedunt. 



Specific Characler. 



SEPTAS globifera i foliis floralibus quaternis fpathulatis apice 

 revolutis duplicato-crenatis, umbella compofita. 



Descr. Root tuberofe. Stalks Ample, flefhy, red. Leaves 

 oppofite, fpathular-lhaped, rolled back from the point towards 

 the petioles, twice crenate : thofe neareil the flower are much 

 larger than the others, and grow four clofe together. After 

 flowering, thefe leaves increafe very much in fize, and are more 

 expanded. Above the leaves the peduncle is naked, except 

 one or two minute fcales. Flowers grow in a globular umbel 

 compofed of feveral fmaller ones. Calyx five-cleft : divifions 

 ovate, acute, red. Petals 5, lanceolate, acute, white, red at 

 the tip on the outfide, patent, not conniving in a tube, twice the 

 length of the calyx. Stamens 5 : filaments the length of the 

 petals, and alternating with them: anthers roundifh, reddifh- 

 purple. Germens 5, white : Jiyle ereft : jligma acute. A fmall 

 white Jcale is inferted on the outfide at the bafe of each germen. 

 The number of the fegments of the calyx of the petals, ftamens, 



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