( 1852 ) 



MOLUCCELLA L^EVIS SiVIOOTH MOLUCCA 



Balm. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA GyMNOSPERMIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. campanulatus, ampliatus, corolla latior, mucronatus. 

 Bractece spinosas. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Moluccella Items ; calycibus campanulatis, quinqueden- 



tatis : dentibus sequalibus muticis, foliis petiolatis sub- 



rotundo-ovatis dentatis. Willd. Sp. PI. 3. p. 129. Enum. 



621. Hort. Kew. ed. alt: 3. p. 411. ' 

 Moluccella Icevis ; calycibus cantpamilatis subquinqueden- 



tatis : denticulis sequalibus. Sp. PI. 821. Hort. Upsal. 



172. Kniph. Cent. U. n. 77. Sabb. Hort. 3. t. 45. 



Gcertn. Fruct. 1. 320. t. 66. f. 10. Regn. Bot. 

 Molucca la-vis. Dod. Pempt. 92. Ger. Emac. 691./ 5. 



Moris. Hist. 3. p. 380. § 1 1. t. 14. 

 Melissa Moluccana odorata. Bank. Pin. 229. 

 Melissa Molucca kevis sive Syriaca lae vis. Park.Theatr. 41. 



t. 42. /: 5. 

 MoLtcA. Banh. Hist. 3. p. 234. Raj. Hist. 568. Rivin. 



Mon. 64. 

 Moluca, Italis, Melissa Constantinopolitana. Cam. Epit. 



675. 

 Cardiaca Melica, sive Moluca Syriaca minus aspera. Lob. 



Ic. t.bl6. 

 Cardiaca Syriaca. Tabern. ed. Germ. 935. 



Moluccella Icevis is an annual plant, and, unless in 

 favourable seasons, does not perfect its seeds with us, which 



accounts 



