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Sracuys Arenarra. Porpie-FLOWERED 
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Class and Order. 
DipynamiA GyMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. labium superius fornicatum: lab. inferius lateribus 
reflexum : lacinia intermedia majore emarginata. Stam. de- 
florata versus latera reflexa, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sracuys arenaria ; verticillis suboctofloris, calycibus spinosis 
_ hirsutis, foliis basi angustatis serrulatis, galea emarginata. 
Sracuys arenaria ; verticillis subspicatis, hirsutis sexfloris, 
calycibus spinosis, foliis oblongis serratis obtusis, eo 
bifida. Vahl Symb. 2. p. 64. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 105. 
Sracuys arenaria ; verticillis subspicatis, hirsutis, subsex» 
floris, villosis ; calycibus spinosis ; corollarum galea 
emarginata. Desfont: Atl. 2. p. 21. t. 126. 
Sracuys rubra. Donn Hort. Cant. (et Hortulunorum). 
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Descr. Stem ascendent, square with rounded angles, hairy. 
Leaves oblong, lower ones petiolated, upper sessile, narrowed 
at the base, distantly serrated, smooth on the upper surface, 
and thinly haired on the under. Bractes at the lower 
whorls like the leaves, except being widest at the base, at | 
the upper whorls mucronate, pungent. Calysxes sessile, hairy, . 
pomted with pungent: spines. Whorls from six- to ten- 
flowered, sometinies close together towards the extremities, 
Corolla bilabiate, upper lip erect, emarginate: lower lip 
3-lobed, middle lobe large, obtuse : tube gradually widening 
into a funnel-shaped faux. Ww 
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