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eae gl 
eS : os Ape i ~ Class silk Order. 
IcosanpRrA Moxoornt. 
: Be 
~( Nat. Ord.—Cuors. Div. Puna ; 
K Si Generic Character. af 
5 : i ~ ae 4 ey * eae -. xe S Zz 
: Cal. e ‘squamis imbricatis, s Petala calyei ix 
serta, interiora majora, basi coalit Stigma multi 
~ Bacca seabilnay 2 spans Senina intra pulpam n nie 
_ dulantia. \ st 
. 945. | SPE Sy Vest 0.2. 
prey aN 4 " * a — . 
J Descr. Plant-one to. high jointed and branch- 
ed in a pene rons ‘manner ; joints from four to six inches 
rkabl y compresséd, varying in 
es, the margins sli ighitly 
thickened, eae , every where glabrous. There 
is a distinct midrib running through the centre of these, 
and bundles of vessels forming lateral, thickened nerves or 
ribs, leading off from it, and exten¢ ing in a curve, whose 
convexity is uppermost, to the erenatures. The colour of 
the plant is rather a dark green, the ribs and margin often 
reddish. Flowers numerous ge the joints, solitary 2 
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