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Diosconea “CINNAMOMIFoxrA, 7 Sriouagios: 
LEAVED Diosconra, or Yam. | 
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_ Class and Order. 
HEXANDRIA eG Spr. /(Drceora Hiexanonia. i L4nn.) 
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( Nat. Ord.—Droscorez. ) — & 
Generic Character. — +4 . » LA 
Flores dioici. Pertanthdas simplex, 6- itum. C - 
sula trilocularis. Semina alata. Sor part * 
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7. Specific Character. ke aX 3 ‘s 
Drsediens cinnamomifolia ; cau Benet striato 5 pelingae nae 
pubescenti-hirtis, foliis | ngis acutis triner- 
Viis coriaceo-subearnosis, Feces Simp vel com- 
positis. / 
Duscr. Root a fobudigh, ill-shapen_ wile as Are as 
the human head. Stem twining, branched, striated, and 
pubescenti-hirsute, hairs brownish: whole plant destitute 
of prickles. Leaves alternate, pete dim o ongo-acumi- 
nate, quite entire, of a_ re between coriaceous and 
fleshy, shining, having | ree distinct nerves or ribs, which 
are prominent on the under side, where the leaf is of a paler 
green, and where, near the base, are some dark dots or 
lands: the margin itself, when held between the e 8 and 
the light, is seen to have a thin pellucid margin. Petioles 
ey three-fourths of an inch, to an As long, — like 
the . Racemes ways solitary, ax- _ 
illary, . on reartns ; pedicels branched, — 
each with a lanceolate Pabion. Perianth eee , deeply 
six-partite, the segmen ts spreading, oblong, yello 
Stamens six, opposite to the divisions of the ] perianth. o The 
Jemale flowers I have not seen. | oe ! 
: Detected 
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