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Limnocuaris Priumierrt. Prumrer’s Lime 
NOCHARIS. 
SHIEH bakeoak 
Class and Order. 
PotyanpriA Potyeynia. 
Generie Character. 
Calyx 3-partitus. Petala 3. Filamenta plurima, exte- 
riora sepius sterilia. Capsule plurime, uniloculares, poly- 
sperme. Semina reti capsularum parietem intus vestienti 
affixa, ferri equini instar flexa, transversim scabra. Albu- 
meno. Embryo hippocrepicus. Kunru. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Limnocuaris Plumieri; foliis multinerviis, petiolis scapo- 
que triquetris, capsulis plurimis in globum digestis. 
Limnocuaris Plumieri ; foliis multinerviis ; petiolis scapo- 
que triangulatis: ovariis 15—20, muticis ; stigmate 
postico. Richard in Mem. du Mus. d’Hist. Nat. 1. 
p. 374. t. 19 et 20. Big 
Limnocuarts Plumieri ; foliis emarginatis ; laciniis caly- 
cinis subequalibus ; ovariis crebris. Kunth Synops. 
Plant. Hiquin. 1. p. 260. — 
Limnocnaris emarginata. Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. iq. \. 
p. 116. t. 34. : 
Ausma flava ; foliis ovatis acutis, pedunculis umbellatis, 
fructu globoso. Sp. Pl. 486. 
AMASONIUM maximum plantaginis folio, flore flavescente, 
fructu globoso. Plum. ic. 115. 
Desc. “Herb a vascular, lactescent, biennial? aquatick, 
with fasciculated, fibrous roots. Leaves flat, oval, quite 
_€ntire, but somewhat undulate, obtuse, very smooth, 
fteen-nerved : lateral nerves approximate, terminated at 
the point with a largish pore, secreting water: Petiole three- 
sided, sheathing at the base, purple at the lower part, and 
green at the upper, twice as long as the leaf. Scape three- 
Sided, the length of the leaves, and like them, decumbent, 
purple, green at the top. Umbel 6-7-flowered (our draw- 
#0 was unfortunately taken from a scape showing ony S 
