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_ Payrotacca tcosanpRa. - TALL — 
Prytoracca. 
JERE 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA DecaGynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal.o. Petala 5, calycina. Bacca supera, 10-locularis, 
10-sperma. ; 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Puyroxacca icosandra ; floribus icosandris decagynis pe- 
dunculis inferne triquetris, pedicellis flore brevioribus, 
foliis glabris oblongo-ovatis mucronulatis. 
Purrtoxacca icosandra ; floribus icosandris decagynis. Sp. 
Pl. 631. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 823. Persoon Syn. 1. 
Descr. Stem herbaceous, upright, about four feet high, 
divided towards the top into a few short branches. Leaves 
alternate, quite entire, frequently minutely undulated at 
the margin, oblong-oval, smooth, terminated with a soft 
recurved mucro ; petiole much shorter than the lamina. 
_ The lower leaves sometimes nine inches long, and nearly 
six wide, besides the petiole two inches in length. Pedun- 
cle inserted below the leaf, at the naked part three-cor- 
nered, but amidst the flowers multangular: Raceme long, 
somewhat cernuous: Pedicels shorter than the flower, of 
which the lower- ones bear sometimes three; but two of 
them are mostly imperfect : Petals five, white, with ee 
