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TABULA XXX. 



Res hujus plantas funt fpecies, Tamard^ 

 IZemTamara, (ulyTamara', prior Bramanni* 

 bus Tada aSMa&u dicitur, planta aquatica» 

 %adix profunde demifla, crafliola , nonnihil 

 dura , fiftulofa , fiftulis latis pervia , albicans, 

 inferius nodofa , e nodulis tenues fibras in or* 

 bem emittens , fubtus radices , e quibus , tanquam pri* 

 maria radice , novi prodeunt Qauks ; fimplices hi funt , 

 rotundi, fiftulofi, virides, pun&is afperfi. Fo/ia fingula 

 fuo infident cauli , prasgrandia , rotundiola , verfus interiora 

 inflexa, crafliufcula , mollia, Ve/uti inftar leniflima > in 

 redlaparte viridi fufca, att oblique afpecta hiali, ceuex 

 viridicasruleicoloris, in adverfa viridi diluta. Q>ft a °i ua3 

 viridiclaras&nitentes, ex caulis fummitate, velutiradii 

 ecentro, exeunt, quaspoftquam adcertaintervalla, fin- 

 gulas in duosramos bistervefunt divaricatas, proximead 

 oras in fe in vicem arcuatim & formicatim deferuntur ; in- 

 terhas, in adverfa parte tantum eminentes , venae trans- 

 verfas mutuo inoculatas confpiciuntur. F/ores qui cauli- 

 bus propriis infident , prasgrandes funt , petalis conftantes 

 confertis , coloris rofacei albicantis , odoris grati Anyfum 

 fpirantis; peta/a ipfa , oblongorotunda funt, rotundis 

 oris in cufpidem contra&a , venulis , ex unguiculis , in 

 longum ftriata, coloris rofacei, in fuperiori parte magis 

 faturi; exteriora majora funtaclatiorainterioribus; hasc 

 in duos , tres , plurefve inciduntur cufpides , & flaminu/is 

 ornantur flavis , quas cum apicihs ceu nodulis candidis, 

 ex angulis incifionis emicant. In medio florum denfus eft 

 penicillus longorum , planorum , croceorum (laminum , 

 in fummitate oblongis & candidis nodulis ornatorum , in- 

 teriori parte futura candida , ex qua nodulus , itidem can- 

 didus , producitur , ftriatorum ; ille circumpofitus eft ftylo 



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