BreynH. PENTANDRIA. MONOGTNIA. 5 5 



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Arbor ramis glabris teretibus cinerei». Folia alterna apice ob- 

 tuslusculo , glabeyrima, integerrima , venosa. Paniculae axil- 

 larcs et terminalcs' aphyllae. Cal, 5-partitus / coloratus. Flo- 

 res tantum femlncos vidit cls, Sprengel^ qui atigmata 5 glan- 

 diilosa crlspula addit, et capsulam 3-locularem« Jn mon- 



tibus Indiae orientalis, ^. ' . • 



< io57, CONOCARPUS. 



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t. *C. erectn; erecta foliis lanceolalU, Linn. Hort. 

 Cflff, Swartz ob.v. 79» Lam, E/iC. meth, IL p. 96. 



Pesronsseaux in L a m. Enc. meth^Ul. /J,6g8, PVilld' 

 Spec. I. p. 995. Jacq, ^4mer. 78. /. 62. /^ 1. pict. /■ 78. 



^Gatesh. CaroL IL p. 33; /. 33. Plukn. Alm. 18, /. 



340. j\ 3. Sloane Jam, i35, Hist. IT. Jt). 18. ^. yGi* J^ 2. 



P Inm. Jc. i35. t. 104. /.2. /3? fructu duplo majore 



D esr onss. L c. ^ ^ 



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Avbor erccta ramosa 30 pcd. et ultra , ramis Junioribus angula. 

 tl5. Folia alterna numcrosa basi attenuata in potiolum brevemi 

 subin'le ovato - lanceolata , acuta, integerrima , firma, glahra, 

 cr.issiuscula , 2 - 5 poU. , poll. lata, punctis allquot glamlulosis 

 afl m.irginem ct petiolos. Capitula florum flavida pcclircllata 

 in rnccuiis foliosis axillaribus et terminalibus , nndc panicula 

 lax.i. Fiores i^inimi. S^tainina inMartinica 10, caljce longiora, 

 ^ alibi 5 stylo breviora inciusa. Semina irrcgulaiitcr trigona, mar- 

 ginc squamosa, apice subbirsula reflexa imbricata in conos bre- 

 ves obtusos, subsphaericos magnitudine pisi. Fors plures hic 

 ilijlitcscere «pocles : spetimina lecta in Quacleloupe in Herb, 

 At La Marck stamina plura certo quan.i 5, calyce longiora 

 exhibent, In /3 coni rufescentcs magnilutline nucis Avellanae. 

 Paniculae minus ramosae, folia inajora. Capitula plura sessilia 

 ad apiecm racernorum. Desroass. 1. c Jn Jamaicae^ Ber^ 

 inudam, Caribaearam, et Brasiliae maritimis. p. ad Senegal Jiav^ 



2. * C. procumbens ; procumbens^ foliis oboratis. Jncq, 



Amsr. 79. ^ 52./. 2. plct. /. 260./ 22. Lam, Enc. 



melh. Wl p. 96. ^Desroass. Enc. melh. IIL p. 699- 



PVilld, Spec, I. /?. 9g5. 



An praeccdentis varietas? Linn. Frutex ramosfsslmus, totus fere 

 procumbeni, rupiuin se»c anfractibus accomodans. Folia intcr- 

 dum fere subrdlunda, obtusa cumacumine, nitida, intcgcrriina 

 • alterna pctlolata , 1-11/2 poll. , basi ad marginem glandula ob- 

 ^ion^^q. Flores pentandri et beiandri, minores quapi in erectd. 

 Jacq., qui vix in C. erectd glandulas adesse opinatur, nequc 

 tam^n denegare audct, animadvertena quod, quo magis ab ipso 

 marr soloque rupestri remotus occurrat hic frutex, eo acccdere 

 ma^is ejus folia ad figuram G. erectae eoque plures engi ta- 

 niascMlos, ut fors tanluin praecedentis varietat. Unicam tamen 

 t«7itam ercctam, ubi procambentes plurimae circa Havanam , cl 

 vice vcrsa in aliis locis , etiam ubi tantum bipedales erectme. 

 Jii rucibas maritimis Cul^e et Martinicat, *• 





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