574 



PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



CoirOCiKFVSt 



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5; ♦ €• racemosn; foliis lanreolato bvatis obtusiusculis, 



fi^uctlbus segregatis, (floiibus 



SuppL p* i4^. 



completis) 

 Stoartz obs. 79 



miid. 



Poiret Enc, meth. SuppL IIL p. 343. 



/» 53. picl. t. 79 



Sloane Jam^ i56. 



Stigma simplex. 

 pctit Suppl. l* c. 



a^idendo 



Stamina 5. Stylus 1. 



Eadcm re- 

 Petioli 



I 



776. 



i3i. . 



i^pec. 1. p. 990. 

 JaQq. Amer, 80. 



Hisi. n. p. 66. /. 187./. 1. 



Folia opposita, petiolata ovalia coriacea. 



Linn, diss, dlt, pL Sarin, 



: Arbor. Folia intcgerrlnia. 

 glanduiia bmis. Faniculae terminalcs subramosae. Flores scs- 

 silcs remotl, rospectu fructu^ rainuti , persistenles. Antherac 

 5. Fructus simllis tclradjnamis siliculosis. Jacquin vero ait: 

 „1inic petal.i 5 subrotunda concava obtusa patula minirna, vix 

 9uper|intia larinias calycis, e cujus incisuris, caduca, (in pno- 

 ribus nulla) Stamina semper huic decem subulata erecla, alter- 

 na breviora in tiibo calycis, cujus fere longiludinis ; anthcr 



^ > 



rac 



subrotundae. Stamfna 5 brcviora insplcicntis prlmam attcntio- 

 nem non raro fugiuut.*' Poiret ad specimina lecra in St. 

 Thomas a D. Ledra a\l nullam se vidisse coroHam, et descri- 

 bit frutlcem caullbus glabris cinereis , ramis teretibus, ja»"^- 

 rlbus rufescentibus; folia ut Linnaeas^ addendo utrinquc ob- 

 tusa, glabra, 5 poll, , polblata; pctiolum, \xi L^nnaeus^ com- 

 pressum, 6 1in.; racemos axillares termiualesque simplices ct 

 subramosos; pedunculos cinercos, flore singulo bractca distmcto 

 squamiformi; lacinias calycis breves rotundatas; capsu^am par- 

 vam ovat^m vix pubescentcm, calyce in pcricarpium abeuute. 

 Jacquin describit arborem hanc proceram ramosam saepe pro- 

 pe terram ipsam in 3-4 trnncos dlvlsam. Rami juniores ntcnt, 

 rubent et mutuo opponuntur; fo!ia subovalia obtusa nitw 

 tegerrima crassiuscula tactu pinguia, saturate yircnlia, oppos!- 

 ta, 3 po!l. , pcliolo rubente et suporne biglanduloso, Hacemt 

 simplicci lerminales pleruinque ternl vel in arbusculis n^*^*'* 

 compositi ex lateralibus oppositis utrinque 5 , simplicibus trin- 

 disvc. medio tcrminali stmplici: in arbusculis hisce fiorcs multo 

 minorcs et plerique gcrniine nullo; Florcs parvi sessiles, le- 

 viter, nec ingrate odori. Potala albescunt. Semen pericurpio 

 coriaceo inclusum coustat lamellis 2 virentibu« ovatisque, se 



ia in 



hivojutis in 



teres, e 



et quac has circumdat, membrana 

 icarpii basi abeunt in cor:»uscuIu«n 



corpus 



tenui^isima. Lamellie in pencarp 



teres obtusum nilidumque, qnod seminis ccntrum !ong>tudin 



radices dein acturum. Interdum 2 semina eidem p ' 



Patet valde differre a prioribus hanc arD^o- 

 rcm, etsi etiam muUis cnnveulat, imo debere forsitan 



oc^upat , 

 ricarpio inclusa» 



su 



stincto genere tradl. Jacq, 



terem genericuiu uon dedit 1* c. 



nom et Poiret intcrei hic retinuimus- 



b d 



Consentit Jussie^, sed charac- 

 H-.nc praeeuntlbiis fTilld'- 



In Ttiaritimis <""*' 



»rt 



nosis et Umosis Caribaearam vicinatijae Continentis, '6- 



4. C. acntifoUa Hnmh et BonpL; erecta , foliis lao- 

 olatis utrlnque acatis, capitulis florum solitariis aKiUaril>u • 



Jie/iaa. fFilld. MS. 



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