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PENTANDR. — DODECANDR. : gI 
-  PASSERINA.. 
et, PASSERINA wrETNAN; folis ovatis, incurvis, quadrifariam imbricatis , 
 - zone tomentefo ; floribus congeftis , fefilibus, terminalibus. 
Chara&er Dall fliformis fere Guadrat ; fed ex icone Burmanni magna patet 
diverfitas: ibi flores axillares, longe .pedunculati: huic noftre feífiles 
-3 vel 4, in capitulum terminale congefti, MER 
Zlexandrim, Humilis fruticulus, tamen expanfus, Siccatus ad culinares 
ufus innumeris oneribus in urbem invehitur. Arab. Jefa. 
- POLYGONUM. 
$2. POLYGONUM PERSICARIA ; FEpEnS , villofa ; foliis ovato - lanceolatis; va- 
c ginis flipularibur, villofir, longe ciliatis, caulem totum tegentibus; inter- ` 
dum apice dilatato-patentibus; macula transverfa fufta in fingulo folio, 
Alexandrie, ; E E : 
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* ec D 
NOVA GENERA. ` 
SODADA. 
ques imul Oria o me 
ro præfenria: feffilia, oblonga ` 
- DESCR. — Frutex -diffufus, ; ramis alternis 
- "fingulos ocellos Spire -dur br 
än? intr fpinis exeuntes, tei, unilori Fores rub ` Cor 
_ perianth. 4-phyllum, coloratum, inequile,. dcciduum: lacinia fuperior 
` maxima, convexa, gibba, compreíía, faepe latere lacera, flore erum- 
pente. — Lacinim tres inferiores zquales, lineari-lanceolate , patentes, 
margine vittis ciliatæ. ` Corolla tetripetala, inequalis, calyce longior, 
Petala duo fuperiora recondita primum intra laciniam magnam. calycis 
- “ovata, plana, acumina, Petala duo inferiora altermantia cum calycis 
— - tribus laciniis minoribus, oblonga, acuta, plana, margine & fubtus vil- 
— ^lofa.; Stamina filamenta otto, filiformia, petalis longiora, inclinata ,-in- 
zqualia, fufco-viridia, Antheræ flave, fimplices, lanceolatz, ere&tz, 
recurve, ` Pifillum: pedicellus ex receptaculo filiformis, inclinatus, fila. 
mentis craffior, longitudine flaminum, elevans. Germen- globofum, qua- 
(L) driful- 
