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midio brevior, erectus, quinquepartitus laciniis lineari-lan- 
ceolatis, acutis. Corolla basi plana, ultra medium quinque- 
fida laciniis patulis ovatis, medio utrinque sinu magno in- 
flexo insculptis. Filamenta crassa coalita in tubum germina 
involvens cylindricum. Anthere quinque membranacez, 
biloculares, lateribus stigmatis incumbentes. Grana polli- 
nis geminata ad angulos stigmatis annexa. Corona e cor- 
pusculis quinque crassis, compressis, dorso filamentorum 
adnatis, stigmate brevioribus, basi acuto patente recurvis, 
apice trilobo incumbentibus. Germina duo supera. Styli 
duo breves, subulati. Stigma unicum, capitatum, stellato- 
pentagonum, acutangulum, medio supra convexum. Fol- 
liculi duo, uno tamen plerumque abortiente, ovales, hinc 
gibbosiores, pulverulento-tomentosi. Parietes crassissimæ, 
carnosæ. Receptaculum fungosum, lineare, planum, hinc 
parietibus adnatum, undique seminibus papposis imbri- 
catum. 
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Corpusculum C. gigantea. Corpusculum C. procera. Corpusculum C. Acie. 
AvANACOE seu Cit Avanacu, p. 57. fig. 32. 
Panpi Avanacu, p. 60. no fig. 
These two are mere varieties, such as usually occur in plants 
that are much cultivated: and Commeline in his observation is 
perfectly justifiable in saying, ** inter se admodum magnitudine 
differt ratione soli et loci in quo crescit. In quibusdam locis fit 
arbor, in aliis vero non excrescit ultra quatuor quinqueve pe- 
dum altitudinem." When sown thick on a poor soil, I have seen 
it ripen its fruit within the year from being sown, and not rising 
above three feet: it was ploughed down immediately on pro- 
ducing its first crop; but, when planted on a good soil, with 
plenty 
