of Cailkocea Ipecacuanha* i^q 



'Bkres aggregati in capitulum folitarium, fubnutans, caulcm tcrmi- 

 iians, pedunculatum ; pediinculo tcreti, pubcfcenti, pctiohs lon- 

 giore, pliis miniirvc femiunciam alto: flofculi feflilcs, 15 ad 24, 

 bracleolis diftindti ; bracleolse involucri ct flolculorum loiigitudinc, 

 pubetcentes, integerrimie, fefiiles, viiidcs, foraia ficpe vaiiantcs, 

 nunc fubovat^ oblongiufciilae, nunc lanceolataeobtufiufcuJce, nunc 

 (quod rarius) forma ct magnitudine involucri foliolis fimiles, et 

 tunc flofculi ipfis numerofiores. 



Involucrum tetraphyllum ; folioli fubcordati, acuti, integerrimi, fub- 

 feffilcs, leviter undati, hirl'uti ; duo externi majores, omne& 

 fiofculis paulo longiorcs. 



Cal. Periantbium membranaceum, albidum, brcviflimum, (^uinqnc- 

 dentatum, dentibns obtufis, fupcrum, pciTiftens. 



Cor, monopetala : tubus cylindracetis, longus, fupra parum anipliatus, 

 fauce et extus lanugiiiofus ; limbus tubo brcvior, quinqucfidus, 

 laciniis ovatis, acutis, recurvis. 



Stam. Filamenta quinque, capillaria, brevia, fupcrnc tubo infcrta. 



Anthera:; oblongse, lineares, ered^c, exfertas. 

 P'lfi, ovatum, inferum, non anguiatum. Stylus filiformis, longitu- 



dine tubi coroilx; margine neclarifero brcvi ad bafin cinclus. 



Stigmata duo, oblonga, crafTiulcula, obtuia, antherarum longitu- 



dine. 



Penc. Bacca unilccularls, difperma, ex ovali-fubrotunda, nee fulcata, 

 nee angulofa, led liEvis, calyce coronata, ex rubro-purpurafcens, 

 mollis, demum corrugata, nigricans. Qua: inimaturse dccidunt, 

 ficcanturque, funt ovales, utrinquc (qua femina interne plana 

 facie continguntur) unifulcata:. 



Semina duo, elliptica, la^via, leviter torta, arillo nuilo ; hinc plana, 

 line a parum elevata media longltudinali notata, inde convexa, ad 



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