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involucro 3-4-phvllo ; umbellis raultitloris , petalis 

 apice inflexo cordât is ; fructu ovato, compresso, 

 striato , alà cincto. Nob. 



Crescit in Novà-Zeelandiâ. (Forster.) 



DESCRIPT10. 



Caulis herbaceus, scandens, diffusus, geniculatus, 

 octangulus , laevis , tenuissimus. 



Folia paucissima , subrotunda , saepè reniformia , 

 crenata , comrauniter trifida , peliolata , venosa , vix 

 semipollicaria. Petioli semipollicares, tenues, laeves, 

 teretes, ad basin parùm dilatati, caulera amplectentes. 



Pedunculi teretes , laeves. 



Umbella terminalis composita, radiis tribus seu 

 quatuor brevibus ', peu tialis \)ed\ce\lis pluribus. Invo- 

 lucrum universale 3-4-phyllum ; foliolis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis reflexis , brevibus ; partiale 5-6-phyllum , fo- 

 liolis lineari-lanceolatis minutis. 



Calyx 5-dentatus, minimus, acutus. 



Corolla universalis uniformis ; flosculi disciabor- 

 ûaht', propria , petalis 5 oblongis, acutis, subcarinatis, 

 apice inflexis , margine reflexis. 



Stamina : filamenta 6 filiformia, subulata, petalis 

 longiora. Antherae subglobosae. 



Germen oblongum , striatum , inferum. Styli duo 

 parvi. Stigraala obtusa. 



Fructus planus, ovatus, alâ cinctus, striatus, bi- 

 partibilis. 



Semina 2 ovato-oblonga , compressa , hinc con- 



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