6$o Octandria. 



aqm' TxHEXIA, foliis oppofitis cordatis 

 tica crcnulatis hiiTutiufculis, paniculis 

 terminalibus trichotomis , ramulis 

 filiformibus patentiflimis, 



Melnftoma aquaticay foh*is 5 - nerviis cor. 

 datis acuti.^ crenulatis fupra hirfutis 

 inferne laevibus, panicuhs termina- 

 ]ibus trichotomis diffufj?. Prodr, 



P. 73^ 

 M. aquatka^ foliis cordatis crenatis, 

 fupra hirfutis ferrugineis, fubtus lae- 

 vibus 5 floribus albis paniculatis, 

 AuBL. guian. 430. 1. 169. 



Habitat in locis inundatis Cayennae^ 

 (AuBLET.), Surinami, (Baker. } 

 Jamaicae ^ (W RiGHT. Masso"^ ylpfe.^ 

 J)ominicae. (^du Ponthieu.} 



"'''wff**?" 



f^uffruticofa, 



Caules fescjui - f. 3 pedales, tetragoiii , eredi, verfus 

 apices ramofi, laeviufculi, 1. hirti. 



Rami oppofiti, 4-goni, patentes , elongati, 

 debiles, hirfuti , ferruginei. 



Folia oppofita 5 breviter petiolata, cordata, de- 

 cuffata, acuta, j-2 unciaha, creiiuiata, 5-7- 



