948 Polyandria. 



ferrata. LIGHTFOOTIA, foliis oblongo ■ 



ovatis ferratis acuminatis , peduncu- 

 lis lateralibus aggregatis unifloris. 

 Vahl Jymb. 3. p. 69, Swartz 

 Prodr. p. 83. 



Habitat in Infula Montferrat, Ameri- 

 ccs, ibiquc in monte Sulphuris (Sul- 

 fur Mountain) legit J. Ryan. k- 



^Lrbufcula. 



Rami fubdivifi, teretcs, inermes, verrucofi, 



cinerafccntes. 



Folia pctiolata, alterna, plerumque in ramuli» 



a, oblongo • ovata , utrinquc glabra, 



tenuiora 



■ 



Petioli teretiufculi , femipollicare*. 

 Peduncuii confcrti ,46, fafciculati , 3 - 6 • linea 

 res, unitlori, ex apicibus ramulorum lateraliuir 



annotinorum , verfus bafin articulati ; hinc prc 

 pe articuium decidui. Squamae aliquot acu. 

 minatac emarcidae ad feafin pedunculorum. 

 Flores pallidi, parvi, hermaphroditi et dioici i* 



diftinclis individuis 



Hermapbroditi. 

 Periantbium tetraphy llum. Foliola ovata , conca- 

 va, glabra, pateatit, colorata, paljida. 



