Tadi- 
cans, 
Monogynia: 299 
VRTICA, foliis oppofitis cuneato - 
ovatis crenatis nitidis, floribus axil- 
laribus fubfeflilicus, caule ramisque 
radicantibus. Prodr. p.36.  4üa 
Holm, 1785. p.29. 2 
Habitat in fylvis umbrofiffimis S'amai- 
cae feptentrionalis interioris, radicans 
fuper truncos arborum, faepe ad. 
cacumen, fub umbra aliorum fcan. 
dentium heic vulgatifimorum; nec 
non in arboribus deje&is et femi- 
putridis, 
CTHTTPEUIRNIIT 2 pn 
anl herbaceus, teres, laevis, erectiufculus ; 
fubfucculentus, tener, fragilis, radiculis brevi- - 
bus albidis prope petiolos undique radicans; 
fubdivifus ramis oppofi tis, diffufis, radicanti- 
bus. 
Folia oppofita, petiolata, horizontalia, ovata, 
' obtufa, 
viflima , 
bafi attenuata, crenata, trilineata, lae. 
nitida. - 
Stipulae nullae, —Petioli breves. 
Flores axillares, breviílime pedicellati , minimi 
virides, monoici, mafc. et feminei mixti. 
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