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5 
~ 204 _ Prinos verticillatus. 
: = - 5 ; 
Nat. Syst. Juss. Rhammni. Classis XIV. Ordo XIII. or , 
Parwos, L. Apalachine. Calix minimus 6-fidus. Corolla 6-partita plana. Stamina 6, filamentis subulatis, 
' _ antheris oblongis. Stylus brevis ; + igae betes subrotunda, fota, 6 nucibus 1-spermis. Arbus- 
: cule aut fratices; folia alterna, i qu as sempervirentia ; pedunculi axillares multiflori ; 
"flores parvi, interddm 5-7-8-fidi 5-7-8 r bri ieee : Juss, Gen. Plant. p. 379. 
Nat. Syst. St. Hilaire. Meprunéen a 
Nat. Ord. Linnzi, Dunes. ‘ # et ie 
Classis Hexandria. Ordo Monogynia. Lin. Syst. . 
Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, six-cleft half way down, flat, very small, permanent. Cor. of 
one petal, wheel-shaped ; tube none; limb flat ; deeply cloven into six ovate segments. Stam. Fi- 
Jaments six, awl-shaped, erect, shorter than the corolla ; anthers. oblong, obtuse. Pist. Germen 
en superior, ovate, terminating in a style shorter than the stamens; stigma obtuse. Peric. a round- 
. ish berry, Seealenehi dake tn Se itr: Beale: SRE bony, obtuse, convex on one 
side, angular on the other. 
Obs. The chief difference between this evtitansialsies Wi ciping chiclone but the parts of 
fructifcation, according to Jussieu, agree occasionally alas number. Prinos is some- 
-_ times dioicious. 
Ess. Ch. Calix inferion six cleft, Corolla of one petal, Het ey from three to seven cleft. Pera of 
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Actions major latifolia dentata. Munt. Phyl. 
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