Monogynia.' 299 



yadi- VRTICA, foliis oppofitis cuneato - 



cans. ovatis crenatis nitidis , floribus axil- 



laribus fubfeflilicus, caule ramisque 



radicantibus. Prodr. p. 36. Atta 



Holm. 1785. p- 29. 



Habitat in fylvis umbrofiflimis Jamai- 

 cae /eptentrionalis interioris> radicans 

 fuper truncos arborum , faepe ad 

 cacumen , fub umbra aliorum fcan- 

 dentium heic vuigatifiimorum j nec 

 non in arboribus deje&is et fcmi- 

 putridis. 



Cjaulis herbaceus, teres, laevis, erecliufculus , 



fubfucculentus, tener, fragilis, radiculis brevi- 



bus albidis prope petiolos undique. radicans; 



fubdivifus ramis oppofitis, diilufis, radicanti- 



bus. 

 Folia oppofita , petiolata , horizontalia , ovata , 



obtufa, bafi attenuata, crenata, triiineata, lae- 



vifiima , nitida. 



Stipulae nullae. Petioli breves. 

 Flores axiilares, brevilTune pedicellati, mininii 



virides, monoici, mafc. et feminei mixti. 



