r>38 Tetrandria. 



laxa. VRTIC A, foliis oppofitis ovatis acu* 

 minatis ferratis ; floribus dioicis: 

 mafculis peduncuiatis capitellatis, 

 femineis racemofi.< ; caule Iaxo. Pro- 

 drom. p. 35. Acta Holm. p, 58. 



Habitat in frutetis umbrofis ad rivos 

 in Hifpaniola. 



K^aulis herbaceus, 3-5-pftlalis, ramofus, laxus, 

 laevis. 



Rami divaricati, laxilTimi, angulofi 1. flriati , 

 fubdivifi, glabri. 



Folia oppofita, petiolata, ovata, acumine longio- 

 ri , dentato - ferrata, 3 - nervia, venofa fcabrofa, 

 fubtus hirfutula. 



Petioli longi, laxi. Stipulae ovatae , albidae, 

 oppofitae. 

 Flores dioici. 



Mascvli pediinculati, in capitulum congefti. 

 Pedunculi petiolis longiores, axiilares, ple- 

 rumque ad folia terminalia, fliiformes 

 laxi. 

 Calyx 4 - partitus. 



Filamenta 



