6^0 O c t a n d r i a. 



aqua- RHEXIA, foliis oppofitis cordatis 

 tica. crcnulatis hirfutiufculis, paniculis 

 tcrminalibus trichotomis , ramulis 

 filiformibus patentiffimis. 



Melnjioma aquatica, foliis 5 - nerviis cor- 

 datis acuti? crenulatis fupra hirfutis 

 inferne laevibus, panicuhs termina- 

 libus trichotomis diffufis. Prodr. 

 P- 73' 



M. aquitica^ foliis cordatis crenatis, 

 fupra hirfutis ferrugineis, fubtus iae- 

 vjbus , fioribus albis paniculatis. 

 AuBL. guian, 430. 1. 169. 



Habitat in locis inundatis Cayennae^ 

 ( AuBLET. ) , Surinami , ( Bake r. ) 

 Jamaicae, (Wright. M asson , Ipfe.) 

 Dominicae. (^du Ponthieu.) 



^uffruticofa. 



Caules fcsqui - f. 3 • pedales, tetragonl , ei*e(5li, verfus 

 apices ramofi, laeviufculi, i. hirti. 



Rami oppofiti , 4 - goni , patentes , elongati, 

 debiles, hirfuti, ferruginei. 



Folia oppofita, bieviter petiolata, cordata , de- 

 cuiTata , acuta , 1-2 uucialia, erenuiata, 5-7- 



