948 Polyandria. 



/erraia. LIGHTFOOTIA, foliis oblongo - 

 ovatis ferratis acuminatis , peduncu- 

 lis laLeralibus aggregatis iinifloris. 

 Vahl Jymb. 3. p. 69. Swartz 

 Prodr. p. 83. 



Habitat in Infula Montferrat^ Ameri- 

 ces , ibique in monte Sulphuris (Sul- 

 fur Mountain) legit J. Ryan. ft. 



j^rbufcida. 



Rami rubdivifi, teretes, incrmes, verrucofi , 

 ciiierafcentes. 

 Folia petiolata , alterna , plerumque in ramulis 



termiiialia, oblongo - ovata , utrinquc glabra, 



tenuiora. 



JPetioli tcMetiufcuIi ^ femipollicarcs. 

 Pedunculi conferti ,46, falciculati , 3 • 6 - linca- 



fes, uniflori , cx apicibus ramulorum lateralium 



annotiuorum, verfus bafin articulati; hinc pro- 



pe articulum decidui. Squamae aliquot acu- 



miuatae emarcidae ad bafin pedunculorum. 

 Flores pallidi, parvi, hermaphroditi et dioici iH 



diftindis individuis. 

 Hermaphroditi. 

 Feriantbium tetraphyllum. Foliola ovatt, conca. 



va, glabra, patentia, colorata, pallida. 



