g 4 CLASSIS II. PLANTAE 



236. AMOMVM. £/'»». Ed.V.n. 2. 



Spnthae flores cingentes, lococalicis; corol- 

 la puario infiftens, breui tubo, laciniis quatuor 

 irregularker pofitis , quartam barum neclarium 

 dixit et Iimbum tripartitum defcripfit Linnaeus; 

 ftamen filamento membranaceo, anthera iineari 

 inftrucium; fruclus trigonus, trilocularis, tri- 

 valvis; femina angulofa. 



Cel Bfwivn. Iam.p. 113. diverfos paullo cbaracle- 

 res propofuit : JciL calix monophyUus, breuis, oua- 

 rioinfijiensr tubulofus , tnfiaus ', ftigma obtufum, 

 quodcum parte fuperiorijiyli infinu antherae re- 

 conditur , et, vt videtur, amomvm^maran- 

 T a m conjungit. 



cardamomvm^/. nj.item 



grana paradisi offic. huc pertinent. 



237. COSTVS. Linn. Ed,V.n. 3 . 



Calix tridentatus , ouario infiftens ; corolla 

 tripartita, laciniis lanceolatis, ex quarum medio 

 petalum furgit, a Linnaeo neclarium diclum , ma- 

 gnum , tubulofum, bilabiatum, labio inferiore 

 amplo, trifido, fiiperiore angufto, antheram li- 

 nearem fufcipiente ; ftigma capitatum, emargi- 

 natum ; capfula trilocularis, triualuis, femina 

 angulofa continens. Spadix fimplex , fujiinens 

 fiojcuhs, fpatbis fimplicibus fuccinctos. 



238. MARANTA. Plum. G. \6.Linn. 

 Ed. V. n. 5. 



Calix monophyllus, profunde trifidus, fe- 

 gmentis acutis, ouario infiftens ; corolla infun- 

 dibuiiformis, fexfida, laciniis akernis maioribus, 



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