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Acl .scpos cl scriis ^ia^s. 



I''l. jiilio, auguslo. T^ 



Ital. ('(tpriiiclld. Dentaria causticd. DnilcHnrid. Pioiiihag^lne. 



\ crn. ui. jirizarn. Krha de arrnnp;ia. 



lleilia, ot riulix pracserllm , causlica ; c\terno usu ulccra ad cicatiiccm pcrcluccic, scabicm sannrc, 

 Dflontalijiac iiicdcri Iradila, quare vetus ejus Dentariae aut Dcntillariae aomcn. 



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Planlagineac Vent. Tabl. 2. j). 269. R. Brown Prod. (eil. i.) p. ^aS. Bartl. Oi-d. 

 nat. p. 123. B.\RNEOUD Monogr. Plantag. (Pains iS.^^S.). Endlich. Gcn. p. 346. 

 ScHNizi.. Iconogr. Fam. nat. tab. i 16. Plantagincs Juss. Gen. p. 8g. Planta- 

 ginaceae Lindi.. Introil. (ctl. 2.) p. ^G^j. Veget. kingd. p. 642. Decaisn. in DC. 

 Prod. i^. p. 692. 



Flores hcrmapliroditi, raro polygami aiit monoici. Calix persistens, 

 in inonoic. fl. foem. 3-sepalns, caetero 4-pai'titus, aestivationc imbri- 

 catns. Corolla regnlaris, ant rpiidqnam irrcgiilaris, persistens, scariosa, 

 tnbnIo.sa, limbo ^-p^rtito, vel, in monoicis et polygamis, 3-4-fido. 

 aestivatione imbricato. Stamina 4 5 (in polygam. 1-2), imo corollae 

 tnbo , imaeve calicis basi inserta, corollae laciniis alterna : filamenla 

 filiformia, ante antbesim inflexa: antherae incnmbentes, introrsae, 

 apicnlatae , 2-lociilares , locnlis basi discretis , jnxta longitndinem 

 dehiscentibns. Ovarinm in polygainis et monoicis 1-2-locnlai'e, i- 

 •>.-ovnlatnin ; ovnlo Ijasi dissepimenti cito evanidi , imovc locnlo 

 alfixo, peltato ant erecto: in hermapbroditis 2-locnlare vel, locnlis, 

 placentae alis, loccllatis, spnrie 3-5-Ioculare; ovnlis cujnsque lo- 

 cnli solitariis plnribnsve, medio disscpimenlo ant placentae alis pel- 

 tatim affixis. Stylus terminalis , filiformis, exscrtns, superne bifariam 

 stigmalirer pnbescensque. Frnctns, in polygamis et monoicis nncu- 

 laris, ossens, i-spermns, indehiscens: in hcrmapliroditis capsnlaris, 

 membrana(;ens, 2-, vel , spnrie, 3-f)-IocuIaris, 2-poIyspcrmus , raro, 

 abortn, i-spermus, demnin circnmscissus. Scminnm' testa membra- 

 «acea, aut, madcfacta, miicilaginosa: nmbilico rarissime. prope basim, 



