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giiin, in slvlinn longiu.sciiluin sen.sim atlcnnaluni, i-locnlare, 1-2- 

 ovnlalnm : ovulis pcndnlis, ortliotropis. Stylus lincari-suhnlalns , 

 apicc inciirvus, snpcrne, ju\la line.uu (lorsalem purpnreani, papilloso- 

 stigmalifcr. Staminodia ant stamiiia c lilamcnto (iiitormi brevissimo 

 statim abenntia in conncctivnm, quam in staminihus amentornni 

 mascnlornm niullo crassins, clavato-pcltalum, apicc piligerum. An- 

 iherae abortivae, subindevc fertiles, locnlis snbovatis, connectivo, 

 inlra ejns apiccm, ntrincpie adnatis eodemqnc prorsns dircintis. Frn- 

 ctus, nncnla pilis septilcris, longiusculis, rigidiilis, erectis slipata , 

 obverse pyramidata, coriacea, i-sperma. Semcn cylindraceo-oblon- 

 gum, pendnliim : tcsta tennitcr mcmbranacca. Albumen parcum, car- 

 nosum. Embryo rectns, centralis: cotylcdones planiusculae, cllipticae: 

 radicula longa, cylindrica, infcra. — Arbores excelsae, seccdenlibiis, 

 (piotannis, strati cellnlaris corticalis laincllis, conspicuae. Gemmae 

 intia jietioloruin basim. Folia ampla, synanthia, e basi tri-quinque- 

 vel tri-quintnpli-nervia, palmatim angiilata lobatave, plns minnsve 

 sinuata ant dentata: ramuloruin basim stipantia brevius j)elioIata , 

 minora ct minus alte yixve in lobos divisa, basi truncata cuneatave, 

 infima fere ojiposita, caetera majora, alterna, longius pctiolata, altius 

 angulato-lobata lobatave, basi truncata cuneata cordatave: jnniora 

 ntrinqne, dorso j>raesertim, pilis stellatis intcrjectisqiie subinde sim- 

 plicibus, tomentosa: adulta, vel, ad nervos dnmtaxat, pubescentia, vel 

 omnino glabrata, dccidua. Pctioli basi incrassati. Stipulae opjiositi- 

 foliae, vaginantes, tubulosae aut cyatbiformes, membranaceae , aut, 

 limbo praescrtim, foliaceae, integrae, dentatae incisaeve, fngaces. 

 Ramnli juniores, perinde ac folia, tomcntosi, adnlti glabrati. Amenta 

 inascnla et foeminea, perraro in eodem, plerumque in diversis pe- 

 duncnlis, numero panca, sessilia. Pednnculi, ad raninlos annotinos, 

 opj^ositifolii , lateralcs ant terminales , longiusculi , nutantes aut 

 penduli. 



Platani praestanl decoris gratia et unilna: inconnnodo autem (iilustriC. Morren 

 jainpridem animadvcrtcnte), circa aedes consitae, non vacant: lanugo, stalo 

 tempore, c novellis ramis foliisque secedens atque in atmosphaeram avo- 

 lans, molestam viis aereis irritationem infert. 

 yol. III. ■ 68 



