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SpEcrES. ARNEBIA tinctoria 5 folih laneeolatis, fiir/ufif , eavte ere^o, 



Descr. Radix fiifi-formis, catile tenuior , cxterne rubra , cutcm tingens. 

 Cav.lis cre£lus, a bafi ramofus, hirfliro -hifpidus, teres, rufefcens, femi- 

 fpiihamalis. Fdici inferiora maii>ra , fellilia , pollicaria , lineart- 



lanccolata, caule mimis hirfuta. Flores m fpicis ramorum tcrminalibus 

 fccundis , tuite florcrcentiam leviter r:flexis. Bra&ea foliifjnDis ad 

 qucmqiie florem, illo longior. Calijx utrinque villofus. Corolla oh- 

 fcure- vioI.<icca, calyce longior. 



In defertis Afl7//VH/// ad Caid Beij. Arab. Sagaret el arneb. ^.^«^)! js /•?:"' 



ANTURA. 



3. ANTURA. Monogynia, monopefala , mfera. 



Descr. Frntex tricubitalis, dichotomus: fpinis cx dichoromia geminis pa- 

 tentibus, oppofitis, folio f^pe longioribus. Fulia brevitcr petidata, 

 oppoflta, pollicaria , ov.uo-acuta, infcriora latiora , obtufa. Pedunculi 

 corymbi terminalcs, pcdicellis confcrtis , bifloris. Flores fcfliles, fa:;pe 

 conjugati. Cahjx perianth. i -pbyllam , ^-partitum, creiium , lineari- 

 lanceolatum, breve, periirtens. Corolla monopetak; tubns tcres, rcQus, 

 furfum cratlTor , calyce quadruplo longior, ruber. Limbns 5-parritus, 

 tubo brevior, patenti- reflcxus, lineari-lanceolatus, albus. Filarnenta, 

 tuho corollae breviora, ei adnata. Antherec erettj?, lanceolatac. Ger- 

 mm ovatum, viride, calyce brevius. Stijhts flliformis, longitudine 

 filamentorum. Sfigma fimpfex, cylindricum, crafium , obtufum, anthe- 

 rarum longitudine. Pericarpium, bacca fupcra, ovalis, pifi magnitu- 

 dine, nigra, bilocularis, difperma, edulis. Semina in quovis loculo 2, 

 oblonga, uno latere convexa, duobus planis. 



In montibus Hadicnfthus frcquens. Arab. Antur. Vocatur &• Emir ja- 

 Jir jmjLs^A/cI vel Arm. ^yS 



CATHA. 



4. CATHA. Monogjnia, ^-pciah, hfera. 



Descr. Arbor. Rnmi alterni, axillares; ramuli virides, tmnui, articulati. 

 Fo/m bipoll. ovato lanceolata, fcrrata, gkbra, plana , nitida, patentia, 

 rigida, oppofita; in ramis magnis akerna. Petiolns fuperne planus, 

 brevis. Pedunculi axillares, oppofiti, terminalcs , folitarii ad angulos 

 reflos, denfe dichotomi, fiofculo parvo pedieellato ex fingula dichotomia, 

 & fub illa fquamac 2 parva;, lanceolatE, oppofita?. Cnhix crateriformis., 

 monophyllus, 5-dentatus, margine viilofo - fufcus , obtufus, viridis, 

 corolla tnplo brevior. Corolla j-petala, infera, alba, cretto-patcns, 



ovalis , 



