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o-ioribus, tnbus fuperiorilnis minorlVus. Corolh iiifundibdiformis , 

 iupera, longa. Tubi/s furfum cr.iflior, pilofus, cinereus, erecliis. Lhn- 

 biis 5-parntus, patcns , iaciniis lanceolatis-, planis , lubtiis vLllofis, \io- 

 iaceis, fupcrnc albis, ghbris. Faux spcrta, intus villofa. F:lamtnia 

 corolls adnata , iummo apice Kbcra. Antherce lateri extci-iori affixa;, 

 crefl.x, lineeres, vrx ad fancem pcninf^entes , virefcentcs. Germen 

 tubo caiycis adnatum-, fupcrne pla^num, albidura, annuio & ambilico 

 jiotatum. Sfijbis filiformis, tubo corolla? minor. ■Stigma duplcx', fili- 

 fortwe. ParJcarjmim : caiyx periiftens, tubo adnatus. Cnpfvh bilocu- 

 ■laris, quadrivalvis, polyfperma, fupra plana, umbilico gibbo, bifido 

 connivente. Semina parva, compreiTa, afliKa reccpracido g^obofo ia 

 (]uavis capfula. 

 In montibus altiorlbus Had/e, alilsiqae. 



Ufus radicis contra Uktrn , dum conrufa applicatur. Allqnot Arabes 

 vocabant eam Lacrja , »^5 quod genuinum & pcr tot.im rcgnoncm 

 notifiimum nomcn Jrijlohclnir fempervir. qua: panacca gcntis efi 

 contra morfus fcrpcntum. An igitur paucis Giim innotuit Ophior- 

 rhizE virtus antitoxica^ unde idcm nomen ob eandem proprietatem 

 atnbabas plantis impofuerunt? Hodic enim Ophiorrhiza; & noraen & 

 vis, iiua- nos ram famofa , his in oris piane ignora eli. 



IPOMOEA. 



40. IPOMOEA palmata; /o//zj- paJmeJis, lobis ^-kmceolatls, extimis iijidis; 

 pedmicdis dichotomis. 

 Descr. Caiiris volubilis. FoEa altema: petiolus longitu-dine folii, rripolli- 

 carrs. Stipaliv bin.T, foliiformes, palmat:u5 lobis fepteuis infimis bifidfls; 

 breviTcr petiolatjc; diametro medii pollicis, & ultra. Pedmicnli axWVx- 

 rcs, fpithamaies, i- 2- 3- flori: ubi autem Itete excrcfcunt dicliotomi, 

 ter divifi, rcli£lo femper in dichotomia? medio c-atlo cauliformi, rrunca- 

 to: interdum, raro tamen, in pcdunculum uniflorum excrefccnte. Bra- 

 £fea , feu Squama parva ovato - acuta , cuique pedunculo fubjecla ad 

 luT^ulam dithotomiam. Extremi pcdunculi uniflori, infra di.qiidium 

 utrinque Qemmula , velut rudimentum nova; dichotomia': impedita fortc 

 callo medio. Calyx 5-phyllus. Corolla 2. pell. longa & lata; \io- 

 lacea, opaca. Tiibus nitidus , cylindricus : bafi coarftatiis usque ad ci- 

 lycis longitudinem: inde ad limbi oram 5 carinis fubulatis, fubtus ca- 

 naliculatis, margine elatis, albis. Stamina inxqualia, tubo breviora, 

 ■Stigma album, globo duplici, feffili, ovato, transverfe ftriato, 



(F) a Rnfetfce 



