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plerisquc obovatis. Diflert a Berberide officinali superius allatis characteribus 

 quos singuli iuilii obvii sardoi slipitcs oblulcrunt. A quinquc autem annis 

 eadem Berberis aetnensis in Ilorto botanico taurinensi culta ct quidcm propc 

 ipsam Berberidem vulgarem, sptnas protulit panllo minus validas et folia 

 complura iniegra, reliqna vix scrrato-ciliata, cacspitcs vero vix sesquipedales 

 hactenus refcrt, ramis confertis brevibusquc, racemos paucifloros ct brcves, 

 spinas iufcriorcs nonnullas quadri-quinlupliccs, omnes brcviorcs majoresque 

 ac in Berberide vulgari , folia insupcr angustiora duplo triplovc breviora. 



ORDO III. 



NYMPHAEACEAE 



Nymphaeaceae DC. Prop. mcd. (ed. 2.) p. 119/Syst. 2. p. 3g. et Prod. 1. p. 11 3. 



Nymphaeaceae et Nclumboneae Bartl. Ord. nat. p. 88. 89. 



Calix 4-6-sepalus, persistens,, intus petaloideus. Petala plurima, 

 toro extus inserta serieque multiplici disposita, singula cum sepalis 

 petalisque exlerioribus alternantia, interiora sensim in stamina 

 abeuntia. Stamina indefinita, multiplici serie, supra petala, toro 

 inserta: antherae adnatae , introrsae. Ovella 8-3o, toro urceoli- 

 formi recepta, eodemve toro et inter se connata in ovarium multi- 

 loculare stigmatibus radiantibus coronatum; vel libera tori foveolis 

 immersa, stylis totidem liberis. Fructus pericarpio indehiscente, 

 subbaccato. Semina 1-2, in carpellis liberis, plurima in carpellis 

 inter se connatis. 



Herbae aquaticae, perennantes, caule rhizomatoideo. Folia longe 

 petiolata, limbo subrotundo supernatantia. Pedunculi solitarii, uni- 

 flori, longi, floribus emersis, speciosis. 



XII. NYMPIIAEA 



Nymphaea Sm. Fl. graec. Prod. 1. p. 36o. DC. Syst. 2. p. 49. Prod. 1. 

 p. 114. et Diss. de Nymph. in act. genev. 1. tab. 2. ic. 7. et 8. Nymphaeac 



