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menibranaceac ovato-Ianceolatae aciifae v. obtusiiiseulac, 3 lineas 

 ]on"ae, 2 lineas latae. Peduncuhis pedicclHque teretes crassiusculi, 

 pilis clavatis, articulatis, crystallinis, pedicelloruni diametrum lon- 

 ■^itudine sua subsuperantibus patentibus , versus apicem pedi- 

 cellorum assurgentibus, calycemque cupulatim recipientibus den- 

 bissime obsessi. Cahx profunde quinquepartitus, laciniis ovatis ob- 

 tusis concavis carinatis , evalbido - virentibus, utrinquc lineis pur- 

 pureis variegatis. Slamina quinque , calycis laciniis opposita; fi- 

 lamentis iisdem usque ad mediam longitudinem adnatis , in ala- 

 bastro incurvis , tandem elastice prosilicntibus, easdem triente su- 

 perantibus , teretibus , transverse constrictim rugosis. Antlierae 

 iutrorsae biloculares , summo dorso ailixae , loculi oppositi ova- 

 to-oblongi subdiscreti, lalcre juvta tolani longitudinem dehiscen- 



tes. Flores fcminei in distincta stiipc (?), capitati, capitula per 



ramos sparsa, el)racteata, brevissinic pcdunculata, depressiuscule 

 subo^lobosa. Ovaria pluriuia , nuda , jiilis articulatis densissimo 

 .stipata, ovato-subgIoJ)osa , sligmatihiis ])lliformil)us pluriniis. Re- 

 ceptaculum fructifcrum cariiosum , cvaii)idum hyalinum , nucis 

 avcllanac molc, dcpressiusculc globosiiiii , bullato -verrucosum. 

 Achcnia seininis cannabini magnitudinc ct colore , stigmatibus 

 ncrsistentil)us coronala , sicca , recfj l;»< uli sinubus imlusa. Sc- 

 mcn inversum. limbrM) orthotropus avi!i.>, radicula supera. 



XX. M R E A E. 



M. iMORUS Linn gen. n. 1035. 



Flores ma.scnli et fcminei in diversis .spici.s cylindrlcis. Calyx 

 quadrifidu.s. Stamina qnatuor ; fllamentis in alabastro incurvis, tan- 

 dem patentibu.s. Ovarium lihcrum. Sti;iina(a 2. .se.s.siiia elongatavil- 

 Josa. Achenium rectum. Scmcn pcndulum. Embryo curvatus. 



84. MOBUs PEXDiLiNA, foliis oblongo - lanceolatis acuminatis basi 

 rotundatis subsinuatis argute serratis costatis scabridis, amen- 

 tis masculis elongatis pendulis. 



Ferd. Bauer lllustr. pl. Norfolk. ^ i86. 



Crescit in insula Norfolk ad sinum Ansonis, men- 

 sibus Augusto et Septembri florens. {Ferd.Bauer.) 



Arbor ramis pennam anscrinam crassis , cortice cincreo-fii- 

 sco , lenliccllis discoioiibus conspcrso , facile detractili Ramuli 

 iicnna corvina viv crassiorcs , allcini , juilliccm v. sesquij)oIIicciii 

 dissiti, 2''/i — 3V2 pollices longi , patenlcs: corticc e viridi fii- 

 scesccnte , lenticellis majoribus c\a.sj)erato. Folia in ramulis al- 

 lcrna, 3 lincas ad scmipollicem dissita, f)blongc-Ianccolala , acu- 

 minata , basi rotundata , inferiora scs(|uii)oIliccin longa , '/i, poll. 

 lata, superiora 3Vj poll. longa, 2 polliccs lata , nonnulla irregu- 

 lariter subsinuata, omnia argutc serrata, utriiujue imprimis ta- 

 inen pa^ina superiore granuloso - scabrida , unincrvia , costata. 

 Nervus medius validus, supra imprcssus, subtiis prominulus : 

 costae multo tcneriores , utrinquc i2 — 16, fcrc ad angulum rcc- 

 tum patentcs, oppositac v. approximatim alternac : venujae intra 

 costas subtilissimc rcticulalac. Pclioll 4 lineas longi, siipra com- 

 planati, siiblus coiu eviusculi crassiorcs , p'lis brcvibus adprcssis 

 cousili. Stipulac avill.iris ct oppositifolia , lanccolalac , acuiiiina- 

 fac 2 liiicas longac . in ramis ranuilisque tcrmiualcs, illos acumi- 



