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glumj in Gramineis cattd exterior & conformis , faepè bivalvis ; 



fp,iiha in Liliaceis & fpadiceis floribus, bafi pedicellum aut pe- 

 duncul'.im vaginans & juniufculos flores compleftens , fimplex 

 hinc rtfTa aut mu.'tipartira. 



Floris part js anteà memoratae funt organa fexualia & eoruni 

 integumenra (eu Perianthia , haec calicis & corollae, illa ftami- 

 nii.T» & piftiili noininibus infignira <», quibus fingulis fua eft dif- 

 limilis ac varians ftruftura & difpofitio , utraque attentiùs per- 

 pennenda. 



Calix , integumentiim floris exterius feu Perianth'tum propric 

 diflum , corticofa pedunculi floralis produflio j rarô deficiens , 

 fexubus turandis conftitutus , fub piftillo exorirur , nunc eidem 

 partim aut omninô adinfcens epidermidis inflar , limbe fuperiore 

 tanriim Whzro fe mi fuperus aut fjperus ^, nunc ab exortu diftinftus 

 & difcedens inferus ; mox caducus aperto flore, aut cum corollà 

 pofthàc deciduus , aut ultra perjî^ens ; fimplex , aut calïculatus feu 

 caliculo cindïus extimo i^^h. minore; /'o/v/'Ay//wj foliolis conftans 

 pluribus diftinciis , definitis vel rariùs indefinitis, unico vel gé- 

 miné vel multiplici ordine difpofitis , aut monophyllus & tune 

 multïparùtus laciniis bafi tantiim junftis , vel integtr omninô indi- 

 vifus, vel bafi integer & limbo divifus. Hujus bafis brevis aut 

 cblonga aut longilîîma , vcntricofa fauce coarftata aut mceoLirïs 

 fauce patens, aut tuhulofa cylindrica zut turbinjr.i obversè conica j 

 aut eadem longior infundibuitformïs aut planiufcula omninô patens. 

 Limbuseft connivens aut reihis aut patens aut rcflexus, integer 



* His addit Linnxnis Neclarium quo nominc dcfignat partes przdiclis 

 florum organis interdùm additas & fl^rurturâ divcrfifllmas , ut funt 

 glandula; , Ictx, fquamuîx , appendices, tubcrcuia , fovcjc , fulci , 

 calcaratx & cornutx propagincs &c. Rc)icicndum c fcientiâ botanicâ 

 nomcn vagum nimis, defcriptionibus & caradcribiis implicandis ido- 

 ncum , & rcvocanda; potiùs ad fmgula organa partes pro ncdario 

 habitx , nunc proprio tantiim nomine appellandx. 



* Calix non abit in frutflum ut ait Tourncfortius , ncc ipfî vcrc 

 fuperus cil rcfcrcntc I.innxo , fcd ipfum à bafi obtcgit intcgrum fîmul 

 concrcfccns ( vide Acl. Parif. 177} , p. iij ). Linnxanum tamcn 

 vocabuhim Botaiiicis acccptum hic admittitur mutatâ tantùm dcfiniùonc. 



