17^ Classis X, Ordo m. 



nopus...P/ /n. fp. 11. ic. 123. / I. feu E. frut'cofus Linn. fpee; 

 ab LoJem om'tjfus in éd. po(l. ., frutcx à RottboUio Kol^nAïZ diffus , 

 cui folla altcna i/ingra jubùis argenfea 3 flores conglobati axllarcs , 

 flnÇ il calice gluma.eo 6" ex Rottb. co'-oild 4-fidd 4-andrd i:J}ruSi ? 



CURYMBIUM, L. ' Calix i-Horus flore flofculofo, 2-phyIlus 

 glumaceus longiis connivens cyiindricus , caliculatus caliculo 

 brevilTimo 4-5-phyIlo. Stigma 2-fidiim. Semen obloni^um vil- 

 lofiinnuim coronatum caliculo urccolato paleaceo. Recepra- 

 Clilum nudum, Caulis pedalis fbl gnojiLs ; foliu radicalia grami- 

 nea longa multinervia conucLd ; caulina jquamifonnia rariora ; flores 

 diftinâi corymbofi axillarcs 6» terminales. Gi.nus nulii verè aj^i>e , ni/i 

 foriè Echiiwpi pariter i-fpermo ^ fed habita divcrfijjimum. : an Se~ 

 ripliio /î T. /Il us ? 



SPH.€RANTHUS , V. L. * CUices multifiori floribus flofculofis 

 «j-phylii aggrcgati in capirulum rphscriceum, luprà receptacu- 

 lum commune g'obofum fquiimofum lou paleaceum, cirK^^um 

 calice polyphyllo brevi. Floiculi centrales 2-3 hermaphrodito- 

 niafcu'.i 5-ridi ftigmate fimplici , marginales 5-10 fœminei 

 3-dentari ftigmare duplici. His femen oblongum nudum. Rc- 

 ceutaculum partiale nudum. Hcrba. ; folia fczpiiis dccurrentia ; 

 capitu'a terminalia aut a-illaria. Corigener Polycephalos Forjk» 

 An S. africanus Burm. Ind. ex gcnere & ordine depellendus ? 



Obs. Ordo ccrtè naturalis , fcd in fpecicbus diiigenter claborandus 

 ab Aucore m inogiapho ut itabilior fcrics ccitioraquc cruantur gc- 

 ncra Harc à Touineforcio in Inrt. Bot. faiîla , à Vaillainio in Act. 

 Parif. 171 S anda ac divifa plaiibus a'^liibitis fignis , à Linnaeo dclix 

 contr.di peglidis plcrumquc fignis Vail!antianis , ab Hallero , Sco- 

 pn io , Lamaik aliiiiquc rcccntioribas iterùtn murata , univcrfam or- 

 dini"; exigunt invcftigationcm anccqiiàm nova profcrantur. Hic crgô 

 p!craque Linnxi gcncra mancnt iiitada , tcmporc partiin convcllenJa. 

 Opporruna tamcn ac fncili<; vifa fuit gcerica parritio Ccnraurca: nu- 

 mciofas in definitis ficftionibiis fpccics complc(flenti'; ., quâ pcradlâ'fp'i- 

 no^'x Cinarocephnlx ab inermibiis U-ccrnuntur divifione naturali & 

 quidam fcrics lùllituitur à rcdlo mii us alicna. An potiùs dc^uccnda 

 ex rcccptaculo fecofo aut palcacco , ex pappo plumofo aut pi lo fo , ex 

 ftionia e limpli'i aut gcm.no ? An reccpt;ici!a qixbbet nuda ex or- 

 dine climinanda ; an contra quxdam admittenda cztcris favenribus 

 lîanis ut in Eupatorio , Xcrantliemo, Chuquiragâ &r. ? An idem 

 de gcncribus maigine ligulîtis praitir^ a (iniiiibus , quorum iigul^e hcr- 

 maphrodira; , ut Bnrna Icfîa &: for-c Munlia ? An Anadtyiis & Zocgcn , 

 utiaque ligulata fcd pra'tcrcà Cinaroccphalis omnino co f.-irmis , ab 

 his tamen rcmovcnda? An hùc revocandum Xiranthinvmi T. à con- 

 ccnenbus Linnxanis plcrifque diltincftum rcccprnculo paleaceo î Gê- 

 nera anomala ordini adjcda ncc Iiuic ncc fcqucnti omninô convc- 

 nmi.r , intcr utrumque r.cdia. 



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