— Xi\) — 



aut cunaliis, contortus, viri-aliis, fniticosus ohscure-viri- 

 dls , inlcrin' navcsccns lii^nosiis : liimi viridos , aiil aj)ice 

 albidi, allcriii cicrti, el sacpc ((iiilurli aul oloiijiali, stria- 

 ti, sti'iis .s('al)n(li.s; tiirioiics allilcs, hasi alliiili .si|iiaiiin- 

 si, s(|unma alba cadiaa ; siipcrnc virjiali ciccli nildo-vi- 

 ridcs cl .s(|iiaiii().si , sr|iiaiiia ((Micdluri, crassiiiscida, apice 

 sjn'iio.sa dcorsiiiii acnicala, sul)lt'liai>(ma, sliiata. rociirva, 

 persislciUc usque ad ramorum eloni;alioHem, d(Mii(|ue cadu- 

 ca. Folia I'asciculala, fascicnlis conrcilis ali axillis ad api- 

 ceni raiiKii'iini. hasi !S(|uania scariosa alba, cadiica sidlnlta, 

 foli(»la a .'»-2(), 2-l> liu. lon}j;a, a|iicc sj)iuula terniiiiali dnia 

 navcsccnic, in sicco sulcata, scabrida, dense viridia, inae- 

 qualia. Floros crecli rarn solitarii duo raro Ires ad alas 

 lolioinni, odori, llavi, aut sidx roici, basi aiticiilali. cuu) 

 peduuculis, foliis lonf>iores aut subaequales: |teii<>()nium 

 sexparliluni persistcns, laciniac ndundalo-arniiiiiiatac in 

 acstivalione conniventos, "eniinula subovoidea; in Ibuescen- 

 tia laciniae apicc recurvalae, tubus perigonii albns laei- 

 niis e(piilongus , basi arliculalus cum apice |icdiinculi ; 

 pediincnlus Jislulosiis albns. tubo saope aecpiilongus et 

 unicdioratus. Stamina laciniis sublongiora, raro aopiilonga 

 liiamenta alba basi parum dilatata et laciniis inserta; an- 

 tlieiae pcitalae , flavae bisnicatae . pislyllnin uimm sta- 

 ininibns inCerius, uvarium turbinalnm , trigomim, album, 

 stylus ciliudricus; stigma trigouum album. Bacca sphae- 

 rica ant ovoidca fusco-nigra trcs-bis bicnlaris. luculis oly- 

 go-ant-dispermis. Semen ovoideuin medio sulralnm , um- 

 bilicus cum radicula lalerali jier Innicnlnm coujunctus ; 

 testa nigra lucida, endopleura alba diapliana albumea ; 

 album durum : embryo mininms , rectus . acuminalns. 



I'sis. Turioues alliles , vulgo sinuici niuii. come- 

 dunlur. 



0. Aspitrn(jus brcvifolivs Tor. 



Radix pereimis. Caulis ereclus contortus, confeite 



