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ORD. XXXII. GRUINALES. 
(From Grus, a Crane,)' 
Where the central part of the flower resembles a crane’s bill after 
the petals have fallen off, as in the geranium, and some other 
genera where this appearance is not so evident. 
GUAIACUM OFFICINALE. OFFICINAL GUAIACUM., 
SYNONYMA. Guaiacum. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Miller’s 
Dict. Guaiacum, foliis fere impetiolatis, bijugatis, obovatis & 
leniter radiatis; pinnis & ramulis dichotomis. Browne’s Jamaica, 
225. Lignum Vite, or Guaiacum. Hughe’s Barbadoes, 142. 
Guaiacum Americanum primum, fructu aceris, sive legitimum. 
Breyn. Prodr. i. 31. Pruno vel Euonymo affinis arbor, folio 
alato, buxeo, subrotundo, flore pentapetalo ceruleo racemoso, 
fructu aceris cordato, cujus cortex luteus corrugatus, semen 
unicum majusculum nigricans nullo ossiculo tectum operit. 
r Sloane’s Jam. vol. ti. 133. §& Cat. P. Jam. 186. Guaiacum flore 
| ceruleo, fructo subrotundo. Plum. Nov. Gen. 39. Guaiacum, 
i magna matrice. Bauh. Pin. 448. Lignum'sanctum, Lignum 
Indicum, et Palus sanctus, Quorundam. eo 
Class Decandria. Order Monogynia. L. Gen. Plant. 518. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cal. 5-fidus inaequalis. Petala 5, calyci inserta. 
Caps. angulata 3 s 5-locularis. ieee ; 
Sp. Ch. G. foliolis bijugis obtusis. 
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