PENTANDRIA. Mono.ffynia 



105 



petiolo bifrdo 





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Folia alterna, petiolata, $- partita, parentis: foliola 

 omnia petiolata, glabra, lerrata , nervofa , fupra 



vmdia, fubtua pallidiora; fotennedkitti matus et 



longius, , petiohtum, acutius; imcriora duplo mi- 

 nora, iemipollicaria, obtufiora "" ' mMjmm 

 infidentia. 



Petioli terete*, fupra hilcati. 



Ctrrhi foiiis oppoiiti, angulati, btfidf. 



Flores axiltares, panicul: itL 



FanicuJa fupradccompofita, faftipata, primo tricho- 

 toma, deindichotoma, ultimo raccmoia. 



Pedunculus teres, ftriatus, tblits longior. 



Ftvianthium viride, minimum , obiblete 4-dcntatum, 

 perfiftens. 



Corolla 4 -petals, dccidaa: /Vr*A? ovafa concava, fub 

 apice fornicm y acuta , viridia, paten tia, femili- 

 ncam longa. 



Kechrium fertifonne, g^ermcn eing?ns 5 4-fulcatum, co- 

 rolla multo brevius, croceum. 



FiUmtnta quatuor, neclarii fulcis externe et inferne 

 inferta, fubuiata, corolla breviora, virefcentia. 



Anthcrae minimae, rotundae^ flavae. 



Gormen fuperum, planiufculum, croceum. 



Stylus unicus, ■ filiformis, longitudine filamentorum. 

 . Stiqtna (implex, obtufum. 



pentn. V. folils qutnatis : foliolis indivifis ferratis. 



phylla. Caulis herbaceus, filiformis, fcandens, fulcatus , gfaber. 



Folia 



fi 



bad 



attenuate ,^ acuminata, ferrata, tenuia,j glabra, 

 lateralia minora, fubpollicaria. 

 Petioli bipollicares. 



Flores racemoft. 



Racemi axiliares folio lon%iorcs, fiofculh remotis mini- 



nimis« 





ACHYRANTHES. 



t/pera. A. caule ere&o, caJycibus? reflexis fpieaS adpreffis 



Achyranthes afpera. Linn, fpec. Plant p. 295. 



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