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Monophyllum, magnum, utrinque hirfutum, bafi len 





collo c oar Bat am 



in quinque lacinias lanceolatas 



pinnatifidas, ereclo-patentes, ad bafim fere feci 



Corolla Monopetala, tubulata, calice long 



ring ens j tubus obhi 



externe hirjuta 



d bajim fuperne gibbu 



?iet~l, 



gata 



prominulum concavum cbtufum turgem j fauce leniter ampl 



tus : limbus ereflus 



quatuor lacinias i?iaquales 



qualit 





Stami 



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feBus; hc'mhfuperior recta, latiu/cula, profunde crenata, fi 

 bifida-, laterales oblongce & a fuperiori oblique decedentes; innma 



ifta pa tula, ad medietatcm for is incifa, longiffi 



Filamenta quatuor 



rolla 



anthers comprefjce, quadrat 



fla, aqualia, longitudine ft 



obliq 



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tncumbentes, 



Pift ilium. Germen ova turn libet 



■ginibus agglutinates, corona m liber am Jligmati formajit 



dine f 

 fubpofitum 



fliema lib 



fun do calicis Jit 



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biloh 



m-, flylus long 

 obtufum, antb 



Pericarpium, Capfula bilocularis ovata, feminibus plurimis parvis reft 



This beautiful vegetable is a native of the 

 met with in the woods of New Liguanea, and St. Ann 



It 



and mofi commonly 



a 



ery iucc 



d grows luxuriantly in every rich and fhady foil j throwing its branches fre 



quently to the height of fo 



five fee 



d higher 



ghbouring flump, or fhrub. The flem is pretty thick 



when fupported by fome 



nd 



and alternately larger. The flowers 



oppofi 



the out- fide 



other parts of th 



beautifully variegated, and hairy 

 The divifions of the cup 



lingular flru&ure; and pinnated at the fides, fomewhat like thofe of th 

 The whole plant has an uncommon, but beautiful appeara 



are of a 



'den rofe. 



and deferves to be 



cultivated in all the flower-gardens, in the 

 moil: likely to thrive. 



parts of the ifland, where it is 





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ACHIMENE3 2. Minor, erccla,Jimplex\ foliis cr en at is, ovatis, oppofitis vel 



ternatis-, fori bus petiolatis fingularibus ad alas. 



Tab. 



30. f. 1. 



The fmaller erect Achimenes. 



I found 



Liguan 



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5 beautiful little plant near Hope-river, in 

 has a fiend r even flem, furnifhed with fom 



the 



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ppofite or verticillated ord 



at flated difla 



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Id 



difpoftd 



fes above ten 



fourteen inches in he 



5 



It 



beautiful finsle reddifh fl 



of each of the upper 



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nver, from 

 tho' it agrees in the molt effential parts 



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with the foregoing, it differs much from it in appca 



for the divifions of 



cup 



are 



fimpl 



and 



and the lower part of the germen 



ected to the 



bowl of the empalement. The tube of the flower is more open, though equally 



furnifhed with a ncclarium, of the fame form 



bafe 



pretty much expanded 



The limb, or margin, 



and flightly, but unequally, divided. The filaments 



longer than the flo 



s 



and fornewl 



fled as they rife: but the formation and 



difpofition of the anth 



the fame as in the foregoing fpeciesj and ihefiigma 



divided into two flattifh lobes, in this, alfo. 

 This little plant has a great deal of the beauty and 



of the foregoing 



cies ; and richly deferves to be cultivated 



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the flower-gardens in A 



thrives bed; 



a 



ith 



mould 





lly foil 



furnifhed with moifl 



It 



and intermixed 





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