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I have claffed this plant, already, among the reeds ; but believe it does more pro 

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ZEUGITES i. Arundinaceus, ramofus, minor \ rufefcens % fanicula fparfa ter- 









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minali. Tab. 4. f. 3. 



The Mountain Reed- Grafs. 



Periantium G 



his trifli 



hull's inferioribus aqualibus 



-fubobtujis , tertia interior 



major obtuja, & ft 



id terminata : e Jinu hujus emcrgit germen oblong 



ftyl 



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fimplici villofo, & ftigmate obtu/iufculo y villofo, in/lrucJum 



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Ex eqdem firm etiam fur git pedu?iculu$ 



biforus ; Ji( 



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bus bivalvibus, calicibus dejlitutis , fingulis, flaminib 



bus reft 



her as oblong a bilobce, utrinque bij 



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1 found this curious little plant at Cold-Spring y in the mountains of New Ligua- 



and feldom rifes above two feet or twenty- fix 



nea: it grows in a rich fhady foil, 



inches in height. 







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PALM A 1. Spadicibus alaribus; fruBu maxima \ caudice fub&quali y cica- 



. triculis circalaribus fcabro; joliis enffor mibus t replicatis l 

 pinnatis. 



Coccos. L. Sp. PI. & H. C. 



Coccos & Coccoifera. Mart. 388. 

 Pal ma Indie a Coccifera angulofa C. B. Thez. Zey. 

 Palma Indie a nucifera Coccos dicla Raii. Slo. Cat. 132. 

 Tinga varia. H. M. p. 1 6c 3. f. 1, 2, 3, 4. 



The Cocco-Nut Tree. 



Flores, alii mafculini, alii feminini, in eodemfpadice. 





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Periantium Triphyllum breve. 



Corolla c fripetala y petalis oblongis y foliolis calicis alternatis. 



Stamina. Filament a fex y brevia, antheris majufculis y fagittatis y infrucJa* 



Piftillum. Germen obfoletum y flyli tres, fubulati y breves , ftigmata acuta. 







Fern in a. 





Periantium Nullum nifi petal a exterior a foris pro calice fu 



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Hexapetala, petalis fubrctundis cochl 



quorum tria maj 



Stamina Nulla. Germen craffum y fubrotundum ; ftylus nullus, ftigma 



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obtufe trilob 



excavatum. 



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piu 



Drupa quandoque ficca y & fibrofa ; quandoque baccata y £? 

 pidpofa - y nauco offeo magno triloculare iribus for aminulis 



fubobfoletis perforata reft 



Loculamenta pulte amyg 



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da lino vel aqueo femper repleta fi 

 doque ob/oleta fi 



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tamen 



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Tot funt germina minora y quot loculamenta perfecJa, in faucib 

 foraminum five lacunarum fita. 



This tree is planted in mod parts of America, both for its beauty and product 



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bearing 



generally 



foliage at the top, like the reft of the kind. This confifts of many 



lands, and rifes frequently to a confiderable h 



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flrong ribs, furnifhed with long narrow leaves folded lengthways, which rife in a con- 



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