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XIII. Defcription of Brotera pcrftca and Mujielia eupatoria, iwo new 

 Plants cultivated in the Botanic Garden of Halle, by Curt Sprengel,M,D. 

 Profejfor of Botany in the Univerjity of Halle, 



Read March 3, 1801. 



BROTERA PERsicA. 



Tab. XII. 

 Classi XIV. adnumeranda. 



CharaSier effentialis genericus. 



JL<ABII inferioris lacinia media cucuUata, involvens genitalia, eaque 

 cum impetu protrudens. 



Descriptio. — Herba quadripedalis, caule ramifque tetragonis, axillis 

 (fig. a.) barbatis. 



Folia oppofita, fubfecunda, petiolata, ovata, ferrata, fcabriufcula. 



Jnjlorefc. Cymata axillaris pedunculata. (fig. b. b.) 



Cal. quinqueariftatus, pubefcens. (fig. c. c.) 



Corolla minuta, calyce vix longior, ringens (fig. ^/.) : labium 

 fuperius bipartitum: (1.) inferius tripartitum, lacinia media 

 (3.) cucullata, antheras cum ftylo occultans, donee externus 

 ftimulus accedat, qui ilico deprimit cucuUuro, utantherse ereiSlae 



prodeant 



