

CHARACTERS AND DESCRIPTIONS ^ 



OF 



THREE NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS, 



Sfc. Sfc. 



HAMAMELIS. Linn. 



Syst. Linn. Tetrandria Digynia. 



Char. Gen. Petala 4, elongata, aestivatione valvato- 

 involuta ! Capsula semiinfera, bilocularis. Semina soli- 

 taria. 



Orb. Nat. Hamamelide^e, Br. 



Char. Gen. Petala elongata, sestivatione valvato-invo- 

 luta ! 



Obs. Hamamelidese notis praesertim sequentibas distin- 

 guuntur. Flos semisuperus, completus, tetrapetalus. Sta- 

 mina antnerifera quatuor, petalis alternantia ; Antheris basi 

 insertis, bilocularibus, loculo singulo dehiscenti valvula 

 unica medio semiseptifera, et vel altera sutura incompleta 

 persistenti, vel utraque solubili decidua. Ovarium bilocu- 

 lare, loculis monospermis, ovulis pendulis (v. appensis). 

 Styli duo. Fructus semiinferus, capsularis. Embryo longi- 

 tudine fere albuminis : raclicitla supera. 



Huic ordini, cui referenda Hamamelis, Linn., Dicoryplie, 

 Aub. Bu Petit- Thouars, et Dahlia, Thunb., forsan adji- 

 cienda, in distincta tamen sectione, Fothergilla, Linn., 



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