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Flores pauci 2-6, fefllles, ex axillis foliorum 



conferti, bradeolis fpathulatis lineari-acutis 



diflindli (hinc habitUs fere Commelinae, cui 



alHne genus eft.) 

 Nedlario omnino caret. Corollae color aquCus. 

 Cal. Terianthium triphyllum, eredum : foliolis 



lineari-fubulatis, dorfo carinatis, perrillen- 



tibus, marcefcentibus. 

 Cor. Petala cria, linearia, acuta, membr^na- 



cea, ealycis longitudine, eredta, aplce pa- 

 tula. 

 St AM. Filamenta trla, caplllaria, cofolla du- 



plo longiora, ereda. Ant her ae fubrotundae 

 PiST. Germen oblongum^ comprefTum. Stylus 



capiliaris, ftaminibus brevior. Stigma triti- 



dum patens. (*) 

 , Pei^. Capfula oblonga compreffa, acuminata, 



utrinque fulco imprefib, bilocularis, bival- 



vis : valvulis diflepimento oppofitis. 

 Sem. nonnulla, fnbrotunda. j^3^ 



Habitat in vadis, depreilis, fub fritticibuS ubl- 



que circa BARCELLOivfAM Noz^ant in provin- 



cia Cumanenfi. 



(*) Licet Stigma fit trifidum, nunquam 

 tamen viai Cavfulam triloculare m* 



54. PONTEDERIA cordata Phrynium Au- 

 thms. 



Q^ 2 Planta 



