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TETRANDRIA. 189. 



MONOGYNIA. 



56.TTrEDELIA. (ALLIONIA incarnata) 

 V V Radix fibrofa. 



Cauks plures, difFufi, procumbentes, articu- 

 lati, pubcfcentes. 



Folia oblique ovata, oppofita, bina 1. terna ad 

 radicem geniculata, alterna majora, reliqua 

 fcnfim minora, fubfeffilia, integra. 



Flores alterni, folitarii, ex alis foliorum mino- 

 res vel ramulofi. Pedunculo floris longi- 

 tudine. 



Corolla pallide purpurea. 



Cal. Perianthium commune triphyllum, triflo- 

 rum, foliolis ovatis, concavis. 



Cor, univerfalis a.ggreg2ita^ aequalis, triflora; 

 fmgula intra angulum folii calycis : propria 

 tubulofa, Germini infidens. Tubus anguilus 

 fenfum ampliatus. Limbus eredlus, inae- 

 qualis, e latere interiore tantum continuatus 

 f. exfertus, obtufe trifidus ; laciniis bifidis, 

 e latere interiore deliquefcens. 



St AM. fmgulis Filamenta quatuor, fetacea, co- 

 rolla paulo longiora. Antherae fubrotundae. 



PisT. fingulis Germen fub coroUula ; oblongum. 

 Stilus fetaceus. Stigma capitatum, oblongum. 



Per. 



