ic^qa PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 



In pav'cis floribus vidi flores male, folos abf- 

 que femineo, fed rarum'efl. 

 • [ 93. SID A crifpa capfulis globofis inflatis etc. 

 Radix forte annua. 



Caules tri-vel quadripedales, mox a bafi ramofi, 



debiles, ramis longicudine cauHs, confimili- 



bus, debilibus, longis, filiformibuj, patenti- 



bus, glabris, interdum levifTime pubefcenti- 



bus. 



Folia alterna, cordata, acuminata, tenera, gla- 



briufcula, venofa, margine crenata, crenis 



latis obtufis \ inferiora petiolata ; fuperiora 



fubfefTilia, duplo minora. Petioli teretes, 



fubpubefcentes. Stipulae breves, fubulatae, 



parvae. " 



Flores in ramulis brevibus, lateraKbus : latera- 



les akerni, folitarii vel' ex aplce pedicelli. 



Fedunculm capillaris, patdns, fimplex, verfus 



apicem articulo inftruftus, exteriore leviter 



cralTiore, fubpubefcenti. 



"'•^ Cal. F erianthium monophyil\:im,p^t^ns, con- 



vexum, quinque angulis '*ad"bafin angula- 



tum, quinquefidum : laciniis ovatis, acutis, 



•'' aibefcenti-canis. * 



Cor. caiycc fefquiduplo longior,' plana, pa- 

 ■*-f '"- t^ns: pctalis fubrotundis. ' 



Stam. plura, in columnam conriata teretem, 

 poilea divifa, patenti-incurva, corolla bre- 

 viora. Anther ae fubrotundae. - 



Pi ST. 



