PLANTAE AMERICANAE 365 



raminibus, obtufae, alternae e regione fere 

 calycis, omnes apice paulo inflexae. 



PiST. Germen fubrotundum, pentagonum vel ^^0 

 quinque tuberibus conftans. Stylus filifor- 

 mis, eredlus, llaminibus longior. Stigma 

 fimplex, acutum. 



Color Corollae et Calycis luteus. 



1^^. CURATELLA amerkana (Polygonum 

 arborefccns ?) Curata vulgo, 



Frutex altus mediocris, hinc inde flexus, ra- 

 mis paucis ; cortice Pini inftar fquamofo 

 vcl tunicato, rimoib. Facie fere Polygoni 

 arborefc. 



Folia ad ramulos exteriores, alterna, fpitha- 

 malia, oblonga, fubfeflilia, varie flexa ec 

 fubunduiata^ venofa, fcabro-dura, mar- 

 gine longe leviter-crenata, tota palmaria* 

 Tetioli breves, fupra plani. 



Flores racemofi, laterales, ex raniuiis vel axil- 

 lis antiquis •, digitales, fimplices, ramulo 

 lino alterove ad bafmaudli; alterni, pedi- 

 eellati. Pedunculus communis digitalis, fub- 

 angularis -, partialis pedicellis trium vel 

 quatuor linear, longitudine, filiformibus. 

 Bra&eoke fub pedicellis oblongis, 1-3 line- 

 ares, obtufae. 

 Cal. Perianthium convexum, pentaphyllum : 

 frjUolis fubrotundis, concavis, quatuor ex- 



terioribus 



