SH PLANTAE AMERICAN A£. 



ceilato, vix lineae dimidiae longitudine* per- 



fiftens fupra frufturrk 

 Cor. monopetala, tubulata: Tuho longo, caly- 



ce fexies longiore, fuperne levifTime ktiore> 



ipollicis unguis longitudine. Limbus patens, 



quinquepartitus : laciniis oblongis, margbi- 



bus lateralibus reflexrs. 

 St AM. Filament a quinque, breviHima, fupra 



medium tubi adnata, capillaria. Antherae 



Hneares, tubi circ. altitudine. 

 PiST. Germen fubrotundum, receptaculo cin- 



.6tum. Stylus filiformis, ftaminibus altior. 



Stigma capitatum, fubrotundum. 

 Per. Drupa parva, fubglobofa. Nux quadri* 



vel quinque-locularis. 



Color Corollae albo-purpureus, Tubo 



exteme rudi. Congener videtur praecedentL 

 156 HIBISCUS foUisoblongis 5 flore folitario. 

 XVIL Near the river Jragua, 



157. PALO DE COCHINELLE; a fhrub, 

 which had oppofite lanceolated leaves, whofe 

 ftem was hollow, fo that it might be em- 

 ployed for a tube to a tobaccopipe. 



158. CROTON hifpidum, caule trrfido; Fo- 

 lia incifa, tota planta hrfpida, annua. 



159. CUCUMIS ruftica fmeHed nearly as 

 Caraway-feeds. 



• 160. SMIL AX fcandens, foliis oblongis, cau- 

 ile teretiufculo fpinofoj i^j^///^ pallidc viridia, 



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