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TRIPHASIA. 



Dubii ord. {Limonia.) i>nt.— Aurantiacese. Juss, De Cand, 



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tr'ifoUata. T. foliis 3— foliatis. De Cand. Frod. 1 



p. 536. 



Limonio, trifoliata. Willd. t 



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571. HorL Kew. 3. p. 43. 

 ^. 463. £o/. Repos, t, 143. 

 Thrcc-Ieavcd Triphasia. Sttfcet 



Liiuonia.— Myrtle Lime,* 



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Jacq. Ic, 3, 



* ''Linioniani trifoliatam vidi 3--pctaIam 5— andram."— /ua'6\ 

 G€7i. 2'JO. Jacquin describes the /lower as tripetalous hcxau- 

 drous, to which he adds, " In iloribus paucis vidi pelala quatuor 

 cum slamiuibus ocio:' -^Colled. 3. /;. 177. The most general 

 character of the flower is certainly tripetalous hcxandrous; but 

 1 have seen on the same plant, flowers 3— -petalcd G— androus, 

 4— pctalcd 6— androus, 4~petaled 7— androus, 4—petaled 

 8 — androus, and 5— petaled G— androus ; but even on this 

 plant the 3—petaled 0— androus flowers greatly prevailed, and 

 this is to be considered as the general character of the flower, 

 and agrees perfectly with that assigned to the genus by Dc 

 Candolle— 'a^lores proportione parUum tcrnaria/' 





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