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ftaminifervftaminibus 3 vel 6, ut in Gramt^^. 

 KEis folia firaplicia linearia llri^la , flos vero 

 magnus, pulcerrinius^ fpeciofus, Natura ve-- 

 getabilis pulcerrimum ornamentum ; Liliageis 

 affines Orchide^, & his radix bulboia , carnofa 

 mucilaginofa 5 folia vaginantia, ut in multis 

 Ixiis ^ Gladiolisqiie; flos hexapetalus , fed ir- 

 regularis ; flaminum unus vel duo llylo infident, 

 quod & in Scitamineis videmus , ubi flamen 

 ahquando germini ad natum , & flos Spathaceus 

 fuperus 5 Hermaphroditus, his Dispares proxi- 

 mas docent Mufa ahaque , fitu vero llaminum 

 & infero fruftu difcrepant;& magiscumSTRic- 

 Tis plantis conveniunt fru6lu infero & nume* 

 ro flaminum cum fegmentis calycinis propor- 

 tione; hancce Phalangem fequitur^ pulcrarum 

 atque adeo utilium Umbelliferarum agmen , 

 quod fruftiflorum 5 alternifohum, herbaceum , 

 pentapetalum 5 pentandrum: floribus aggrega- 

 tis, his fimiles flores compositi , quibus corolla , 

 fupera, gymnofperma, monopetala, & femi- 

 num receptaculum unicum , nudum ; Epicar- 

 PTiE eeque ac prascedentes corollam gerunt mo- 

 nopetalam, fuperam , ftaminiferam , fed iis fla- 

 mina libera, angiofpermae , fru6i:u haud de- 

 hifcente , foHa alterna , flellata , oppolita , 

 Flores Campanulati ceque ac Epicarpii frufti 

 flori , flore calyculato, vei non; angiofperm^ 

 monogynae, corolla monopetala , ftaminifera 

 & involucro duplici CoNTORTiE, Campanula- 

 Tisaccedunt, e longinquo tamen, nec fine fal- 

 tu. Calice monophyllo corolla monopetala, 

 flaminifera Asperifolia , epicarpantha , an- 

 giofperma Contortis junguntur. Afperifolias 

 a latere premunt Verticillat-s: Plantte, ut 



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