. Carica L. J^J 



hracteae ad ramificatlones clichotomas infcriorcs lincarcs acu- 

 tae, 0,15 poll. longac, viridcs adprcssac, dcciduac, supcriores 

 late ovatae, acutac, adprcssae, pcrsistcntcs viridcs ; cahjx bre- 

 vissimus 5-fidus ; lacitiiae ovatae, acutae virides, margine te- 

 nuiores, erectac, adprcssae, dein patcntissimac, corollae tubi 

 basin sustincntcs; coroUae alahastrum juvenilc subgloboso- 

 ovatum viridc 0,07 poll. longum, tuho brcvissinio, calyccm 

 haud aequante; dein tubo rapide excrescente obovatum, elon- 

 gatum, l,;i — 1,5 poU. longum (cujus lij/ihus 0,G poll. longus) 

 ilavcscens rectum ; corolla evoluta hypocraterimorpha ; tuhus 

 subcyHndricus apice vix incrassatus 1,0 poU. longus ; limhus 

 4-, plcrumque autem 5-partitus, in pracfioratione contortus, 

 imbricativus, in anthesi patenti semi-reficxus tortus; laciniae 

 dextrorsum torsae, patentcs, apice semi-rcfiexae , oblongac, 

 acutiusculac, crassiusculae, 0,6 poll. longac, 0,2 poll. latac; co- 

 rolla tota postca una cum calyce et genitalibus vcgctis dccidua ; 

 stamina in alahastr o jtivenili,0,i}7 poll. lon g o, in ima 

 corollae basi inserta, biseriata; series externa anthcris erectis 

 introrsis, interna inflcxis cxtrorsis, filamcnto adnatis et inde 

 pariter introrsls ; filameiita brevia, interna breviora tcnuissima, 

 pilis hyalinis nodulosis tccta; antherae utrinquc bilobac, cx- 

 ternae oblongae, iitrinque obtusae, internae oblongo-Ianccola- 

 tac, acumlnatae ; jwllen nondum aut vix in globulos solutum ; 

 pistilium conicum lacve in fundo calycis, stamlna longlora 

 subaequans, brcviorlbus longlus, stylus subuliformis intcgcr 

 albidus; gemmulae in loculo unico nullac; in alahastro 

 0,3 poll. lo7igo antherae flavesccnti-virides, apices anthcra- 

 riun interioris seriei inflexarum ad plstllli 0,125 poll. longi 

 partem tertiam supcrlorem in corollae fauce tangcntes, idquc 

 dlmidio superantes 0,09 poll. longae, rectae utrinque bilobac; 

 filamenta in anthcris libcris e basi lata lincaria, pilis albldis 

 longis nodulosls erectls tccta; pollen angulato-globosum (do- 

 decacdron) coplosum, fbvllla nondum conspiclcnda, jodinae 

 opc vix fiavcscenti-tlncta ; In aiabastro 0,35 poll. lo/igo 

 filamenta candlda 0,1 poll. longa, pars libcra 0,02 poll. longa, 

 antherae jam flavcsccntes, cxtcrnac 0,08 poll. longac oblon- 



