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id^clinto^ia. Friictus dnplex : i. Cnpsul.-n .«;es- 

 sile-;, v:iriiis pedicellatae, costie vol uiar^ini in ickMites, 

 seminibns globosis vel auj^nlatis, numerosis, ininutis- 

 simis, iiinbo pellncido iiilcrdum cincns, plaeeiil.e ccn-* 

 trali floccosae nonnumquaui a(i"ixis. 2. Sori eJiptici, 

 aut sporophyllis disliuclis imujcrsi, ant in fronde aaX' 

 iitriun(]ue costce iatus posili, ant indclerminaio per 

 frondem sparsi, scminibus ternis in globulum connatis, 

 — Color amcene roseus, in caule & partibus lili- 

 formibus it^tensior, & fere puipurascens, S u b s t a ii'» 

 tia niembranacea, rarins durior. 



Htstoria. Genris prilcherrimuin, jani fruclus iu 

 omnibus ieve speciebus convenicntin ^aiis stabililum; 

 a Lamoui"oux paruai aliter constructum, qni ilii ^pe- 

 cies ad alia genera transftrenda adnumcravit. Spe- 

 cies pauc3e veteribus not:e, in reeentiori £evo impri- 

 mis detect« sunt. I(a M e r t e n s i u s , T u r n e r u s , 

 1 a m o u r o u x, W o o d "^^ a r d i u s , I» r o w n , 15 o n- 

 n e m a i s o n, G a b r e r a &:c. varias primi delexerunt, 

 Ipse cjuaLttior species introduxi, 



jyoMEN habet a B. 13 e I e s s e r t , LiK Barone, 

 Gallorum Banksio,Bolanices exiiiiio culiorc &: patrono. 



Imprimis in temperatiori zona vigent, Yix in- 

 tra Tropicos inventa ulla species. 



In 4 tr^bus dividimus genus. In quarum prima 

 seriem continiiam percurrunt species a I) e I e s s e r i a 

 garjp^uinea omnium maxima & lati.-siiua, per plu- 

 res formas sensim anoustiores ad angnstissimam ii e- 

 lesseriam Plocantium, oiiines eici^ar^i fori a, 

 substant'a teniii, frondt cosla-a insignes. Cv 1» on.- 

 dem in D e I c •: s e r i a P I o c a m i o lvt g I a 1? d u 1 o s a 

 evanescit, non tamer a teteri^ a: ifical' ot^aram divi- 

 sione separandis. M ij,'is dive. a v dctJtr I eles, e- 

 ria interrupta, quae ior^an sui gener . 



Sccunda tribus species contir.el ciiv merentia 

 minus rei,ailari lobHtu, forma cuneaa el c i'a, .-• L- 

 stantia adbuc tcnia ncn tamen cos!a'a, .td tenuius 

 Venoii. Vcnse iu rjqibusdam i;on conspicUie. 



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