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In basi nimirum plantae juxta ac in juniori (Tab. V, fig. i, 



A-C, d) fibrse istse fascias crassas, irregulari-confluentes, 



sistunt, c[ua3, planta increscente, pra^seitim in ambitu pseu- 



docarpii (Tab. V, fig. 2, h) ad diversas partes divergunt. Hoc 



igitnr pacto Brugmansias organa diversa sensim sensimque 



ad altissimum perfectionis gradum perveniunt : stjuamarum 



strata lamellacea {Tab. V, fig. i, B), prius in massam densam 



conglutinata (Tab. V, fig. i , A), conspicua evadunt; perianthium 



(Tab. V, fig. I , B, b) apice ad columnam versus magis inflectitur, 



et eadem de causa columna^ superficies , ab initio vix non plana 



(Tab. V, fig. I , A, c) , magis magisque concavatur ; antherse, quas 



jam in planta juvene (Tab. V, fig. i, B) unA cum rimuHs sub 



columna observare llcuit, eo distincliorcs fmnt (Tab. V, fig. i, 



C, g, g), c[uo magis columna inferne rotundatur, verumtamen 



adhuc intcr columnse partem infimam fundumcjue perianthii 



adeo coarctatee , ut superficies vicina tam hujus quam illius 



sulco longltudinali persistenti exsculpatur (Tab. V, fig. 2, i; 



fig. 5, c*). Eodem tempore inma? sub columnc\ magls a scse rece- 



dunt (Tab. V, fig. i , c, h), unde granula innumcra, parletes 



obtegentia, oculo nudo dlscernerevales. Disrupta dcnicpe Cissi 



dllatatlonc corticall, qua htacuscpe premebatur, paraslta llberius 



citluscpe explicatur : cunctse partes magis panduntur; sc[uamce 



perlanthlum laxlus clrcumvallant , aereoxldatse atque Induratee; 



perianthil parieLcs interiores, columnse adhuc exacte contlgui, 



extensi (Tab. V, fig. 2) ab ipsa decedunt, formafjue involucrl 



floralls globosa sensim in ovalem versa , columnoe portio Inferior 



producltur in coUum (Tab. V, fig. 2-fig. 5, c.*), cujus ne vesti- 



gium quidem adfuerat. Flore magnitudlncm tandem ovi anse- 



rini adepto atque aperto, quem odores tetros spargere Indigenee 



narrant , partes omnes , licet ambltu adliuc increscant , colore 



nlgro-fusco tinguntur, atc[ue fabricam magis spongiosam nacta; , ' 



tarde putrescunt, exceptis parte basILari et Imprlmls pseudo- 



carpll parietlbus, c[ua3 celerius dissolvuntur. Dilatatio ctlam 



Cissi covliQ^Vis, plantsc basin clngens, ictate provectA rimosis- 



sima, demum propc radlcem dctrusa, cicatrlcem (Tab. IV, 



fig. 3), linc[uit orblcularcm, apertam, intus reslduls nonnullls 



parietum pseudocarpll notatam. 





