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Pclioli brcTOS 3 — 4 liii. lonjf;i iinmo Ijipviorcs, pnljesceutes, 

 Folioliim impar, majiis (5 — 10 liii. loniiiim, 4 — 8 lin. la- 

 tiim), lougius cnucatnm parte cmieata integerriraa, leviter 

 obtiise trilobum, lobo intermedio obtusissimo integerrimo v. 

 3-crcuato latcralibus dccresccnti - 3-crenatis; foliola paris 

 oblique breviiisqiie cuueata raagis obovato -rotundata crcnis 3 



5 inaequalibiis (modus scilicct latioribus et hiiic inde 



cmar"inatis) iustnicta^ orania subtiis pallidiora et nervo me- 

 dio lateralibusqne vcnis paucis promlnentibus insiguifa, fcre 

 glabra, pilis pancis iicrupc nervnm vcuasque ingrcdientibus. 

 In axillis folioruai suramorum densius piibesceutes spiculae 

 pauciflorae bracteatac oriuutiir, quae nonduia cvolutae 2Ya 

 lin. oraut longac gemraaeformcs, bracteis latc ovatis , mar- 

 ginc Icvitcr scariosis. Alabastra sub his uimis jnvenilia se- 

 pala petaiaque 5, stamiua 5 et ovariiim tribns brevissirais 

 stylis corouatnni oculo armato pracbnerc, ita ut vix dubie 

 hiijus gcueris sit specics. 



Schimis Molle L. (lieruaud. III. c. XV. p. 54. c. icone). 

 — Pr. Mexico, planta iiiascula Hörens (Schiede). — Arbor 

 nt jam Hernaudez dicit e Pernvia in Novam Hispaniara traus- 

 lata. Speciniina iiostra habent foliola iutcgerrima , rarins 

 apicem versns dentc uno alterove acuto notata. In adnotatio- 

 ribns Jo. Terrontii Lyucaei ad Hernandesii Thcsanrum jam 

 logitnns raagnam hiijns speciei arborem in horto Excellentis- 

 8imi ^lartii Columuao Zagaroli Dncis adolescentem folia ini- 

 tio scrrata liabnisse dein vcro incisioues perdidisse, unde se- 

 qnitnr varietates ex hac iiota propositas evohitionis gradns 

 esse. Folioluni nltimnin s. impar clongatnm reliqnisque ma- 

 gis cxlensum poscitur ab anctoribns, uti qnoque in planta 

 hortcnsi esse solet, srd tarn in Hernandesii icone, quam in 

 specirainihiis noltisiiim communicatis , foliola apicem versus 

 sensim decrescunt noc ultimum longius protenditur. 



