CHARACTERS AND DESCRIPTIONS w* 



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THEEE NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS, 



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HAMAMELIS. Linn. 



Syst. Linn. Tetrandria Digynia. 



Char. Gen. Petala 4, elongata, aestivatione valvato- 

 involuta! Capsula semiinfera, bilocularis. Semina soli- 

 taria. 



Orb. Nat. HAM:AMELiDE.ffi, Br.. 



Char. Gen. Petala elongata, sestivatione valvato-invo- 

 luta! 



Obs. HatnamelideBe notis prsesertim sequentibus distin- 

 guuntur. Flos semisuperus, cotnpletus, tetrapetalus. Sta- 

 mina antherifera quatuor, petalis alternantia ; Antheris basi 

 insertis, bilocularibus, loculo singulo dehiscent! valvnla 

 iinica medio seraiseptifera, et vel altera sutura incompleta 

 persistenti, vel utraque solubili decidua. Ovarium bilocu- 

 lare, loculis monospermis, ovulis pendulis (v. appensis). 

 St^li duo. Fructus semiinferus, capsularis. Embryo longi- 

 tudine fere albuminis : radicula supera. 



Huic ordini, cui referenda Hamamelis, Linn., Dicoryphe, 

 Aub. Du Petit-Thouars, et Dahlia, Thunb., forsan adji- 

 cienda, in distincta tamen sectione, Fothergilla, Linn., 



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