MONADEL. OCTAND. 1299, 1300. DECAND. 1301. 1077 



fruticosum* Peduncles 2-flowered : leaves doubly pinnate and decom- 

 pound, glabrous ; leafets linear. 



The Cape. Ca<van. difs. 4. t. I 2 2./. 2. 



hit turn* Umbels many-flowered: leaves doubly pinnate and more 

 than decompound, hairy; leafets linear, obtufe: ftem 

 flemy, fcaiy, decumbent. 

 The Cape. Cavan. diJJ\ 4. t. 1 17./ 2. Jacq. ic. rar. 3. f, 556, 

 ienuifolium> Umbels many-flowered ; leaves doubly pinnate and more 

 than decompound, hairy; leafets linear. - fubulate ; 

 ftem flemy, not fcaly, erecl. 

 The Cape, l! Merit. Geran. tab. it. 



ORDER IV. OCTANDRIA: 8 ftamina. 



1299. PISTIA, Calyx a tubular-hooded tongue- 

 fhaped fpathe : corol o : filament lateral : anther a? 

 3 — 8 : Jlyle 1 : capfule 1 -ceikd, many-feeded. 



Stratictes, Pistia. 



1. Jacq. Amer. t. 148. Rheed* Mah n. t. 32. 



2. Moris. 3 / 1 5. /. 4. f.inf. Slaanejam. 1.7. 2-/2. 

 Afia, Africa, America, and the Weft India iflands. 

 Plant ftemlefs, floating; leaves difpofed in a circle, obovate, 



diaphanous, nerved: flowers axillary, white. 



1300. AITONIA. Calyx 4 -parted:, petals 4: 

 fiyle 1: berry dry, quadrangular, 1 -celled, ma- 

 ny-feeded. 



ptnsii. Aitonia. 



The C ape. Curt, mag, t, \yy Cavan. difs. 5, /. 159-/. »• 

 Shrub with alternate wrinkled branches: leaves fafcicled, lan- 

 ceolate, obtufe, very entire, glabrous : peduncles lateral, foli, 

 tary, 1 flowered, fhorter than the leaves: flowers flefh-coi ur, 



ORDER V. DECANDRIA: ic ftamina. 



1301. CRINODENDRUM. Calyx o: corol 6~ 

 petalled, campanulate : fiyle 1: capfule 1 -cel- 

 led, 3 feeded, tiiangular, buiiliug elallicaily at 

 top. 



Magna* CRINODENDRUM. 



Chili Cavan d:(J. $. p. 300. t. I 58. f I, 

 Tree evergreen, branching : leaves oppofiie, lanceolate, pointed, 

 toothed, veined; jlonxers axiliary, foiuarjy creel. 



