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nervis purpureis pictis, ad nervorum dichotomia aculeis solita- 

 riis, crassis, curvulis armatis, subtuspuberulis, pulchre violaceis, 

 nerv is crassis valde prominentibus inter se areolatim connexis, 

 undique aculeis subulatis, rectis, gracilibus obsessis, pedunculis 

 propter peliolutn lateralibus, solitariis, unifions, sub anthesi ad 

 aquse superficiem ssepius extensis ; floribus pro stirpis mole par- 

 vis, saepe ex unda plane emersis, pulchre violaceis, suaveolenti- 

 bus, par dies duas an te meridianam horam expansis, nocte inter- 

 media clausis , nunc rarius sub aquis altis nuptias fœcundas 

 clandestine peragentibus , fructibus semper sub unda maluratis. 



Euryale, Salisb. in Ann. of Bot., II, 73 (1806). — DC, 

 Syst., II, 40. — Endl. Gen., n° 5018. — Planch. in Van 

 HoutL, FI. desserr., YIII, 79. 



Anneslea, Roxb., FI. ind., 11, 573. — Andr., Bot. Repos., 

 p. 618. 



Sp. 1. Euryale ferox. — E. bacca magnitudine Peponis mi- 

 noris (fide miss, evangel. infra citât.), seminibus 80-100 (fide 

 Salisb.). 



Hab. Ghinse prov. australes (ubi indigena?) et boréales (ex. 

 g. circa Pe-King) ubi a temporibus remotissimis culta. 



Euryale ferox, Salisb., 1. c. 



Lien-Kien v. Ki-teou, Mémoir. des missionn. franc, de Pe- 

 king (ann. 1778), p. 451. 



Stirps quoad charact. specif. vix nota , cum sequente confe- 

 renda. 



Sp. 2. Euryale indica. — E. bacca magnitudine ovi Meleagreos 

 GaUo-Pavonis , irregulariter ovata seminibus ad ex t rem u m 20. 



Hab. lndiœ or. prov. transgangeticae , versus Tipperah, Chit- 

 tagong, etc. Roxb. (ab anno 1809 in Europa culta). 



Euryale indica, Nob. 



Euryale ferox, Roxb'., PI. cor., 111, tab. 244. Bot. Mag., 

 t. 1/|47 (icon spécimen nanum exhibons). — Otto in Alleg. Gart. 

 und Blum. Zeit, , VIII, 289. 



Euryale ferox (indica), Planch., I. c. 



Anneslea spinosa, Roxb. et Andr. , 11. ce. 



