PL ANT AE AMERICAN AE 365 



raminibus, obtufae, alternae e regione fere 



calycis, omnes apice paulo inflexae. 

 Pist. Germen fubrotundum, pentagonum vel 2 60 



quinque tuberibus conftans. Stylus filifor- 



mis, eredtus, ftaminibus longior. Stigma 



fimplex, acutum. 



Color Corollae et Calycis luteus. 

 135. CURATELLA americana (Polygonum 



arborefcens ?) Curata vulgo. 

 Frutex altus mediocris, hinc inde flexus, ra- 



mis paucis \ cortice Pini inftar fquamofa 



vel tunicato, rimofo. Facie fere Polygoni 



arborefc. 



Folia ad ramulos exteriores, alter n a, fpitha- 

 malia, oblonga, fubfeflilia, varie flexa et 

 fubundulata, venofa, fcabro-dura, mar- 

 gine longe leviter-crenata, tota palmaria* 

 Petioli breves, fupra plani. 



Flores racemofi, laterales, ex ramulis vel axii- 

 lis antiquis ; digitales, fimplices, ramulo 

 uno alterove ad bafin aucli y alterni, pedi- 

 eellati. Pedunculus communis digitalis, fub- 

 angularis \ partialis pedieellis trium vel 

 quatuor linear, longitudine, filiforrnibus, 

 Bratleolae fub pedieellis oblongis, 1-3 line- 

 ares, obtufae. 



Cal. Perianthiuw convexum, pentaphyllum : 

 foliolis fubrotundis, concavis, quatuor ex- 



terioribus 



