SU PLANT AE AMERICAN AE. 



cellato, vix lineae dimidiae longitudine, per- 



fiftens fupra fructum. 

 Cor. monopetala, tubulata: *tubo lohgo, caly- 



ce fexies longiore, fuperne leviffime latiore* 



i pollicis unguis longitudine. Limbus patens, 



quiriquepartitus : laciniis oblongis, margini- 



bus lateralibus reflexis* 

 Stam. Filamenta quinque, brevifiima, fupra 



medium tubi adnata, capillar^ Anther ae 



lineares, tubi circ. altitudine; 

 Pist. Germen fubrotundum, receptaculo cin- 



ctum. Stylus filiformis, ftamirtibus altior. 



Stigma capitatum, fubrotundum. 

 Per. Drupa parva, fubglobofa. Nux quadri- 



vel quinque-locularis. 



Color Corollae albo-purpureus, Tubo 



externe rudi. Congener videtur praecedentu 

 156 HIBISCUS foliis oblongis; More folitario* 

 XVII. Near the river Aragua. 



157. PALO de COCHINELLE; a flirub, 

 which had oppofite lanceolated leaves, whofe 

 ftem was hollow, fo that it might be em- 

 ployed for a tube to a tobaccopipe. 



158. CROTON hifpidum, caule trifldo ; Fo* 

 lia incifa, tota planta hifpida, annua. 



159. CUCUMIS rufiica fmelled nearly as 

 Caraway-feeds. 



1 60. SMILAX fcandens, foliis oblongis, cau- 

 le teretiufculo fpinofo ; Folia pallide viridia. 



