236 PLANTAE AMERICANAE. 



Stam, Filamenta quatüor, limbo corollae ad ba- 

 fm incifurartim inferta eaque breviora. An- 

 therae (ubrotundae* 



P i s t. Germen oblongutn, in fundo c«lycis* Äy- 



lus capitatus, fimplex* 

 Per. nullum. Calyx tubulatus includit femina, 

 Sem* bina, oblonge -linearis, hinc convexa, inde 

 plana, glabra, calyce paulo breviorä. 



Adeoque facies priorum , fed calyce mono* 

 phyilo, corolla extra germen non fupra, et 

 tubo lougo, filiformi differt, 



76. CRUZETA (CRUClTA)hifpanica. 



Radix fibrofa. 



Gaulis ere^lös, firmus, quadri-vel quinquepedali;, 

 fuperne brachiatus ; ramis ere&is, oppofitis. 



Folia oppofita, lanceolata, vtrinque acuta, integer- 

 rima, fufea. 



Flores fpicati, in paniculam colle&i ; ramulis alter- 

 nisfummitatefpicatis, floribusimbricatisminimis. 



Gau Perianthium triphyllutn ; foliolo anteriore 

 lineari, acütö ; lateralibus oppofitis, ovatis, con- 

 cavis, intus lanuginein, corollam dillinguentein 

 continentibus , perfiftentibus* 



Cor. Petala quatuor, calycis facie, oväta, conea- 

 va; exterioribus duobus integerrimis: interiori~ 

 bufc margine pilofo, lacero, tenuiffimo* 



Stam* Filamenta quatuor, capillaria, calyce pau- 

 lo breviora* Ähtherae parvae. 



Pist. Germen ovatutii, obtufum, comprefTum. 

 Stylus brevifliinus, möxbifidus: laciniispatenti- 

 bus. Stigmata fimplicia. 



Per* nullum* Corolla connivens decidit cum 

 femine. 



Sem. vnictim, nudum. 



Caly- 



