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Cal. Femin*' Gluma bivalvis, foliis lanceolato- 

 acutis, convexis, bafi ftriato-rugofis, eredtis, 

 spiee fubulatis; exteriore trium circ. Jinearum 

 longitudine*. 



Cor. Gluma bivalvis, fpatiolo a calyce remota : 

 valvula exterior magna , calycis dimidii longi- 

 tiidine, obtufiffima, comprefTa, dörfo verfus 

 apiccin maxime gihbo, marginibus ere&is con- 

 niventibus; interior linearis, fubulato-convoluta, 

 intra rimani exterioris recondita. 



Pist. Germen lineare 5 acutum* Stylus capilla- 

 ris, fimplex vsque ad longitudinem glumae in- 

 terioris 5 reliqua dimidia parte bifidus, extra eorol- 

 lam prominulus, patulus, filiformis. Stigmata 

 vndique longitudinaliter pilofa , plumofa. 



Per. nullum* Corolla inflata , paulo compreffa, 

 nitida, 



Sem. oblongo - fubulatum, acutum, parvum, an- 

 guftum, nec dimittit. 



Color feminis capfulati albefcens. Planta viri- 

 dis colore arundinaceo. An Apluda Zeu- 

 gitcs ? 



101. ADIANTUM frondibus bipinnatis: pin- 

 nis alternis; foliolis rhomboidalibus acutis ferra- 

 tis, (Hifp. CulantreUo major) absque fructifi- 

 catione. 



102. JUSTICIA putata fpicis terminalibus plu- 

 ribus; flore rubro, 



Gaulis frutefcens, a f - 2. orgyarum altitudine , fim- 

 plex , inferne nudus , fuperius foliofus , re&us, 

 teres, cortice tenaci, 



Folia ©ppofita, oblonga, quinquuncialia , vtrinq 

 acuta , patentia , bafi attenuata in petiolum bre- 

 vem, fupra glabra, infra pubefcentia, margine 

 obfolete denticulata, plana* 



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