320 PLANTAE AMERICANAE, 



neari« plana, poft florefcentiam reflexa; ante 

 apertionem fere florum pollen dimmittitur. An* 

 therae lineares, vtrinpue obtufae, planae, incum- 

 bentes; Pollen minimum, globofo- oblongum, 

 glabriufculum* 



Pist. Germen globofum, apiei columnae in finu 

 ftaminum impofitum. Styli tres, erecto-patuli, 

 furfum paulo craffiores. Stigmata obtufa. 



Per. Bacca pedicellata, globofa, obtufa, fuperne 

 tribus lineis obfolete ftriata, glabra, vnilocularis. 



Sem* plura, 20-30, ovato - obionga, rugofa, antea 

 fucculenta, afExa fuperjficiei interiori baccae ad 

 parietes* 



Color Calycis foras viridis, intns vna cumcon- 

 tentis Juteo - viridis j vnicolor. Bacca ni- 

 grefcens. 



ic6. GAURA fruticofa (COMBRETUM \a* 

 xum p.308.) fubfcandens, foliis oppofitis. 



Gaulis frutefcens, teres ; ramis fuperis longis, ob- 

 folete quadratis, fterilibus, fubfcandentibus* 



Folia oppofita, oblonga, tri-vel quadriuncialia, 

 breve petiolata, glabra, integerrima* 



Flore* fpicati in ramulis oppofitis, fubfeffiles. 



Cal. terminalis, germine furfum anguftato (. elon- 

 gato; monophyllus, campanulato - eredus, laxi- 

 ufculus, quadridentatus : denticulis brevibus, 

 lato-acutis. 



Cor. Petala quatuor, parva, ex incifuris calycis, 

 ovato- acuta, vix dentibus longiora, rudia, 

 decidtia. 



Stam. Filamenta o#o, longiflima, fetacea, caly- 

 ce fexies longiora. Anthrax fuboblongae, 

 parvae* 



Pist. Germen fub receptaculo» lineare, quadran* 

 gulare angulis comprellis fuperne acuminaturo- 

 Stylus longitudine ftaminum, fctaceus, ad bafin 



caly- 



