PLANTAE AMERICANAE- 335 



Flores plures, terminales, alterni in racemo fim- 

 plici et compofito mixtim; pedunculi alterni, 

 vnifiori* 



Ca l* Perianthium pentaphyllum, patens: foliolis 

 oblongis, concavis, antea imbricatis, coloratis, 

 deciduis, duar, lin. longitudine. 



Cor. pentapetala: petalis patentibus, obovatis, 

 obtufis, levifllmis , fed late emarginatis, calycQ 

 fesquilongioribus. 



S t a ivn Filamente nulla. Antherae oblongo - li- 

 neares furfum anguftiores, eredlae, longitudi-» 

 ne corollae dimidiae , apice duobus foramini- 

 bus, obtufae, alternae e regione fere calycis, 

 onines apicc paulo infiexae. 



Pist. German fubrotundum, pentagonum vel 260. 

 quincjue tuberibus confians. Stylus filiformis, 

 eredus , ftaminibus longior. Stigma limplex, \ 

 acutum. 



Color Corollae et Calycis luteus* 



135. CURATELLA americana (Polygoninn 

 arborefcens ?) Curata vulgo. 



Frutex altus mediocris, hinc inde flexus, ramis 

 paucis; cortice Pini inftarfquamofo vel tunicato, 

 rimofo. Facie fere Polygoni arborefc. 



Folia ad ramulos exteriores, alterna, fpithamalia, 

 oblonga, fubfeffilia, varie flexa et fubundulata, 

 venofa, leabro-dura, margine longe leviter-cre- 

 nata, tota palmaria. Petioli breves, fupra planu 



Flores racemofi, laterales, ex ramulis vel axillis an« 

 tiquis; digitales, fimpliccs, ramulo vno alterove 

 adbafinaudi; alterni, pedicellati. Pedunculus 

 communis digitalis, fubangularis ; fartialis pedi- 

 cellis trium vel quatuor linear, longitudine, fili- 

 formibus. Braäeolae fub pedicellis oblongi^ 

 1*3 lineares, obtufae, 



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