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cienci defcriptione, ncc icone iHuflrataj Qnam enirn 

 plantam Ciarif?'. J.Fr. Gronovius coUeoa nofter 

 honoratiflimus, in Flora Virginica defcripfit, de- 

 fumfit ex ficco fpecimine ubi non licec omnia ri- 

 mari; Qaum autcm (ingularis ha:c planta ex fe- 

 minibus per Cl. Profefii P. Kalmium mifTis non 

 modo enata, fed et Ixto. floruit & lemina matura- 

 vit, Botanicis non ingratum forejudicavi eandem 

 ' omnium oculis iterum fubjicere. 



RADIX fibrofa, perennis omnfno, quum fub terra 

 Holones undique diffufos & procurabentes emic- 

 tat more, Menchae aut Epilobii. 



CAULES plurimi, undique diffafi, dodrantales, 

 hwbacei, fimplices, inferne rufefcentes, decum- 

 bentes , radicufas agentes, inflante florefcentia a 

 medioad apicem adicendentes, teres,fed notati li- 

 neisab utroque latere,decumbentibus petiolis ini- 

 fcriptis, & exafperati fetis breviflimis Ibbulatis. 

 Kami folitarii, axillares foliorum,foliofi, flruftura 

 caulis fed breviores; iiiferiores feriores, omnes 

 bafi purpurafcentes. 



FOLIA lanceolata digitalia(longrtudine}, fubpaliolata 

 plana (nec fucculenta), argute ferrata, acuta, bafi 

 petiolorum decurrentia. 



CORYMBl terminales confl:ruQ:i fpicis {. racemis 

 fimplicibus, undique divergentibus, interioribus 

 brevioribus ; omnibus ante florefcentiam apice 

 recurvis, abfbluta vero florefcentia reftis. 

 FedicelU proprii,alterni , brevifiimi, uniflori, difpo- 

 fiti fecundum longitudinem ramorum corymbi, 

 omnes furium fpeftantes. 

 Brade£ diflinftas nullx, fed f oliola linearia, integer- 

 rima, breviflima, acuta, fblitaria ad alterum latus 

 pedunculorum communium. 



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