Monocotykdones ApeiaU. 
mas eft in formam fpicae congeftus uno plan- 
ta: loco; ovarium alio loco piant», tuba lon- 
gS, bicorni, abit in teftam lapideam fetam u- 
no femine, fere obrotundo, duro, polito, in 
initio flavefcente, fed poft maturitatem rubi-* 
eundo; radix fibrofa. H»c planta colitur in 
hortis prsfcrtim in regionibus calidis ut in Can- 
dia & Syria. 
Nomen. Lschryma Joht VOcatUr , quia ejus 
femen lachrymam refert. 
Fires. Ejus femen eft detergens aperiens’,’ 
bine conducit in calculo renum &vefic». 
Typhcii 
CharaBer. Caulis plerumque unicus , rec- 
tus, politus; folia longa , angufta , . craffa , 
fpongiofa, fubdulcia, altera ex radice, altera - 
ex nodis caulium erumpentia; flos mas, folis 
flaminibus nudis, pulverulentiflimis conflans, 
qui in gracilem denfe compafti congeruntur 
fjaicam; ovaria infpicam deniiflimam' compo-' 
flta hsrent fub fpica priori, funt tenuia, mul- 
tifque inftruda filamentis ; utrseque fpic® irs • 
formam clavse per eandem continuatam longi- 
tudinem porriguntur ; radix repens, externe 
rubicunda, interne albiiTima , faporis infuifiv 
H»c planta crefeit in paludibus, 
Acorm, 
CharaBer. Folia longa, angufta; flosmas, 
flamineus , nudus ; ovaria inter flores mares 
pofita, funt cinSa foliolis exiguis pro calice, 
fiunt femina tetrahedra; flores mares, & ova- 
ria congeruntur in fpicam compaQilTimam,cor- 
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