>4- TRIANDRIA , TRIGYNIA. 
i« - rr-r & - — 
coma e paucis ramis horizontalibus in pyramidem efformata> qui apice f pi- 
cam tenuem longam eredamque emittunt; unde habitum fpeciofum induit, 
fimilemque 5 qualem jam tum admirabar, Polygono orientali, fi hoc cum 
fpicis eredis in arborem mutaretur. Folia iunt maxima, lanceolato- ovata, 
acuminata. Calyx fufcus continet nucem nitidifiknam & trifulcam; eftque 
tubo interne ■& externe hir fuco pilofoque. 
Habitat in fylvis territorii Carchagenenfis* 
■ : ' . 
TRIPLARIS ( ranviflora ) fpicis rameis , aggregatis* 
Arbor ramofa, diffufa. Folia ovata, vel e fubrotundo ovata. • $pic& 
breves, denfae, aggregatae, in ramis. Calyx villofus nec pilofus continet 
meem glabram, ovato -acuminatam, fexfulcatam, nec nitidam. 
Habitat rarius Carthagense in fylvis j copiofe ad flumen Cinu. 
TETRANDRIA. 
MONOGYNIA. 
m wt i ,*riT 3 rr ' '*-~r~-rr ...... — — . tt n,™ ■ _ ,.l. .. -i v - - ’ ’ 
PETITIA, 
i-. PETITIA ( domingenfis .) TAB. CLXXXIL Fig. 6 * 
CALo Pefianthium monophyllum , parvumTereCtum, quadridentatum, in- 
ferum, perfidens. 
COR. monopetala. Tubus cylindraceus , eremus, longus. Limbus qua- 
drifidus: laciniis ovatis, acutis, planis, reflexis, tubo duplo brevio- 
ribus. 
STAM. Filamenta quatitor , fubulata., breviffima, in fuperiore parte tubi. 
Antherae eredse. 
PIST. 'Hermen Jubrotundum, parvum. .Stylus iub ulatus, ef edus, longi* 
tudine flaminum. Stigma liinplex. 
PER» Drupa febr o tu rida . 
SEM. Nux ovata, obtnfa, biloculafis. Nuclei folitarii, oblongi, 
Arbufcula ereda . Rami juniores tetragoni, fulcad. Folia ovato - oblonga, 
acuminata-, glabra, integerrima, dario venofa, oppofita, femipedalia ; pe* 
tieh fupenie ad angulum eB tufam inflexo. F aniculae axillares , tripollicares , 
in divifionibiis flipuk fabulata fuffultse. Flores exigui, plurimi, albi, Cepe 
triandri corolla calyceque tripartitis. Hanc novi, generis plantam nominavi 
in memoriam Francifci Petit Chirurgi, qui plantas aliquot rariores defer ip fit* 
Habitat in fylvaticis Do mingo. 
CALLE 
