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bus addere liceat defcriptionem j quam ad methodum qua ufus efl ill. 
l’heritier , quum apprime placeat, conficiam 
MARTYNIA ANNUA, VILLOSA ET VISCOSA, 
FOLIO SUBROTUNDO, FLORE MAGNO RUBRO. Tab. I. 
PLANTA. Specio fa, ampla, bipedalis, reda, foliis magnis, herbacea, to- 
ta omnibus partibus villofa, vifcofa, villis parvis, tenuibus , fimplici- 
bus , albis , apice globulo pellucido , glutinofo , adhaerente in- 
ftrudo. fig- 5. 
* Descensus» 
RADIX. Annua , fibrofa. 
* Ascensus» 
CAULIS. Unicus, teres, pollicem cralTus , fifiulofus, bipedalis , eredus , ex 
viridi rubefcens. 
RAMI. Plures , brachiati, dichotomi, facie caulis. 
* Frondescentia. 
FOLIA. Radicalia nulla. 
Caulina oppofita, petiolata, cordato orbiculata, angulata, dentata 
dentibus longo finu remotis , flaccida , viridia, ob villorum denfi- 
tatem albida, venofa. 6. poli, parif. longitudo folii maximi. 
PETIOLUS. In caule horizontalis, in ramis patens, longitudine folii, 
de reliquo cauli conformis. 
* Inflorescentia. 
FLORES. Plures , breviter pedunculati , dependentes , ita ut faux refpiciat 
inferiora , tenues , aeftivales , in thyrfo collocantur in ramorum di- 
varicatione, longitudine 2J poli, parif. 
>» beetie , with tn'0 ftrong crooked horns at the end. 
» The nut lias two deep longitudinal furrows on the 
j> fides , and feveral fmaller croffing each othcr in the 
»» middle , and is fo hard , that it is with difficulty cut 
j» open , without injuring of the feeds ; within are four 
»» oblong cells , two of which have a fingle oblong feed 
»» in each , but-the other two are generally abortive. If 
the plahts are brought forward in the fpring, they will 
» begin to fhew their fiowers in July, which are firft 
» produced at the extreraity of each branch , fo there 
>» will bc a fuccellion of flowers on the fame piant, til 
»> the end of Oftobre, when the plants ufually decay,, . 
6. Stirpes novae aut minus cognitae quas defcriptionibus 
& iconibus illuftravit carolus ludovicus l’heritieic 
Dom. de Brutelle in aula Juvaminum Parifieafi, Regis con- 
fiUarius. Parifiis. 1784. 
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