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ejus iconem , uberiore quoque illuftraverit defcriptione , quam benevo- 
lis mei opufculi le6\oribus pro inftituti ratione tradam. 
aRadices habet fibrofas , annuas , caules pollicem craflbs ex viridi ru- 
r? befcentes , villofos , in ramos bifariam divifos , foliis vellitos adverfis , 
5? peramplis , villofis , vifcidis , finuatis , flores in ramorum divaricationi- 
5? bus in thyrfo collocantur, androgyni, monopetali, petalo in quinque 
9? fegmenta divifo inaequalia, externe pallide rubro, admodum villofo, ma- 
?? cula faturatius purpurea in fingulis fegmentis notato, maculis in parte tubu- 
95 lofa hinc inde confperfo 8c maculis flavis in parte inferiori vario. Calycem 
95 habet duplicem, exteriorem nempe quadrifolium , interiorem trifolium, 
95 utrumque irregularem e viridi rubrum. Ex ovario aflurgit fljflus com- 
95 preffus , ex petali autem interiori parte flamina quatuor cum fuis api- 
95 cibus, quorum duo majora, duo minora. Fru6lus fuccedit viridis, pu- 
95 tamine coricaeo te6lus , quod bifariam dehifcens ofliculum praedurum 
95 oftendit in quatuor loculamenta divifum, quod in Angulis continet femen 
95 unicum , oblongum , nigrum 95 . 
MARTYNii preflit vefligia ehret 4- , fed de iis quae dedit libro rariori 
deflitutus nil dicere pofliim. Eadem fere quae martyn de planta hac 
retulit MiLLER, quae propriis ejus verbis cui volupe efl in nota fubjedla 
legere poterit. 
His nunc a didis audoribus circa plantae flruduram fadis obfervationi- 
3. JoH. MARTYN Plantarum tariorum hifloria Decad. V. 
quorum prima prodiit Londini 1728. fol. iconibus vivis 
expreffis coloribus; ob praeflantiam denuo edita Audio at- 
que opera ioh. dan. meyer Picioris , prodiit cum verfio- 
tii germanica in fol. Norinberg. ijb-i» (hac 8c ego ufus fum 
editione) Tab. XL. p. i8. 
4. CEORC. DiONYS. EHRET PUntac & Papilioncs ra- 
riores. Londin. 1749. fol. max. * 
5 . MILLER Gardeaer Di£lionary. Ufus fum edit, ada 
fol. Lond. 1751. Sc fextaibid. 1771.4. nulla re in pofteriore 
aut mutata circa hanc plantam , aut addita. An in recen- 
tioribus aliquid addiderit , me fugit, quia confulere non 
licuit, neque in gallica verfione hucusque perligerit clar. 
qui eam edit dn. de chazelles. 
_«1IARTTNIA { Annua ) chuIq ramofo, fbliis angulatis. 
jj Linn. Sp. Piant. 618. Martynia v/ith a branching J}alk 
>» and angular leaves. 
j> This fort was difcovered by the late Dr. william 
5> HOUSTOUN near La Vera Cruz in New Spain. 
«This rifes with a ftrong herbaceous ftalk near tliree feet 
I» high , which divides upward into two or thiee large 
» branches, garnifhed with oblong , oval, hairy, vifcous 
*> leaves . cut into angles oie their lides. The flowers 
»> are prodiiced in Ihort fpikes from the end of the branches ; * 
»» they are fhaped like thofe of the common Poxglovc, 
» but are of a paler purple coulour, and are fucceeded 
» by oblong oval caplule , whuh are thick , tough, and 
clainmy ; when ripe, divide into two parts , and drop 
u ofi , leaving a large haid nut hanging on the piant , 
» about the fizc and ijiuch of the fame fonu as the ftag 
