CLASS. X. DECANDRIA. 
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CLASS. X. 
DECANDRIA- 
T RIG Y N I A. 
CVCVBALVS. 
Cucubalus ftrictus caule ftricto indiuifo, foliis 
erecto-patentibus, floribus racemofis, fructibus erectis cau¬ 
li approximatis. Rotk Obferv. Bot. in Cei. UJleri neuei 
Analen der Bot. St. 4. pag. 44. n. 10. 
Radix flauefcens, carnofa, defcendens, perennis. 
F 01 i a faturate viridia, fubpubefcentia, mollia, vix 
cande entia , fubcarnofa, rigidiufcuia ; integerrima obtufa, 
margine tenui (fime ciliata. 
Radicalia in orbem congefta, exouali lanceolata, in 
petiolum canaliculatum attenuata, vix digito mini¬ 
mo longiora. 
Catilina oppoflta, connata, erecto-patentia; infi¬ 
ma iongiflima, oblongo - lanceolata ; media breuio- 
V ra, oblonga, obtuliflima et apice fere rotundata, 
concaua, trineruia; fnperiora breuiffima, linearia. 
Caulis erectus, rigidus, ftrictus, fimpliciffimus, 
fefqui-aut bipedalis, teres, articulato-nodofus, craffitie 
culmi fecalini, fuperne praecipue pubefeens et canefcens. 
Flores in racemum palmarem, erectum, ftrittum 
difpofiti, albi. 
Pedunculi oppofiti, breuiflimi, erecti, vix vitra 
lineam longi, plerumque triflort, bafi fuffulti. 
Bractea 
