242 
KMcrophylla 
pi mi at a. 
palmata. 
digitata. 
periiaphyUa, 
alternifelia. 
faginea. 
inconfpicims. 
TETRAND. MONOG. 253^256.- 
Leaves lieart-fliaped, the lobes divaricate; fpadix '' 
longer than the fpathe. 
Well Indies, 'Jacq. ie, 3. f. 610. Plum, /imer.t, 63. 
Hoot knobbed, thick ; leaves all radical, large. 
Leaves pinnatifid. 
India. Rutnph. arnb, 5. p. 489, t. 1 83. y. 2, 
P/flK/ ftenilefs: /raw. t large : yrrrjSr naked. 
Leaves palmate ; the lobes 9-nerved, lanceolate, obtuR' 
South America. Plum. Amir, t. 64, 65. fsL t. 207, 208. 
Plant parafitical : haves targe, thick. 
Leaves in about 9 finger-like divifions ; leafets 
rather acute. 
South America. Jacq. ic. rar. 3. r.6i i. 
Leaves in 5 ftnger-like divifions ; the leafets ovate, 2^'** 
Guiana. Aubl. Gui. z.p.iyj. t, jz 6 . Dracontium. 
Spadix taper; corol 6-petalled.' /lamina 6. 
253. COMETES. Involucre 4-leaved, 
4-kaved: 3-grained. 
COMETES. 
Surat. Burm, Ind. t. ij./l J. Pluk. aim. t, 380. y. 4. jy 
herbaceous: leaves oppofitc, feffilc, obovate, entire - ? 
cles axillary, alternate, folitary, i-flowered. ^ 
254. CURTISIA. 4.parted: 4‘ 
fuperior, roundilh, I'uccuknti with a 4 
celled nut. 
CuRTIStA. 
The Cape. Burm. Afr. t.^z. Sideroxyium, 
Tree large .- younger branches downy ; leaves oppofit*’ jpS-' 
toothed, entire at the bafe, downy beneath : panicle tf j 
255. CHLORANTHUS. Calyx cy'. coroU 
petal feated by the fide of the germ: 
growing to the petal: l>erry i-ieeded. 
Chloranthus. 
China. Japan. Swartz. Phil.Tranf. /q.p. 359. t. i 4 - 41 ^* 
S/CCT Ihrubby, flefhy ; oppsfite, oblong, toothed- ■ 
terminal, fimple, panicled : berry black. ^ 
256. EL.® AGNUS. Carol o: calyx 4-cleft> 
panulate, fuperior : drupe beneath the 
