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lato-cordata, concava: angulis pofticis eredo- 
inflexiuftulis; pedali longitudine, fpithamas 3 
lata, quinquenervea, venulofa, fupra rugofa*, 
glabra, faturate viridia, fubtus glauca, nervis & 
venulis fcabrida, margine utrinque minutim ci¬ 
liata, fcabra r fquamulis exiguis cartilagineis, fub- 
diaphanis, rigidis. Petioli craffi, longitudine 
iere foliorum, vix (cabridi, fupra plano-conca- 
viufculi, la?ves, fubtus convexi, undique fulcati. 
Stipula: vagina? fubtubulofa?, membranacea?, 
ficca?, albida?, caulem amplexantes, minutim ru- 
gofe.* ore obliquo, acuto. Corymbus termina¬ 
lis, difiufus, glaber, undique flriatus, albidus, 
nudus, bafi fuicitus foliolo uno vel altero, fub- 
petiolato, & vagina membranacea; conflans e 
racemis plurimis, fubverticiilatis, floribus ver- 
ticillatis, pedicellatis, patentibus. CAL . Perianth . 
turbinatum, glabrum, albidum, fexfidum: la¬ 
ciniis oblongis, obtufis, concaviufculis, eredis, 
fubccqualibus. COR . nulla. STAM\ Fil. 9, Tubu¬ 
lata, alba, calyce paullo longiora. Antb . trigo¬ 
na?, incumbentes» PIST. Germen viride, trique¬ 
trum, glabrum* Styli 3, albi, patentiflimi. Sti¬ 
gmata crafla, reniformia, carnofa, fubdiaphana, 
alba, fcabriufcula, trifariam decumbentia. 
PROPR. rec 4 folior . Odor herbaceus; fnpor 
acidulus; mafticata teneriora, faliva viridefcen- 
te; primo fubftyptica, dein acidula, relido po- 
<tea in ore fapore leniffimo fubrhabarbarino* 
Petioli carnofi, fuccofi; mafticati acidi, leniter 
infimul aufteri. Radicis ficc* odor debilior, fe¬ 
re Rhei; fapor amaricans', flypticus, fubrha- 
barbarinus; mafticata lingvam & fauces tingit 
colore rubro-croceo, tanquam Rheum verum. 
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