M a s c v i . b r e v ifiim e p e d ic e lla t i, p a u c io te s , p> >
v i , rubri.
Calyx 4 . p a r t itu s : Foliolis o v a t is , c o n v e x is ,
fan g u in e is .
Filamenta 4 - Antherae albidae.
F e m i n e i c o p io f io r e s , m in u t io r e s , pedice llis brev
iffim is . ' J
Calyx t r iv a lv is : Valvulis o v a t is , c o n v e x is , v iridibus.
Germen o b lo n g um . Stigma v illo fum .
Valvulae c a ly c . perfiftentes in c lu d u n t Semen
fu b ro tu n d um , a cum in a tum , brunnemn i m a -
gn itu d in e Sem* Portuldcae.
obs. Dignofcitur ab V. m ic ro çh y lla :
Caule 6 » plo major! 4 ramofo, erecto.
JFoliis oblongis, nec acutis.
Worthies monoids; Cal. fmin. 3-valvi etc.
Herman- VRT ICA, foliis oppofitis fubro-
oides, tundis integerrimis terminalibus
quaternis ; floribus terminalibus
pedicellatis j caule filiformi diffufo.
Prodr. p. 36. Acta Holm. 1787*
p.65. tab. 2. f. 1.
Habitat fupra faxa in rivulis et flu-
viis Domingenfibus. ©.
Planta minuta, 1 - 2 - pollicaris.
Caules conferti, filiformes, tenuiffimi, faepe re.
ptantes , diffufi ? fimpliciufculi J. fubdivifi,
glabri.
Folia oppofita, breviter petiolata, fpathulato - fub.
rotunda, 2. lin. lata, obtufa , minutar glabra,
patentia; terminalia quaterna, longius petiolata.
Foliola nulla axillaria nec Jlipulae.
Flores minutiffimi, monoici, terminales, diftindti.
M a s c v l i inter folia terminalia, numerofi, pe-
dicellati, aggregati.
Calyx 4 - phyllus. Foliola convexa, ovata.
Filamenta calyee longiora, elaftice erumpentia.
Antherae fubrotundae, albae.
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