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POLYCARPON.
Linn. Gen. PL 42. Juss. 299. Gcertn. t. 129.
Calyx pentaphyllus. Petala quinque, ovata, minima. Capsula unilocularis,
trivalvis. Semina plurima.
Flores quandoque pentandri monogyni. D. Bauer.
TABULA 102.
POLYCARPON TETRAPHYLLUM.
POLYCAUPON tetraphyllum. Linn. Sp. PL 131. Willden. Sp. PL v. 1. 490. PL
Brit. 162. Eng. Bot. v. 15. t. 1031. Lamarch. EncijcL t. 51. f . 3. Desfont.
Atlant. V. 1. 115.
Hemiaria alsines folio. Toiim. Inst. 507-
Anthyllis maritima alsinefolia. Bank. Pin. 282. Loh. Ic. 468. f . 5.
A. alsinefolia polygonoides major. Barrel. Ic. t. 534.
Paronychia alsinefolia incana. Batik. Hist. v. 3. 366.
P. altera. Matth. Valgr. v. 2, 389. Dalech. Hist. 1213./. 2,
Frequens ad vias in insulls Arcliipelagi. O.
Radix annua, fibrosa, caiulice cylindraceo. Ccudes plures, palmares aut spitliamasi
diffusi, ramosi, divaricati, flexiiosi, foliosi, teretes, gìal)ri, seepè pui'purascentes
Folia opposita, vel plerumque quaterna, patentia, subpetiolata, obovata, integerrima
subcarnosa, glabra, uninervia. Stipulce opposit^e, acatas, membranacete, laceri®
albse. Paniciilce terminales, dichotoaias, multiilorae. Bractece oppositEe, stipulis
conformes. Flores parvi, inodori. Cabjcis folioìa quinqué, regularla, patentia,
obovata, concava, trinervia, cannata, oblusa, sub apice mucronulata, margine
scariosa, integerrima. Petala quinqué, calyce minora, obovata, obtusa, indivisa,
alba. Stamina plerumque tria, intcrdùm, observante Bauero, quinqué, sinq)licia,
petalis breviora. Antìierce o])long£e, luteoliE. Germen superum, subrotundum.
Stìjh saepÌLis tres, at in íloribus pentandris solitari!, stamina vix superantes, stigmatibus
subcapitatis. Capsida ovata, la?vis, trivalvis, calyce persìstente tecta.
Semina re n i formi a.
(7, À . Flos magnitudine naluriili et aiictá.
Flos pentandrus monog3'nns5 auctus.
C. Calyx.
D. Pétala.
e, E. Calj'x fructu foetus.
f , F. Capsula seorsìiu.
g, G. Semen.
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