Per. Capfula oblonga, tetragona, rugofa, unilocularis, fupeme perforata
, ftylis coronata,
S em. numerofa, parva.
CCCXXXÎII.
A C A L Y PH A ALOPECUROIDEA.
Sponte crefcit in Venezuela; in noftris caldariis floret a Julio ad
O&obrim. ~ E x radice fibrofa ramofa & annua caulis attollitur ereftus, fel-
quipedalis aut altior, lotus ramofus -, hirfutus, inferne teres calamoqua
crafRor, iuperne obfoletius angolatus; Rami adfcendentes, tandem longi.
Folia fant alterna, petiolata, cordato - ovata, acuta, ferrata, rugofula,
utrinque hirfuta, majora triuncialia cum petiolis hirfutis biuncialibus. Spi-
cæ mafculæ valde graciles, tandem v ix onciales, ftrifte patentiffimæ ,
multifloræ, ad petiolos & ramos per totam plantam latérales , foîitariæ.
Flores in his felfiles, pa llid i, fie minutiffimi, ut magnitudine punctum
æquent. Spicæ famine® in eadem planta terminales, foîitariæ, erectæ,
cylindricæ, fere biunciales, digitum craffæ, pedicellatæ , ex apicis centra
nonnunquam emittentes pedunculum ereetum, filiformem, terminatum cor-
pufeulo obverle ovato hirfuto obtufo & horizontali unico, duobus v el tribus.
Flores in his numerofi, minuti, virentes ; finguli fuffulti involucro
fetolo, tripartito, concàvo, viridi, laciniis ovatis in fetam fetofam lon-
gamque terminatis. Non potui obfervare filamenta connata.
Maf.
Ca l . Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis ovatis, acutis, concavis, paten-
tiffimis.
Cor; nulla.
S t am . Filamenta plus minus fe x , filiformia, erefta, longitudiue calycis.
Anthers divifaj, fimbriat®.
Foemina.
Cal. Perianthium peril (tens, triphyllum ; foliolis ovatis, acutis, ereftis.
Cor. nulla.
Pist . Gerrnen triquetrum, longitudine calycis, Styli tres , capillares,
erefti, lon g i, fimplicifRmi. Stigmata acuta, fimplicia.
Per. Caplula tricocca, glabra, pallens. 1
Sem. folitaria, ovata, glabra, acuta, fufea.
CCCXXXIV.
GRONOVIA SCANDENS. Linn. jyjt. pag. 243.
Gronovia Icandens, lappacea, pampinea fronde, Houliounis. Mart, cent.
1. pag. xg. tab. 38,
1 Crefcit in Vera Cruce & in Venezuela , inter frutices fcandens ,
non volubilis, fed ramis fuis longiffimis, recta inter illos quaquaverfum
protenfis, & ob hifpiditatem hamofam ubique firmiter affixis, debiliflima
fe fultinet. Tota fic hifpida ell, & urens. In caldariis noftris floret a Ju-
nio ad Octobrim. Radix annua, ex fibris craflulis femipedalibus & albi-
cantibus compofita. Caulis ramofiiRmus, calamo gracilior, teres, duode-
B b 3 , din