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I lingua Brarn. Caitu, eft arbor procera, ra-%3«
I H mis denfis & opacis late tranfverfum diffufis, na-
I II ^ ens in arenofis.
I II f tM p S ramos latè fpargens, exteriùs val- I ^ ^ a ^ ^ 3Es^defel; ancijS^rri]cnàgnesn> ti;n-st u^ sH cgonrtoic aelb riucbaenftcee.nte, quifaporis
Caudex craflus, ambitu unius hominis amplexum implens ,
I ligno albicante, cortice craffo, qui exteriùs ex viridi nigricans»
I fub exterioricrufta rubefcens.
%mi cinerei, teneriores,villofi ac fpadiceifèu mufcofi coloris.
Folia hinc inde in ramis, furculifque petiolis brevibus, viridi-
I bus, rotundisproveniunt; funtquefpithamamlonga, quatuor Sueve pollices lata, forma oblongo-rotunda, anteriùs cufpi-
ongo-angufta eminentia, in margine crenata acdenticulis
I acutisemicantia, contexturafolida, craffa, fuperficieplana, in
I reda parte viroris fufci, in adverfa viroris communis vel clari,
in utraque nitentis, maxime in adverfa, fiintqueodorisfylve-
I ftris, qonnihil gravis.
Ex coda media quæ in reda parte nonnihil cminct,CoJla transi
verfæ in adverfa maxime eminentes, tenuiter verb in reda, obli-
quo annulari dudu exeunt juxta marginem tradu longiufculo
excurrentesac in arcus finuati, venulifquefubtilibus tranfverfis,
qua: 8c in fuperficie utrinque confpicuæ funt intertextæ.
Flores in fuperiori parte ramorum hinc inde turn fupra ex origine
foliorum, turn ex ipfocorporefeptemodove plus minus ad
unum exortum congregatim petiolis curtis proveniunt, funtque
gemmæ parvæ, quæ apertæ très fériés foliorum offeruntfin prima
interiori ferie eft ftella quinque minorum crafforum cufpidato-
rum foliorum,quæ villofa funt & fpadiceo-fufca,lenia acnitentia
inftar Vllutn in fecundaferiequinquefolia funt majora, rotunda,
parva, interiùs cochleato-cava, fubrufa ac pilis candidis maxime
in oris obduda,quæ fingula unum cufpidatum folium ftellæintra
fe recipiunt : quæ in tertia feu exteriori ferie funt folia quinque
cufpidata, viridia, exteriùs viridi-mufcofa, quæ cum in gemmis
funt flores exteriora folia funt reliqua includentia ; ex umbilico.
Stamina quinque inferiùs craflîola, viridia & pilofa, fupernè te-
nuia 8t aibicantia cum apicibus rotundiolis albicantibus fubfla-
G g vis