; - C ia f sis DC.Ordo I I . .
E n a t a a n d r i a T R I G Y N I A .
E N N E A N il) R I A, T R I G Y N I A.
R H E U M . R H U B Á R B .
f 'h e C A L Y X None,
f monopetalous,
I narrow at the bafe,
■'C. The CpRO LLA I impervious,
Fig. 2. ¿'ifh^Iiin'b,cut into fix fegmcnts ;
* Magnified, . 1 which areobtufe,
alternately fmaller,
withering.''
S T A M I N A
- % . 2. . r - .
• Lente aucta. I F ilam e n t a novem,
^capillaria,
coroUee injerta,
ejufdemque longitudine.
, AntheRjE didymee,
oblonga:,,
obtufa.
:The-
S T A M É N S ;
C „ Fig- a- ‘ .
' “ Magnified.
iff The F ilam en ts ' nine;
I f capillary, . -.
I ' iniertcd into the Corolla,
' ^ of the fame length....
I a.The Anther as twins,
j|j oblong; * .
L obtufei-.''^
fg . G ermen breve,
p i s T j B g M , B H H |
JV/SflGMATA tría,
reflexa,
plumofa; •
- fjS- 3- ,
* Magnified. Ig. The G ermen ih or t, ’
The P I S T I L L L JM
three cornered. . .
t. The St y l e s fcarce any.
t. The Stigmas three,
plumofe.
P E R IC A RD IU M nullum.
S.t S :E M E N \ magnum,
< triquetrm
L mmaarrggiinnii blius menibranaccis.
The PERICARPIUM
. The S £ E D S
* Magnified.
r fingle, f¡s¡ I wwiitthh nm: embranaceous borders.
Fig. X . fcitio tranfverfa Scminis lente au£ia. 'Fig. j . X . a tranfverfe feition o f a Seed n
T. T R U N C U iS
F O L I A
■ '%'S».'-- :
'Gadlis fubteres, I-
-fiftulofus,i(y)‘ --''
^¿ifeulatus,.
obfolete flriatus,
fuperne flcxuofus ab articulo ad articulum,
vaginatus 5 ( V)
vaginis fubrubris,
membranaccis,
caulem cingcntibus, -
';fpjiorúm'.&'fp¡carum fiorallum embryönea anteexpanfionem
involventibus.
‘petiolata, \t)
ad genictila-fo'Iitarla,
fuperiora- gradatim minora,
coftis fubtus promiiientibus, (zj
■utrinq; fcabriufeula'i i
laciniis oblongis, ...
'acuminatisi''-'«
acu tiufculis.
T . The T R U N K .
" • "'Fig . i.
¥. The L E A V E S
i t "Fig* I- •
‘A Stem roundiii§- : " .
(Millions, (y) ■-*
•articulated, . |
fthooth,; - •
a-little (trialed,-
in its upper part flexuofe: from,
vaginatej (jheathedfj^y . *v
||he vaginas reddifii, • : •
membranaceous,- ;
ifufrpundingthe Stem,
wrapping up the fembryos of the Leaves andfpikes of Flowers
t before they expand themfelves.
fpetiolated, (b)
' alternate,
one alone at each jointj ...
the upper ones gradually lefs,
it ribso'nithe underfide, (¡¿)
•n bqth'fides' j&: .
Iex alis foliorum prodeuntesj
fuftincntes fpicas' florales,
®ig- 'iii K Pät'icula'iasi.- .” :*
I ramofas, '
. I commg butjuft above the ipferfion of the Leaves,
p. \
(.multifloras,
F*g* | | Gemmte cràffie, òbtufiè, membrariacesè, futfubnd, ex' apicè
' ràdicis,' 'Verno tempore, fupra terra: fuperficem extrufa,
tjuarum in utraq; folium radicale complicatum concili*
G . G . Fig 6i Two Gems thick, obtufe, membranaceous, reddifh, 'arifing
from the top of the. Root, and puihed up above the furfacd
of the ground, in the Spring feafon,' each of which en1
clofes a radical Leaf folded upvi ■
r V àgina' uniyerfails;
Spathtefofmis,
. I fubrubra,
Fig. If . ' i oblonga, '. i
ipbtufa;-
I membranacea,
1 totam pariicúUtrrflorum, citm fpicis lateraliGus èt foliis càfiS
■ *- linis, vaginis propriis inclufis, compleiitens;
TThe ufiiverfal Vagina;
. I refembling a Spatha,
I reddiih,' , ' -.
. J-oblohg;. .
-.^obtufej •’
I membranaceous,'
I including the whole panicle of Flowers with its lateral Spikes
.1 ' and cauline Leaves, as contained in the partial Vaginas.
Nomep triviale, R heum PálmatúsíI
Habitat in China ad Murúm