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 ��CHARACTERS AND DESCRIPTIONS ^

OF

THREE NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS,

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��HAMAMELIS. Linn.

Syst. Linn. Tetrandria Digynia.

Char. Gen. Petala 4, elongata, aestivatione valvato- involuta ! Capsula semiinfera, bilocularis. Semina soli- taria.

Orb. Nat. Hamamelide^e, Br.

Char. Gen. Petala elongata, sestivatione valvato-invo- luta !

Obs. Hamamelidese notis praesertim sequentibas distin- guuntur. Flos semisuperus, completus, tetrapetalus. Sta- mina antnerifera quatuor, petalis alternantia ; Antheris basi insertis, bilocularibus, loculo singulo dehiscenti valvula unica medio semiseptifera, et vel altera sutura incompleta persistenti, vel utraque solubili decidua. Ovarium bilocu- lare, loculis monospermis, ovulis pendulis (v. appensis). Styli duo. Fructus semiinferus, capsularis. Embryo longi- tudine fere albuminis : raclicitla supera.

Huic ordini, cui referenda Hamamelis, Linn., Dicoryplie, Aub. Bu Petit- Thouars, et Dahlia, Thunb., forsan adji- cienda, in distincta tamen sectione, Fothergilla, Linn.,

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