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Botanical Engravings of A. Poiret

ENGRAVING TEST NUMBER 51.

Artist: A. Poiret. Del.

Notes by Charles Gaudichaud Beaupré.

PLUMBAGINEAE, Jussieu.

AEGIALITIS, R. Brown.

Calix plicato-angulatus, 5-dentatus, coriaceus. Corolla quinquepetala, unguibus basi connatis. Stamina 5, epipetala. Styli 5. Stigmata capitata. Conceptaculum exsertum, angulatum; subcylindraceum evalve, coriaceum. Semen germinans, exalbuminosum. Plumula conspicua.
Frutex humilis, glaberrimus, inter rhizophorus crescens. Rami teretes, fragiles, cicatricibus petiolorum annulati. Folia alterna, extipulata, plana, coriacea, ovata, intergerrima, petiolo marginato, basique dilatatà, vaginanti. Spicae paniculatae; floribus alternis, subimbricatis, (?)ibracteatis, albis. R. Brown.

1. AEGIALITIS ANNULATA. Pl. 51.

AE. Annulata. R. Brown, Prodr. Pg. 426.

In insulis Moluccis. (Timor).

MOLUCAS ISLANDS.

PAGE 446.

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