. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. C A 1. C A L da will then entirely rcTl on in tter be called, braft;- as precedent gor?, Plychotria differs heads on a common his pfychotria laiTy- receptacle; but cle, with a braftc tu : that the fpecit,, .» defcriplions, there appear one or uvo^irponanV, and'a few properly a callicocca. \Ve fliall therefore add 14. C. n>.. nSer dir^renets; but there is fo great a general refem- i^n (pfycotna emeUca L>nn. jun. 6up. PI p 14+.) blaivc" as to make it evident that they a
. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. C A 1. C A L da will then entirely rcTl on in tter be called, braft;- as precedent gor?, Plychotria differs heads on a common his pfychotria laiTy- receptacle; but cle, with a braftc tu : that the fpecit,, .» defcriplions, there appear one or uvo^irponanV, and'a few properly a callicocca. \Ve fliall therefore add 14. C. n>.. nSer dir^renets; but there is fo great a general refem- i^n (pfycotna emeUca L>nn. jun. 6up. PI p 14+.) blaivc" as to make it evident that they are very nearly al- " Heads naked, peduncled, few-flowered ; leaves lanceo- Ued to'each other, and to render it probable that they be- long to the fame natural genus, and poffefs the fame quah- ties in perhaps an equal degree. In the defcriptiou given bv Mutis, there is no mention of an involucre ; and the braftes which feparate the fiorcU are faid to be fo fmall as to be fcarccly difcernible. I. late, fmooth ; ftipules entire, awl-diaped ; corolla 5ve-ckfL ; chaffy braftea very ; A native of Brazil. All the known fpecies are perennial. We have followed Schrcber and WillJenow with little hefitation in uniting the tapogomea, pntabea, and evea The Aublet, though La Marck has kept them feparate. A dif- Hrft affeds the enus as it has hitherto' been charafterized ference merely in number cannot warrant the conftruftion of a new genus. Of the carapichea we have much doubt, on account of the important difference in the fruit. La Marck made it a diflind genus in the alphabetical part of the En- cyclopedic, but has figured it as a fpecies of his tapogomea zontal- in that of Croteio, they are deeply laciniated, and in the Illuftrations, which muft be confidered as hislateft prefltd'clofe to the ftem. In the former, the flowers are decifion onthe fubjeft. Nor can tlie genus of patabea and liated to be axillary, and to have only from two to five by all authors; and as
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