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Genus ARIOCARPUS
Caracter
generis
Calycis tubus subtrigonus monophyllus,
superus 6 - 7 partitus marcescens; petala 12 uniserialia a calyce
distincta; stamina numerosa, pluriserialia; pistillum unicum,
stigma sexfidum; bacca turbinata unilocularis, vacua, polysperma;
semina parictalia; embryo rectus, subglobosus, radicula crassa
obtusa.
2. ARIOCARPUS
RETUSUS
A. simplex interdum multiplex, foliis
multifariis deltoideis apice retusis, apice cartilagineis, supra
convexiusculis, lepidoto-punctatis, glauco-cinereis, subtus ad
angulum gibbosis; areolis infra apicem foliorum immersis, oblongis
lanatis, biaculeatis, adultis nudis; aculeis brevissimis; axillis
setoso-lanatis; flores inter basin foliorum e lanae medio; calycis
tubus 5 lin. longus, integer subtrigonus; 6 - 7 partitus; sepala
lanceolata acuminata; petala 12, angustiora, sepala vix superantia;
stamina numerosa inflexa; stylus simplex clavatus stigmatibus sex
radiadtis, planis undulatis.
Habitat in rupibus porphyricis prope
S.-Luis Potosi. Alt. 6500 ad 7000 ped.
Figurarum
explicatie.
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Planta magnitudinis naturalis. |
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Baceae segmentum. |
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3
Pistillum.Embryo. |
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4 Flos
cum capsula dupl. auct. |
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5
Areolus cum binis aculeis. |
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