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    Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus
    Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus
    Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus
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    Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus

    By Georg Forster

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus - Georg Forster

      #Gnaphalivm_trinerue.]

      FLORVLAE

      INSVLARVM AVSTRALIVM

      PRODROMVS

      AVCTORE

      GEORGIO FORSTER M. D.

      SERENISSIMO REGI POLONIAE A CONSILIIS INTIMIS HISTORIAE NATVRALIS ET BOTANICES IN ACADEMIA VILNENSI P.P.O. ACADEMIAE CAESAREAE NATVRAE CVRIOSORVM REGIAE MEDICAE MADRITENSIS REGIAR. SOCIETATVM SCIENTIARVM LONDINENSIS ET HAVNIENSIS SOCIETATVM ANTIQVITATVM ET REI AGRARIAE QVAE CASSELLIS SVNT REI AGRARIAE CELLENSIS ET NATVRAE SCRVTATOR. BEROLINENSIS SODALI NEC NON REGIIS SOCIETATIB. GOTTINGENSI SCIENTIARVM ET PARISINAE REI AGRARIAE LITTERARVM COMMERCIO CONIVNCTO.

      GOTTINGAE

      TYPIS JOANN. CHRISTIAN. DIETRICH.

      MDCCLXXXVI.

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      VIRO

      EXCELLENTISSIMO ET CELEBERRIMO

      ANDREAE SPARRMANNO

      MEDICINAE DOCTORI

      PROFESSORI HISTORIAE NATVRALIS

      MVSEI HOLMIENSIS ACADEMICI PRAEFECTO

      ACADEMIAE REGIAE SCIENTIARVM HOLMIENSIS

      SOCIETATIS PHYSIOGRAPHICAE LVNDINENSIS

      MEMBRO &c.

      FLORVLAE

      COMMVNI STVDIO ORNATAE

      RECENSUM

      D.

      GEORGIVS FORSTER.

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      PRAEFATIO.

      Ex itinere circa globum terraqueum redux anno MDCCLXXV, coniunctim cum patre optimo Characterum nouorum generum plantarum adumbrationem typis tabellisque aeneis exaratam publici iuris feci. Hanc breui, vt sperabam, ita pollicebar descriptiones integras stirpium orbis australis insequuturas. Haud igitur ab re esset enumerare caussas, quae harum diuulgationem impediverunt; verum piget querelis quamuis iustis immorari.

      {6}

      Interim vndecimus ab editione nouorum generum vertitur annus. Species plantarum complures, a nobis primum detectae, alienis curis prodierunt in lucem, siue quod in solo natali iterum deprehensae fuerunt, siue quod, etsi a nobis mutuatae, alieno nomini minus religiose illae addictae sunt. Facile quidem tolerari poterat iactura tantillae, inuenti legitimis auctoribus erepti, gloriolae. Sed non potuit non vitium subrepere descriptiunculis alienis iuxta sicca plantarum exemplaria congestis et festinanter nimis in medium prolatis. Quae cum ita essent, iam vltro videbar adstipulari erroribus, ni publice in eosdem animaduerterem. Attamen eadem, quae olim, obstacula manum nostro operi admotam inhibent. Qui in colligendas hasce naturae diuitias aes publicum impenderunt, ad earundem communicationem cum orbe erudito sumtus denegant, librarii redemtionem recusant; vetat res {7} familiaris tot figurarum scalpturas, quae descriptionibus illustrandis inseruiunt, priuatis opibus moliri. Quid multa? Praemittendum itaque exploratoris vice catalogum Florulae Polynesiae constitui, certiorem me redditurum, num in promtu mihi sint auxiliatrices manus, quibus omnibus his angustiis expediar? Enimuero, nisi cuncta me fallunt, praesagiens iam animo tot inter potentissimos Europae principes exorientem Musagetam video, qui nostrorum tentaminum fautorem se praestet, Floraeque australis ornandae honorem Britannis eripiat.

      Nomina plantarum, quas cum amicissimo

      Sparrmanno

      in oceani australis insulis legimus descripsimusque, folis differentiis specificis et locis natalibus adiectis, huic prodromo inserui, exclusis stirpibus magellanicis, nec non iis quas in atlantici maris insulis offendimus. Species cognitas omnes {8} ad illustris

      Murrayi

      editionem decimam quartam systematis vegetabilium retuli, emendatis hinc inde differentiis specificis, quas fide supplementi plantarum a Linneo, filio, editi, in eximium opus suum receperat vir celeberrimus. Genera noua nonnulla, instituta diligentiore comparatione, deleui; quae autem temere nimis ab aliis ad genera cognita relata fuerunt, restitui. Plantas dubias porro et obscuras aut imperfecte descriptas seorsim enumerandas esse iudicaui, ne et species probe determinatae vna vacillarent.

      Scribebam Vilnae Lituanicae, d. XXX. Junii MDCCLXXXVI.

      {1}

      FLORVLAE

      INSVLARVM AVSTRALIVM

      PRODROMVS.

      CLASSIS I.

      MONANDRIA.

      MONOGYNIA.

      AMOMVM.

      1. A. Zerumbet, scapo nudo, spica oblonga obtusa.

      Mvrray

      Systema Vegetabilium edit. XIV. p.50. n.2.

      Taheiti et reliquae Societatis insulae.

      2. A. Curcuma, scapo spathis laxis e centro foliorum. M. S.V. p.40. n.5.

      Culta intra tropicos et in Paschatis insula.

      THALIA.

      3. T. cannaeformis, corollis hexapetalis: nectario bifido erecto. F.

      Mallicollo inter nouas Hebrides.

      {2}

      BOERHAAVIA.

      4. B. erecta, caule erecto glabro, floribus diandris. M. S.V. p.52. n.1.

      Insulae Societatis.

      Forst

      . pl. Esculent. ins. Oc. austr. 41.

      5. B. tetrandra, caule repente, floribus tetrandris. F.

      Ibidem.

      DIGYNIA,

      MNIARVM.

      6. M. biflorum. M. S.V. p.53.

      Forst

      . Charact. Gen. 1.

      Noua Zeelandia.

      {3}

      CLASSIS II.

      DIANDRIA.

      MONOGYNIA.

      IASMINVM.

      7. I. simplicifolium, foliis oppositis ouato-lanceolatis simplicibus. F.

      Amicorum Insulae.

      8. I. didymum, foliis oppositis ternatis, foliolis ouato-lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis. F.

      Societatis Insulae.

      VERONICA.

      9. V. Catarractae, racemis terminalibus flexuosis, caule suffruticoso, foliis lanceolatis serratis F.

      Noua Zeelandia.

      10. V. elliptica, racemis lateralibus, caule fruticoso, foliis ellipticis integerrimis. F.

      Ibidem.

      11. V. salicifolia, racemis lateralibus nutantibus, caule fruticoso, foliis longo-lanceolatis integerrimis. F.

      Ibidem.

      IVSTICIA.

      12. I. repanda, fruticosa, foliis ouatis repandis: pedunculis axillaribus trifidis. F.

      Tanna.

      {4}

      13. I. longifolia, suffruticosa, foliis linearibus sinuatis: pedunculis axillaribus trifidis. F. Ibidem.

      DIANTHERA.

      14. D. caerulea, vmbella fasciculata sessili simplicissima. F.

      Botanices insula, prope Nouam Caledoniam.

      15. D. clauata, panicula subumbellata composita, pedunculis apice dilatatis. F.

      Societatis insulae.

      GRATIOLA.

      16. G. Monnieria, foliis ouali-oblongis, pedunculis vnifloris, caule repente. M. S.V. p.64. n.2.

      Insulae Marchionis.

      VERBENA.

      17. V. nodiflora, tetrandra, spicis capitato-conicis, foliis serratis, caule repente. M. S.V. p.66. n.10.

      Tanna.

      DIGYNIA.

      ANTHOXANTHVM.

      18. A. crinitum, panicula coarctata, aristis longissimis. F.

      A. crinitum. M. S.V. p.73

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