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(a) (b)Fig. 1.41. Dorstenia contrajerva: (a) fol. 36v; (b) botanical image ofD. contrajervaby
Pierre Turpin from Chaumeton (1830:131).
V. Moraceae
- Fol. 36v. Dorstenia contrajerva (Fig. 1.41).The inflorescence
(Fig. 1.41a), appearing like a split open fig, is quite distinct and matches
most probably aDorsteniasp., likely the very variableD. contrajervaL.
(Fig. 1.41b). Leaves for this species vary “in spirals, rosulate or spaced;
lamina broadly ovate to cordiform to subhastate, pinnately to subpal-
mately or subpedately, variously lobed to parted with 3–8 lobes at each
side or subentire” (Berg 2001). This is native from Mexico to Peru. The
Nahuatl name istozpatliortuzpatli(D ́ıaz 1976).
W. Nyctaginaceae
- Fol. 33r.Allionia incarnata(Fig. 1.42).This has many petals united
into a greenish corolla, backed by a swollen whitish calyx, with