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contracta amnculato-cordatis, longe petiolatis, ra- 

 cemis lateralibus pauciflorls, bracteis calyce Ion- 

 gioribus , calyci" laciniis lanceolato-subulatis, co- 

 rollae albo-villosae tubo supra rnedium infundi- 

 buiiformi, laciniis llmbi obovati^-, bine aculis, 



Caulis teres, striatulus , gracilis, flexuosus, 

 verruculosus, hirto-pilosus. Folia remota, longe 

 petioiata, nienibranacea, angnste oblonga, brevitcr 

 cuspidata, basi contracta auriculato-cordata, 4— O2 

 poll, longa, 2 — 2J lata, utrinque appresse pubes- 

 centi-hirta, praesertim sublus ad nervum medium, 

 margine ciliata. Pelioli flexuosi 1 ^ — 2 poll, 

 longi, hirto-pilosi, tenues, canaliculati. Racemi 

 parci , axiilares, pauciflori, ^e^/?///C7//2V poHicaribus 

 hirsulissimis , terelibns. Flares majusculi extus 

 albo-villosi , pediceUis \ poll, flavescenti -hirtubs, 

 bracteolaiis. Bracleolae lanceolato-subulatae, basi 

 iatiove complicatae, membranaceae, ciliatae, extus 

 pubescentes, intus glabriusculae, 6 — 9 Hn. longae. 

 Calyx profunde Spartitus, extus hlrto-pubescens, 

 laciniis lanceolato-subulatis 4 — 5 lin. longis, ciba- 

 tis. Ligulae calycinae A lin. longae, tenues, sub- 

 quadratae , superne snbintegrae. Corolla extus 

 albo - -villosa tubo basi quidquam ampliato , supra 

 medium infundibuliformi, limbi laciniis obovatis, 

 bine acutis. Stamina supra mediam tubi par- 

 tem inserta, antheris hveyihus, lineari - oblongis, 

 apicc lanccformi, basi cordalis. Ovaria conica, 

 vertice elongato , subcongrua , cincta glanduHs 

 5 crassis ovatis, acutis, subcontinuis, ipsorum me- 



