tJrevlbus kd nervoS copiosos scabriii^ula, adalta utrimque pilorum 

 basibus persistentibus albido-papiiloso-scabra , intermixtis pilis 

 bi^vibils scabri^ ad nervos neiTubsque ; petiolas Vi^^t'A polUcaris, 

 cfiate'paulo debilior, dense pap illoso^caber ; segmentiim interme- 

 dittm lateralibus longi&s, rhomboideum, acutum, a medio versus 

 basin attenaatum et iiitegerriiirain, versus apicem mucronato-den- 

 tatunsj serraturis inaequalibus, tttrimque 3—8, acutis, crassiuscuUs 

 aut niinutis, interdma fere obsoletis; segmenta lateralia a segm. 

 medio sinu 9^—5 lin. longo, postice rotundato, oblongo, plerumque 

 angusto, undique aequaliter lato aut antice latiore remo^a, into 

 se sine lato plerumque truncate, 3—5 lift, longo seiuncta, angulata, 

 p!eruBrt[ue Bd medium biJoba, lobo superiore ovato-rhomboideo 

 acato, I a medio versus apieem mucronato-dentato,' lobo inferiore 

 duple quam superior breviore, fere quadrangulo, margiue inferiore 

 ac interdum superiore integerrimo, margine laterali plus minus 

 cr^sse S— 4dentato. Cirri ad basin petioli laterales, altcrni, pa- 

 tentissimi, simplifces, 3— 6 pollicares, 1— -Spoil, supra basin spira- 

 Kter torti. Stipula ') axillaris, caulem spatbiformiter amplectens, 

 breviter petiolata, ovato-votundata, basi covdata, fimbriata, sine 

 fimbriis 2— ^4 lin. longa, fimbriis 20—30 dimidiam latitudinem ae- 

 quaiitib«s, riovellasbabHuseula, aduha [p. 16] dlbido-papillosa sca- 

 brav Flares masculi hicemosi, pedicellati viriduli, tninuti, sub 

 anthesi erecti, gemmas floriferas et pedunculura superantes eum- 

 que quasi terminantes, post anthesin decidui, pedicellis patentibus, 

 persistentibus. Peduneulus gracilis, 1— V,.pollicari8j post anthesin 

 panlum'iongior, infra nudns, in superiore triente vel quadrante vel 

 altius florifer,papillosb-scaber; pedicelli 7—11 solitarii aut bini, in- 

 feriores remotiusculi, superiores magis approximati, post anthesin 

 •V«r-V4 lin. longi; saepe bractea filifonni interdum trifidasuffulti, 

 brattea reflexa, in flore infimo deficiente, post anthesin excrescente 

 usque litieatfi et ultra longa, tenuissima, cirmm minutum "aemu- 

 lante. Oalyx eanipandlatds, tub'o brevi, deutibus linearibus, acutis, 

 brevibus. Corolla viridi-flavescens, laciniis quisque, V4 lin. long., 

 calyqis Wbo eontinui* patentissimis, . knceolato-oblongis, acutis, 

 utrinrqn* intprimis extus ad apicem raarginemque pufoernlisf quin- 

 quenervibas, praefloratione imbricatis, nervis parallelis ad basin 

 laciniarum anaatoriiosi horizontali conjunctis, anastomosibus an- 

 nulum simplicem calycis tubum et cprollam segregantem for^Ia^- 

 tibus. Stamina 5 triadelpha, in columnam conniventia (tria, 



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13 rectius Bractea. 



