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attenuata, 3—5" Imiga, 13— 31'" la*a, nusc in altero speciniine 

 obovata utrinqiie acota 3b^2'" idiga, la"' lata, ant subrotundo- 

 ovata acuta, 24"' longa, 18'" lata, imoque infinii folii ovalis parva, 

 10'" longa, 7'" lata; juvenilis a margine versus nervum medium 

 paginae superioris involuta, villosa. Pedunculi ad apicemcaulis 

 ramorumque axillares (nee terminales Kth., nee radicales Lodd.), 

 in axilla quaque solitarii ereeti, tenues, graeiles nunc pro ratione 

 petiolorum tenuissimi, apic^liculati 1—2- (an etiam 3?-) flori, 

 longitudine petioli sui proximi (1—2"); bracteae ad apicera pe- 

 duneujQrum minutae cadueae, inter pilos densos occultae, ple- 

 rumque cadueae deficientes; pedicelli 2'" longi, ereeti, dein 



apice curvati; a lab a strum ovatum acutum 3^4'" long., 

 27, — 3"' crassum, dense ferrugineo^villosnm ; fl(^res graudes 

 ereeti succedanei evoluti. Perigonium externum 3-phyllum, 

 sub anthesi patent, post anthesin eonnivens; foliola paullo inae- 

 qualia, e basi ovata lanceolata acuminata 6'" longa, 3 — 4'" lata, 

 extus (subtus) pilis ferrugincis , praeprimis apieem versus in 

 nervo medio hirsutissima, intus (supra) glabra; perigonium 

 internum triphyllum, eort)llinum, exteriio mnlto majus, lilacinum, 

 extus pallidius, nervis fureatis intensius coloratis flabellatim per- 

 cursum; fol io la obovata s, obovato-subrotunda, 8"' l<»iga, 6'" lata 

 glabra. Stamina 6 aequalia, basi ima foliolornm perigpnii interni 

 inserta, aequalia (vix: alterna paullo breviora KntL), parva in 

 fundo floris pistillum cingentia, in alabastro 1'", dein sub anthesi 

 3'" longa, persistentia ; filament a teretia, in alabastro anthera 

 sua paullo longiora, sub anthesi filiformia, tenuia, imberbia, an- 

 thera sua multo longiora; antherae conformes, luteae, versatiles, 

 basi eounectivi insertae, e loculis binis curvatis connectivum trans- 



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verse-ovale utrinque marginantibus ^ inaequaliter insertis confor- 

 matae orbiculares,. utrinque leyiter emarginatae; dein connectivo 

 supra lineam mediauam coraplicato loculi sibi sunt paralleli coii- 

 tigui, per totam longitudinem rima debiseentes, marginibusque 

 sese revolventibus faciem internam praebent indeque formam ir^ 

 regulariter cuculiformem referunt. 6 e r m e n ovatum parvum 

 3-loculare, totum pilis erectis fulvis setoso-hirsutum, 1'" altum; 

 stylus filiformis, 2'" fere longus, ^rectus, persistens, gja,ber (nee; 

 styli 3 ififertK connati? Enth. mspt, et icon in hrb« berol.)» ftpi^ 

 paullo incrassatas, trnncatns, papillosus; gemmuta^ in loculis 

 biseriatae 4—6? (Kth)— Fructus desunt! 



In herbario comitis de Fran cjuevi lie specimina adsunt 

 fructificantia , a Gaudichaud prop^ QorcoyMo^) Brasilif^Q 





