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Caulis 2 — 3 pedalis ? ereelus, infcra parte lignes- 

 cens, crassilie pennac corvmae, obscure tetragonus, epi- 

 dermide einerea membranacea facilius secedente veslilus, 

 rami's inferne oppositis alternisve instrucms, ipso breviori- 

 bus, internodils 2 — 4 poll, longis. Rami et caulis su- 

 pera pars subalalo-tetragoua, pilis patentibus rigidulis plus 

 minusve obsessa, sub nodis pracserlim el ad angulos ere- 

 brescentibus. Specimina Sellowiana nostra aelale calves- 

 cenlia, pilis in ramis novellis tan (urn obviis. Folia 2 poll, 

 longa, 4 — 5 lin. lata, in specimine Humboldtiano Iatiora, 

 semipollicem lata, obtongo- lanceolate et lanceolate, aeu- 

 tissima, membranaeeo-opaca, nervo medio venisque obli- 

 quis subtus vix prominulis; utrinque Mrta, margine sea- 

 bra, pilis patulis in sup era pagina brevioribus , in infera 

 longioribus mollloribus. Slipula membranacea folia con- 

 neclens hirsute, non truncate, serf lobum arcuatum inter- 

 foliaceum sistens, laeiniis quinquc ipso paulo longioribus 

 subsetaccis rigidis apicc nudis limbriai inn. Flores per ra- 

 mos superamqne caulis partem in omnibus axillis congest!, 

 pseudo-verliriilos globosos diametro ad summum semi- 

 pollicari efformantes, capifulo terminal! similes et acqua- 

 les. Folia iloralia reliquis shnilia, apices versus sensim 

 decrescenlia, mox reflexa, hinc iude decidua. Corolla exlus 

 glabra, hypocra(eriformis, tubosesquilineari, denies calycinos 

 paululum superante, intus versus basin cingulo pubescente 

 uotato; limbo brevi quadrilobo, laeiniis ovatis aeutis, nervo 

 per tubum in quainque lacioiam currenle. Stamina 4, 

 cum laeiniis alterna, iisque breviora; filament is brevissi- 

 mis, tauci ins<»rlis, sed nervi adjuster per tubum decurren- 

 tibus. Autherae ovales, dorso aflixae, Versailles, bilocula- 

 res. Stylus annulo epigyno bast cinctns* fUiformis, longi- 

 tudine stamimim, apice bifidus, stigma libus facialibus. 



Specimen Humboldtianum e vegetioribus , hirsntius, 



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