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Sectio 11. Tetraitterae. 

 Flores lateralesy secus ramos ramuUtsque spicati, 



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rarius in ramontm apice approximatO'Suhcapitati, 

 involucre nullo v* ohsoleto. Calycia limhus ^-Jidus, 

 Staminas, — Fruticcs? t. saffrntices , ' foliis ■ sparsis 

 T. oppositis, linearibas t. acerosis^ raro lanceolatis. 



^ ^jintherme in fauce suBsessiles, infcriores incluiacj 

 superiores plus minus eacserta^* Folia plana. 



- P. suhspicata^ noh*j suffrnficosa, catio-pabescens; fotiis 

 opppositis, petioIattS) oblon^o-lanceolatis, acntis, plants, 

 sabtriplinerviia; spicU termiualibus pauclfloris, brerissimis, 



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capitnliformibns ; bracteis foliis similibus, siibsericco-yil- 

 losia, demum decidnis; fioribus subsessUibus, caljce toto 

 pcrslstente, demum supra fructum in colltuu angnstalnm 

 eoQStricto, Jimbo exiguo erecto* 



In gr^minosis inter Omsamciilo e( Omcomas, infra alt. 

 500 pcd. (V. c), 



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Ramus pedalis, teres, crassitie pennae coinmbinae, afro* 

 fascns, loBgitndinaliter ragosci-sfriafus, pilis Jlaccidis patalis 

 iispidns, dichotome t. abortn sparse ramosns; rami crccti, 

 teunes, graciles, densios pilosi,' nsqne ad apicem adpresse 

 albo-Tillosnm foliati, laternodiis infimis subpollicaribng^ sn^ 

 perloribos sensim brerioribns^ snmmis 3 — 2 liiu lon^. 

 Folia opposi^a ( Btamma nonnouqaam sparsa ) , aenupMeniia, 

 plana, laiieeolata r. oblongo * lonceolata , vtriaqae A<;ota t. 

 basi obtusa, cum petiolo y^ir-l 1^ loBg^o, G->r-10 lui. longa, 

 ,3 — 5 lin. lata (snperiora sehsim iiuooray praecipae'angn- 

 stiora) concolora, inferiora dorso 1— d-aeiria (nerris lafe- 

 ralibas obsoletis v. subnnllis ) pills tenatsaimis longinsealis 

 adpressis parce ptlosa, miu-gme densiifB albo-ciliata, supra 

 glabra; jfioralta (hrMtetui) caeteris siniilia, auatiora, pijis 



albis densioribnb isubscricea, dense imbricAto-approximala, 



