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Fruticului hiiinili» , ramosissimns, rnmis sordide ci- 

 ner aseontibiis spiirais vel aiilMimhpUflto-nggregnti» inaeqnali- 

 bng irrogiilariter dichotoinis vi'I BitJjiimbellalD-dmais, lUvari- 

 eaiis, flexTiosis. {Canlis deciim?jpiis qttaitdoqiie radicans Ecltl« 

 et Zcyh, K c). Ramiili sparai vel su!)nmliellali, brevps, ftfl- 

 si'pndenteS vel erectiusculi, dense pnbRriili , canescenCes fere. 

 Folia deiisa, erecto-patula, rpcla vel a^>icem versws snbre- 

 riirra, plerumqiie snbimbricata, pilis erecfis pftrbrevibus pii- 

 beriita, Jhiearia, nlrinqiie obtits^issima, supra planitiscnla vel 

 rarius coucavo-caaalicnlala gtabriora, strbtiis nervo crasso 

 valde prominnlo obtnse carinata, margine incmasaia, iilrin- 

 que ad car'mam snlco exarata^ glamliilis imprf^ssis remolis 

 qnadrifai'iam puiidata, l*/a — 2 (in. longa. IVtioJi brevis- 

 simi appressi- JFlores in ramiiloriim apico 3 — 10 suftnm- 

 Mlato-aggregati, Folia iloralia cxteriora rameis siniillima, 

 iiitima bracteoHformia. Pedicelli folia Iloralia exteriora baud 

 excedentes , circitcr 2 lin* long;!, augulad, g;lab4?rrimi, bra- 

 cteoUs dnabns miiiiitis supra basin instrueti, Caiy^ ^4 ^'j 

 longus, glaber, ad ^/^ quinqneildns , laclniia ereulis, pariil 

 iuaeqiialibus^ lanceolatis, obtusiiisculis, couvcxo-carinalis, 

 ririJibus, apice uonuiuiqiiam ad marg^ines at in carina setn- 

 /i lis aliquot ciHatis. Annulus perig/nns angiistug. PetaU 



glabra } rubella, caljce vix duplo longiora, obovata, roina- 

 dato-obtnsa, in ungucm catycis {aciniis duplo brcriorem cu' 

 fieato-altcnnata, apice eglandulosa. Stamina glaberrimai 

 post antbesin corolla plus duplo longiora. Filamenta ste- 

 ftiia ungiic pptalorum dnpio longiora, oblongo-lineariai in- 

 ferne atteniiaU et pnbescemii-ciiiaia, siipenic glabra^ paiilo 

 attennata, siibrecurva, obtusa, glaudnia parum conspicu^ 

 terminata. Gcrtnen ex ovariis saepissimc tribns^ apicc saepe 

 hirsutinscniiim. Stylus glaberrimus, demum calycc (riplo fc^ 

 longior. Stigma aeqnale obtiisum. 





