I 



?> 



'- 



f. 



607 



4 



rei'O aelate proreotiore eraacscft, Qec io adiiltis foliis eou- 

 spiciinr. Petioliis saepiua lamina longior, * Rupra aiignsle 

 canalicnlatiis angnlato-snlcatus, fere glaber basi apiccqne 

 interdDia pubescens. Lainiiia ovaEo-orbictilaris, mox in or- 

 bicularem magis, mox in ovatam rcr^ens formamj sinu basis 

 angiisto obtusinsculo^ lobis basallbus obtusissimis, acumiue 

 terminali hand long;o scd angiislo et acnto; nerri 13 qnonim 

 exleriores plares basi conQuunf, omnes siiblus leWler pro- 

 minent et fiorendi tempore pnbis rcUquias dispersas adhnc 



r 



servant* Lamiua fol* max* ab iusertioiie petioU 3yt£~*4 p« 



it* 



louga, 4 poll, et ultra lata, lobi basalcs ly^ l\u, louj;i, 

 iniuorniu lamina ^Vs P< longa lataque, lobi ^^ p. longi. 

 Racemi ex axillis prodennt gemini terni, graciles sunt folio- 

 qne suo qnam pinrimum lougfores, gcminorumrc alter folio 

 est longjor, alter gaepius brevier, flores per inlcrvalla dis- 

 tributi sunt, ita cnim iit ramnii breves in parte inferiore 

 racemos 2 lin. circ. longos ct rcmotiores, in superior! parte, 

 brevissimi flores alternosparvos tres plmOtopw-sis^ant bre- 

 viter pcdicellatos, pedicelli bractea comitantnr i/g — ^l^Mn* 

 longa, late lanceolata, acuta, hyaliua. Ferigomnm infundi- 

 buliformo lineain longiiin, limbo erecto sexpartito, li^iniid 

 fere, dimidium perigouium aequantibus elliptico-lanceolatis 

 (pallidis) intus glabris, stamina 6, filamenta paullo infra 

 basin iacintanun libera, his ipsis breviora, subaequalia, 3 

 altcruis vix paiiUuIum Jojigioribiis; autlierae parvae ovales 

 luteae, dorso supra basin affixae. Medium rudimenlum pi- 

 stilH sat magnnm lacininrum perigonialinm basin oircifer 

 ath'ngeus* 



Plautae ,foemineae specimen folia habet minora lire- 

 vius petiolata, lamina 2^^ — 3 poll, longa lataqne 11- 

 iiervia, lobis 6, — 8 lin. longis; racemos 5 — 6 poll, longos 

 simpliccs, pedicellis incrassatis deflexis, fructibns hinc pendor 

 lis, maximis fere pollicaribns, 5 circ, Ijneas latis, basi le- 



