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saperne frondmm Itasibiis remauentibuB dense lectas.- Fron- 

 des metro longiores, qnornm stipes brevis 12 ceut. tantutn 

 metitQr j obsolete tetragouus augolo antice argute promineutej 

 114 cent, ci^assns, utrinqno spinis breribiis^ 2 nini. loiigis, 

 e bast lata aontissimis mnuitns. Rhachis tcuaior, stirsum 

 muUnm altenuata, glaberrima, costa autica acutata doo pla-^ 

 ha separadte, posfice rotandafa, ita ut pars rhaclicoS'postica' 

 onthino semiteres sit. FoUota utrinqae tauqnam in ^auali 

 iiiserta, circiter 12d, iofima minima 3* — 4, media maxima 

 17 — 18, SDprcma 10—11 cent, louga, omuiafere opposila, 

 supvema alterna , valde. approximata, Ya cent, distantia, 

 crKcto-adsceudetUiay basi iuferiore parnmper deciirrentia, 

 Jineariaj ^.m^. Mta, basi hnguslata, versus apicem attc- 

 jinata et in spinam obliqiiam brnnueo - sphacelatam tcrmi- 

 nata, marginibus revoluta, JierTO-mcdio crasso, cnm.revola- 

 lls margiiiihus paginam iuferiorem bicanaliculatam cf&cieute} 

 ]iaec pallida ct nitoris expers, superior fcro rernipca^ amoe- 

 ue Tiridis. — Frons speciminia spontaneii a cl* do Sie- 

 liold ia ipsa Saponia lecti differt stipilis lirevioris spinis 

 approximatis et supeviora versus sensim in foliola transcun- 

 tibns, foliolis brevioribus, Tota /ro»s circumscriptiouc lan- 

 , veolata, 75 cent, longa, quornm stipes 14 cent.: hie basi 

 dtlatata Hrsutns, caeterum tctragonus, angulo postico obtnso, 

 anticD acuto iitrinque in canalem demisso-, spinis utringue 28, 

 oppositis, antrorsum directisi infimis brevissimis Va""™* ^°^" 

 gis, superioribus sensim Jongioribus 5 mm.— 1 cent, longis, 

 tunc foliaceis. In rhachi postice semicylJndrica et autice 

 obtnsitts angulata /oZ8'o?a ntrinquo circller 95, infima Urevis- 

 eima opposila, media longissima 9 — 10 cent, longa, 5 mm. 

 lata, et nt suprema altcrna; omnia aoWe epirtoaa, in pagina 

 inf. hand splendenle, fusceseente hie Hlic piloaula; rhacliis 

 lu acameu pungens fleainit. {Dcscr, «ec, sp. Herb. Lng^* 

 Bat.) Mire pro acfafe differunt froudesj juvemUuw «pcc»- 



