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G4>stnlas vonosas reticniatas emiUente, qDaram iDftmac 2 — 3 

 reliquis fortiores. Paniculae ebracteatae axillares solitariae 

 vel foliis sommis abortivis lerrainalcSj inferne ramosaej sor- 

 sura simpliccsj ramts oppositis vel alternis], ajrt rkachidi- 

 busquc acute tetraquetris vel subletrapteris carnosia fragili- 

 bus, Paniculae 8— 10 cent. lon^ae, rami inferiores 6 cent 

 — Rami simplicitcr raceraosi; Jlores pleramque subsessiles 

 vel brevi pedunculo communi snatenti^ saepennmero teroi, 

 fiis^U bractea naviculari laaceolata acntata basl nmoiti, 

 hioc eingnlaa flornm fascicnlus tribracteatus, ^labastra ju- 

 niora tcretia, adnlla clliplira obtusa subhexagona. Calyculus 

 cupulalus Iruncatas vel raro uuo deutlcula ijisfructiis 1 ram, 

 circitcr loiigus, Sepala sex lineari- lauceolata Incurvata, id 

 vivo alba, id aicco fusca, extua nilidula et ad lentem lineo- 

 lata, 3 mni. circiter longa, JFilamenta brcvissima compla-* 

 nata versus apicera utroque latere fovea oblonga profundios 

 excavala^ apice in connectivum crassum elliplicnm rostra- 

 turn prodncta, cul antice antherae loruli irregnlares mttshr 

 branacei afExi snut* Stylus Btamina ctrcitfr aei^nans aeut« 

 profimde leiragono- soleatoa, angoHs fere ftlatis, padllo in- 

 fra apicem flexas, , flexura uno latere ineraasata; stigma 

 fnscum subcapilataiD, ad le&tem fortiorem 3 vel G-radiafnjn, 

 'Hum ad hanc VDlgarem iu Snrinamo speciem I^oran- 

 thus aduncua Meyer E^sequeb. p. 149. male descriplas rcfe- 

 rendns? 



Observe /. LoraDtbos radicibos inter cortie^m et lignniB 



vel in illias tissnra^ penetrantibos praeditos esse, CiMtilol 

 leas suspicabalur (Memoire VI. Lorantkacees p, 3-)j 

 Jacquinns) autera jam aotea observaverat et accnrate dC' 

 scripserat (P/, Amcric, p. 97—98). CeL Marlins ip 

 egregia de para&itismo dissertatioDe et heic Dovam locem ac- 

 ceudit {Munchn, Gehhr. Anzeig^ Tom. 14. p, 353.) ^t 



