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antice marginato- canaliciilalia inqtie cauftli snbiiliier et de- 

 ciding lotesientt'hirleiiis , 4 — 7mm, tougis siisteaU (lattiAa 

 panlliiliim lateraliicr dell^ctenle) ovalo- elUplica ?^1 elUpliei^ 

 Tel oborato-eiliptica aequiUtera, ba.si rotun(}atit re) acalA^ 

 , apir« reiiiso vel leviter pmarginato bre^i- miicronala^ itt4e- 



/ gerrjma, raajora 7 — 9 cent, leDga> 5 — 4 taia, iierTo me- 



dio snblas promiiiente percnrrejite, costoJas vennJo'^fls retico^ 

 talJIs demnm prat^srrllm aublns prnmiunUa exserrnte, Ex 

 axUta singiili folii nul spina anl spina et ramulus abbre- 

 ^iatns tiib^rtMiliformis oligophvUiig florifer. Spina rigidft 

 subcorjiea recla acntnlo- piiugens tores I — 1 '/*^ ceiil. loiiga* 

 Ramulus Jlorifer a<l epin«e lalna poaitng (iUqae dvae getm- 

 ^ae siaiH'-ndae) pfliira, 1 — 3, foJia rajneis juinora serf Alio* 

 ^aia cooformia gerenSj et ex apice exsereas peduncuios 2 — 

 5 giabrfT*4 basi arlieiiliUo,^ 3 — 6 mm, lon^^os, Imsi bracteis 

 li»eari - ianceoJatis peralapjformibaa ( ^^d i>au(l. seioper be^e 

 riiatiiiclls) aiipatos, apice cyniose rel f^re mnlielJaliiD parlit4>s 

 i« 2—8 pediceilos siibleiragonfts suleatos sursura iiicrassa- 

 tos breves sed tamen variae longiliidinis , arliculaiim mser- 

 i^B^ b isi bracteola iiuuiiia ftigacr camosa i^i^^bra vel (si 

 nmliellAtim insi^rti sunt) communi brae tea lata sustentos* 



-^lobastra nsscentia obovata, t:aJycts dentlcnlie naac lon*^ 

 f^iascuHs appressis amplexa sed iis aagnatia haiwi omaino in- 

 tl«»a, Aiubastra prevectiora elliplica obluaa, caijAJi cn- 

 puliformi inoixA^ gtalira, dcmiun Rcnsim longiora /ere cjji«- 

 ftrftrex* Snb anthesi cat^x copoliforrais expUiatm gnfc^:^ 

 trftgonn^ 4-tlenticnlaina^ coriacciie» denlibns pcf stPM la*<M^ 

 dirftiutis, acttUa, sed Hori semper omaioft a^q«»lil>*«i daobM 

 scil, oppositia aliquid obtnsatis, omuibos (wl l<iDJ**^ '""S*" 

 nibfts sabtilissime ucacloso-ciliolatis. Petaia 4, calycis den- 

 tifeiis altcrna, pracaoratioue TahatA apioc Icriter ioflexfl, in 

 alabaslrtifn obs«Jf(e ieiragoanai rohaereiilia, crAsso-coriaeca, 

 "b aatfccsi laferuD in ttibum coBftiveotia, supcruc reBcxo- 



