a 
tis, stigmatibus apieibus divergentibns, undique papillosis. — 
Fructus earent, . 
Pi. Lehmanni Sch. in Lehni. Herb. norm, Plant, Preiss. 
no. 1364. j 
Radix simplieissima, ligyosa, fusiformis. Caulis sim- 
plieissimus, pedalis, vix ultra, basi suffrutescens, ceterum 
herbacens, longitudinaliter suleato -striatus, viridis, undique 
setulis albis parvis patentibus vestitns. Folia crassa, sessilia, 
linearia, wirinque coneoleria, obseure olivaceo -viridia, irre- 
gulariter rugoso - siriata, integerrima, erassiuscula, margine 
paullo revoluta, undiqne setulis albis patentibus minimis hir- 
sutinscula , 3, — 1/2 long., 1 — 11/2” lat., inferiora latiora 
ac longiora. Racemi terminales, pyramidales, densiflori. Flo- 
res solitarii, subsessiles, bractea majore axi opposita et bra- 
eteolis duahns lateralibus suffulti. Bractea petalis sesqui- vel 
dnplo longior, 3— 4 long., F/, -- Ya’ Tat., Janreolata, acu- 
minata, utrinque pilis rigidis albis patentibus vestita, mar- 
ginibus et apice ciliata, bracteolae duplo breviores, ceterum 
ut braetea. Calyx pentasepalus. Sepala nes uon hasi infima 
in tubum hemisphaericnm brevissimum comnala, prima fronte 
fere plane lihera, ovato-lanceolata, paullo acuminata, lineam 
longa, utringue pilosa, dorso pilis longis albis instracta, mar- 
ginibus eiliata, dorse rugulosa, Aavescenti- yiridia, marzinibus 
membranacea, pallidiora, nerrus primarius sub apice in 3— 
4 nervos seenndarios divisus, _ Petala nec non hasi paullo 
eonnata, favescenfia, 1%/, — 2 long., ovato-lanceolata, 
acuminata, membranacea, laerissina, glaberrima. Stamina 
5, inaegualia, tria longiora, 1 — 14/4” long, duo altera, 
alterna %,— 1’ long. Filamenta plana, basi paullisper di- 
latata, alba, filiformia, glaberrima. Antherae dorso filamen- 
tis adnatae, conneelivum supra loculos in apicem obtusiusen- 
lum produetum, oblongae, biloculares, introrsum rima longi- 
