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2-- 5 late; nervo medio supra plauo, subfus parum promi- 
vente; venis yix visihilibus. Peduneuli 3— 7 long., infimi 
basi audi. Alabastra 2% long., bracteolis 2, minimis stipata. 
Germen loculis 6--— ovulatis. Sepala 4, subaegualia, rarius 5 
inaequalia. Petala 4-5, suhrotunda,. eiliolata. Stamina 
plurima. Stylus 1, sigma suheapitatum, emarginatum. Bacca 
5 Jong, 1-pleiosperma. Semen hippoerepieum, 11/,' long., 
testa membranaeen, aurea obleertum,. Emhryo uneinato -eur- 
vatus; eutylis hrevissimis, lanveolatis, inllexis: radieula lon- 
sissima (v. in hh. Berol.). 
Habitat in Mexico (C. Ehrenb., coll. na. 1039), 
20. M. Oerstedeana Bery; ramulis novellis albo-sericeis; 
foliis brevissime petiolatis, rigidis, elliptico-oblongis, utrin- 
que angustatis, aruminalis, euspidatis, novellis utrinque et 
margine pilis raris, sparsis obsitis, mox alahris, nitidulis, 
utrinque fusco-, pellncido - punctatis, obsolete venosis, linbi- 
neryüs; peduneulis solitariis, 1-Aloris, axillaribus, folio suh- 
aequalibns; bacca pyriformi, glabra, 3-loeulari, polysperma, 
sepalis 5, delteideis, acutis, involutis voronata. 
Ramuli 4-goni, einerei, glahri; novelli compressi. Folia 
opposita, obseure viridias; petiolo 1/, long.; lamina 9 — 18 
long, 3-8 lat; nervo medie supra vix_ impresso, subtus 
Prominente; venis temuissinis, suhereetu -patulis, utringue vix 
visihilibus. Peduneuli truetiferi Aliformes, 8” long. Bacen 
6% Jong., 4° lat, diseo concavo sepalisqne 1 long. coro- 
nata. Semina hippoerapiea, testa ossen instraein.  Eimhryo 
arenatus, augulum fere reetun effieiens; radieula elongata; 
eotylis 2, brevibus, obtusis (v, in herh. Osrsted.). 
Habitu maxime aflinis Zugeniae Cheken Book. et Arn. 
Habitat in insula S2. Crwers, colitur in hortis (Oorsted). 
21. DM. verrucosa Berg; glahraz loliis anımis, petiolatis, 
rigide chartaceis, ovalibus v. ovali-ohlongis, ohtneis v. relu- 
