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patenti-recDrTis, siou lato sejanclis, Carollae rotatae tnbQB 

 brevis intas gtaber; limbus 4-parliliis, laciniae lanceolatae^ 

 aentae, Inbo loDgiores» snpra ad faueem Tiliosae, aesttvatioiie 

 ralvata* Stamina 4 ttibo ioserla , interdnm libera^ interduni 

 DSqne ad (ancem adnata laciniis raljcinis altcrna, exseria; 

 filamenta subnlala glabra; antherae oblongae, adnatae^ dorso 

 infra medinm afSxae, apice mucronnlatae^ rimia dnabua lon- 

 gitudinalibDa inlrorse dehiscentes. Ovarium inferum bilocii- 

 tare pluriDTii}atutn; sljlas teres exserlnsf stigmala duo eapi- 

 tata patenlia; OTula plurima placentis diasepimeato medio af- 

 fixis undiqae inserta. Capsuia turbinata compressa rerlice 

 libera, rima loogitudinali loculicide biralratiin dehisceas, de- 

 maiD epicarpio faliscente ralvis septicide dilapais. Semina 

 plara leDticalaria, spermophoris oblongis demum solntis undi- 

 qoc peltatim affixa. 



Hedyotis Cachirensis charaeteribna mofphologicis Olden- 

 iandiae et habilu RachtcalUdis crescit in snmino montc Ca- 

 rbiri inter Ocana et Bucaramanga, altit. 3000 inetr, 



HedyoUs (Rachicallis Linn,) florlliBitda Karst, (An a 

 Hachicallide Caracasana DC, Hed^otide Caracasana Humb. 

 Bpl. Kth. nor, gen. Ill, p, 309. diversa?) 



Frnlex bi — tripedalis, strictus, pjramidalts ramis cou- 

 fertia dense ramoaia ereclo-palentibua; raninlia qnadrangalia, 

 foliosia, post foliornm lapanm Taginis attpnlaceis diutins vcsti- 

 tis; floribns terminalibus, solitanis vel temis, roseis; foliia 

 oppositis, eonfertis , ellipticis^ lanceolatis rel linearibus, gla- 

 bris, coriaceisi margine revolutis, pateniibna rel patulis 3 — 

 7 mm. longis; petiolis cum stipnlis interpetiolaribaa trigonis 

 apice biaetiSf margine ciliatis, in vaginam extas minnte pabe- 

 rnlam connatis. Flores sesailes. Caljx tnbo turbinato, gla- 

 bro, ovario adnalo, limbo Jibero quadrifido, g]abro rel exiita 



