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longius basi solum tomentosum: cauJis subsimplex gracilis 

 sed robustulus, sterilis attenuatus subfiliformis setose fo- 

 liosus; folia caulina erecto-imbricata crispatula vel stri- 

 etiora basi in axillis tomentum fubellum componentia, in 

 comam vix curvulam indistinetam horridam apice caulis 

 congesta, madore strictiora erectiora, brevia , anguste 

 lanceolata in partem attenuatam robustulam protraeta r 

 concava, margine erecto summitate folii solum serrato, 

 dorso e medio usque ad apieem sensim grosse serrato, nervo 

 subangusto partem angustatam hand omnino occupante, 

 cellulis parvis rotundis basin versus sensim ellipticis basi 

 parallelogrammis paucis majoribus, omnibus membranam 

 scarioso-rigidam sistentibus, alaribus paucis in ventrem 

 planiusculum superne truncatum indistinctum congestis 

 intense rubris; perich. in cylindrum patulum aggregata, e 

 basi longa laxe pellucide reticulata vaginali sensim se- 

 taceo-acuminata ? nervo in aristam elongatam serratulam 

 protracto, cellulis ellipticis paucis grossiusculis ; tbeca in 

 ped. valido flexuoso apice deflexo glabro luteo majuscula 

 olivacea ovalis, collo solum rugulosa> operculo longiusculo 

 conico-rostrato recto rubro , calyptra thecam dimidiam 

 obtegente strarainea lata basi integerrima ? annulo lato 

 muHiplici; peristoroium robustum: denies e basi latiuscula 

 ruberrima dense trabecular in crura duo elongata pallida 

 asperula symmetrica fissL 



Patria. Comoro-insula Johanna , in depressione Po- 

 moni nuncupata, 200 met. supra mare, ad parietes soli madi- 

 dos: J. M* Hildebrandt Junio — Aug. 1875. ColL 

 No. 1839. 



A. D< capitifioTo Mtge. Borbonico proximo calyptra 

 Integra jam refugit 



