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interdum binatim approximata; omnia marginibus subin- 
eurva, ad apicem involuta et in acumen teres connata, 
basi glandulis binis atropurpureis globulosis praedita. 
Flores in apice ramorum solitarii, rarissime, folio supremo 
fertilt, in eineinno bifloro dispositi. Pedicelili postremo 
quoque calyce breviores 1—-2,5 mm. longi ereeti sub flore 
ipso articulati. Sepala 5-vel rarius sub-7-nervia, nervo 
medio extrinsecus bene conspicao inferne erassiusculo, su- 
perne tenuiore prominente, lateralibus supra basin tantum 
elevatis, caeterum extrinsecus parum manifestis vel paul- 
lulum impressis ad marginem versus plus minus ramosis, 
3—4 mm. longa, 1,5—2,2 mm. lata, subaequilonga vel 
interiora paullo breviora, exteriora ovata vel subanguste 
ovata integra subintegrave, interiora late ovata vel sub- 
orbieularia late hyalino-marginata integra vel ad media 
parum minutissimeque erenato-dentieulata, crennlis eglan- 
dulosis, acuminata, infra acumen recurvatum velrevolutum 
intus pilis brovissimis puberula, basi eglandulosa. Petala 
obovato-vel subrhombeo-cuneata, apice subobtusa integra 
vel suberenulata ad basin attenuata vel subunguienlata 
9- 10. mm. longa, vix 5 mm. lata, sub antbesi supra basin 
cohaerentia Inte. Staminodia minima vix manifesta. 
Tubus stamineus eirca 1 mm. longus in commissuris 
dentieulo unico triangnlari cuspidato-acuminato fere duplo 
breviore ornatus; filamenta linearia ad basin paullatim di- 
latata, basi ima 0,8 mm. lata, 5—6 mm. longa, stylis sub- 
aequilonga glabra; antherae ovato-oblongae, basi cordatae 
apice vix emarginatae, 1,3—1,4 mm. longae, 0,6—0,7 mm. 
latae. Styli 4,5—5 mm. longi supra basin 1,5—2 mm. 
connati, caeterum liberi, juniores erecti; stigmata capitel- 
lata. Capsula (non plane matura) calyce arete incumbente 
paullo longior, 8,5—4 mm. diametro subglobosa apice ob- 
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