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magis convexus, 4—6-es exacte bifurcatus; rami basi arti- 
eulati parumque incrassati in cymam glomeratam ter qua- 
ter divisam abeuntes, ramulis cymae suboppositis v. alter- 
nis. — Bracteae persistentes concavae triangulares obtu- 
siuseulae integrae oppositae glabrae in margine ciliatae, 
1—1,5 mm longae, in vertice glanduloso-inerassatae; pro- 
phylia minora. — Pedicelli infimi vix supra 1,5 mm longi, 
eaeteri minores v. subnulli, paullulum sub calyce decurrente 
artieulati. — Alabastra conico-lanceolata acuta. — Calyx 
1 mm longus extrinsecus glaber eupuliformis fere usque 
ad basin divisus lobis semiorbieularibus apice obtusissimis, 
exterioribus paullo angustioribus, interioribus c. 1 mm 
latis in margine tenuiore brevissime ciliolatis satis imbri- 
eatis. — Petala tubo staminum imo brevissime adnata et 
persistentia 4 mm longa, supra basin 1—1,3 mm lata, 
lineari-lanceolata fere a basi angustata glabra v. punctulis 
parvis scabriuscula Aava. — Filamenta 20, staminodiis 
non observatis, supra partem tertiam infimam in tubum 
vix 1 mm longum connata, longiora 3 mm longa, omnia 
linearia subaequilata vel minora et intermedia superne 
parum attenuata dorso subplana, laevia, majora intus cari- 
nata apice tridentata, dentibus lateralibus brevibus; an- 
therae fil. maj. et interm. ovato-acuminatae, min. oblongo- 
acuminatae in dorso post loculorum apicem filamento af- 
fixae; loculi oblongi utrique lateri partis conneetivi in- 
ferioris adnati, inferne supra basin conneetivi deseenden- 
tes contiguique superne divergentes glabri flavi intus badii, 
fil. interm. maximi; connectivum fil. min. liguliformi-lan- 
ceolatum applanatum, maj. trigono-pyramidale intus leviter 
sulcatum, interm. obovatum subito in acumen contractum, 
intus gibberoso-carinatum, supra loculos 1'/,—2-plo elon- 
gatum; antherae laterales brevi-stipitatae ellipticae v. ob- 
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