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satus artieulatus biangulatus, supra subplanus subtus con- 
vexiusculus bis ter dichotomus, ramulis extremis semel ter 
cymosis exacte oppositis. — Bracteae et prophylla deci- 
dua. — Pedicelli usque ad 2 mm longi supra basin arti- 
eulati. — Alabastra cylindrica, apice hemisphaerico-atte- 
nuata. — Calyx 1—1,5 mm longus pelviformis subinteger, 
in margine superiore obsolete 5-lobus ciliolatus, sub an- 
thesi plerumque secundum commissuras irregulariter fissus 
brevissime pilosulus extrinsecus eglandulosus. — Petala 
9—10 mm longa, supra basin eirea ? mm lata, lanceolato- 
linearia extrinsecus pilis deorsum versis dense hirtella. — 
Filamenta 100—130 basi ima in tubum 0,5—1 mm lon- 
gum connata, longitudine valde varia, longissima 3 mm 
longa, caetera gradatim minora, brevissima vix 4 mm longa, 
linearia plana aequilata acuminata laevia superne plus mi- 
aus tortuosa 2- v. 3-seriata, staminodiis deficientibus; an- 
therae ovato-acuminatae dorso medios inter locellos supra 
basin conneetivi adnexae; loculi suboblique elliptiei v. 
potius forma parallelogrammatis utrique connectivi lateri, 
sed paullo interius adnati, supra basin connectivi parum 
elongati subparalleli v. pleramgue inferne approximati con- 
tiguive, superne paullum divergentes glabri Navi; connec- 
tivum liguliforme carnosum supra loculos duplo elonga- 
tum, applanatum. — Cupula hypogyna partem ovariüi 
quartam vel tertiam annulariter et Jaxe eingens, vix 1 mm 
longa, integra striata ab utraque parte breviter et densis- 
sime, intus usque ad imam basin, extrinsecus fere usque 
ad basin hirtella, in margine snperiore irregulariter denti- 
eulata, dentibus inter pubem occultis, basi camosa. — 
Ovarium oblongum basi attenuatum, in stylum angustatum 
lana densa diametrum ovarii aequante patente villosum 
5-loeulare. — Stylus 3—4 mm longus, staminibus longio- 
