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cnlo curvato pendula, bilocularis , loculis placentae ope semi- 



bilocellaiis. 



Venezuela: in regione super tori pror* Merida pr. las La- 

 gunetas, ubt flor, m, Novembr., incolis w Rondona n (Moritz 



6. Ia. BHaabetnae Gr. caule teretiiisrnlo glabro Inert? 

 foliis ellipticis utrinqne attenuate -aciitis longiuscule petiolatis 

 glabris, calycis 5partiti segmentis oblongo-Ianceolatis obtw- 

 siusculis, corollae rubrae ttibo (16"' longo) cylindrico aequaH 

 calycein paullo snperante, scgmentis Iitnbi expansis late ovatis 

 aentiusenlis partwi longiori, geiiitalibus breriori^ capsula — « 



Syn« Leiothamnus Elimbethac Rich. Schomb. Ycr- 



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handl. des Gartenb. -Yereins iu Preussen V, 18. p. 155» f. 1* 



Caniis frntescens, erecttis, simplex 3 — > 4pedalis 3 2 — 

 3' y/ djanu, laete virens^ cylindricns , laevis, internodiis pleris- 

 qoe 2 — 3"' longis. Folia 6'' longa (excluso petiolo), 2 — 

 2 l /s f ' longa 5 basi in pctiolum 1" longum attenuata, apice in 

 aenmen acutissiraum protracta, membranaceo-herbacea, laete 

 yircntia, neryo lathiscnlo subtus parum promimilo * renis pau^ 

 cis distantibns, pttiolis basi raginula brevissima distinct is* 

 Flores soHtarii, pedtmcitlo laeyi 1'" diam. Calyx erecto- 

 patens, 1" longns, basi 4'" lalus, segmentis siipraincomben- 

 tibns margine pellucidis 2"' fere latis. Corolla hyocrateri- 

 morpha, tnbo 16'" longo, 3'" lato, timbi segments 12'" lon- 

 gis, 9 — 10"' latis, abrupfe in acumen triangulare aciitnm 

 vix mncronnlatnm acutatis. Stamina subiuaeqnalia, filamentis 

 4 — 6"' supra tabnm corollae exsertis superne filiformifius, 

 antiieris sagittatis oblongo-linearibus 2'" longte demnm apice 

 recnrvis. Stylus superne duriusculns, stamina longiora paul- 

 !um cxcedens, laevis, stigmatis lamellis lanceolato-oblougis 

 obtitsis> Capsula ignoia. 



