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exterioris a sinubus hiterioris deflexis subunguiculatis calyeis tubum sub- 

 eequantibus et abscondentibus, seriei interioris sessiiibus patidis, petalis 

 ovatis indivisis toto niargine dense fiinbriato-ciliatis, staminibus 10 styloque 

 tenui glabro exsertis, filamentis capillaribus cum staminodiis conformibus 

 dimidio brevioribus basi monadelphis, antheris ovalibus muticis, stiginate 

 subcapitato. 



Sah, cum prsecedente. Drumm. coll. 6. n. 48 ! 



Corymboso-ramulosa. Folia viridia, 4-7 lin, longa, faciebus lateralibus \~i 

 lin. latis. Pedicelli 6-8 lin. longi, teretes, deflorati apice truncal o- pat elli- 

 formes. Mores pallide rosei v. ferfe albi, expansi diam, 5 lin., calyeis fim- 

 briia 2-3 lin. longis baud nitentibus, petalorum ciliis mollibus calycem 

 fiBquantibus, Genitalia florem superantia. 



This pretty species agrees in the essential points of structure of 

 the calyx with V. insignisy Eudl. (Schauer, Monogr. t. 4. B. f. 10, 

 11), but differs from it in the shape and size of the leaves, in the 

 exterior (reflexed) lobes of the calyx being neither connected with 

 the base of the tube nor divided into recurved lobules, in the 

 simple and filiform staminodia, &c. It has also some affinity with 

 V. compta and Hugelii^ EndL, and V. Lehmanni^ Schauer, and 

 consequently must belong to Schauer' s section Catocalypta^ the 



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characters of which however, as given by the author, would scarcely 

 be recognized in our plant without the assistance of the quoted 

 figure. 



8. Yeeticokdia ovALirOLiAj »o5., glabra, ramis gracilibus apice corj-mboso- 

 ramulosis, foliis imbricatis glaiicis ovalibus suborbicularibusque obtusissimis 

 integerrimis planis, raccniis brevibus pedunculatis in corymbum congestis, 

 pedicollis folio vix longioi'ibus, bracteolis caducis, calyeis tubo obconico 



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glaberrimo basi tenui rugoso-striato, limbo biseriali, lobis 5 exterionbiis | 



deflexis dimidio tubo brevioribus albo-membranaceis eiliatis, interioribus 5 

 brevibus patidis subtinmcatis palmatim inciso-multifidis, laciniis pinnatiin 

 2-3-fidi35 lacinulis sctaceis dense brevcque plumoso-cUiatis pallid^ roseis, 

 petalis coriaceo-scariosis ovatis apice irrcgidariter inciso— S-S-fidis, lacmus | 



sctaceis rigidulis fimbriatis v. passim simplicibus, filamentis staminodiisqiie 

 Buba^quilongis subiilatiri corolla brevioribus, antheris ovatis apiculatis, stylo 

 infra stigma obtusum hispidulo. 



Hob. cum prrcccdente. Drumm. coll. 6. n. 45! 



Rami longi simplices. Folia 2.\-3 lin. longa ot plerumque vix angustiora 

 dorso lovitcr 1- passim ba>i3-ncrvia, subcglandulosa, margine vix diaphano. 

 Pedicelli crassiu^ouli, dt^florati apice truncato brcvissime bilobi. Calyeis 

 tubus 2 lin. longus, loborum cxtcriorum ciliis tubum subi^equantibus, lobis 

 interioribus 3 lin. longis nitidis. Petala basi lata sessilia infeme macula 

 rubra ? notata, excejito apice intogerrima. Staminodia glandula minuta 

 rubrd capitata. 



This species is very distinct from any other, and although 

 approachiug in hahit and foliage F. oculata^ and at first sight 



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