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^iibsessllia, eneivia, impnnctatn , lapvia, niluht. Flares versus apices lamu- 
lorrim iiiflorescentiam floridain, saepe elongatam, struentes; peduuculi luiuc 
folio breviores biflori , nunc foUum subacquantes brevher bifurcati I. dicho- 
tomi, cnnibus ^-l floris cum flore intermedio ; flores articulato-decldui. 
Bracteae et brcicteolae alabastrum stipaiUes membranaceae, lanceolatae acu- 
luinatissiniae, praeniiiture deciJuae. Calycis pki/lfa subtruncalo-rotiindata, 
tuiu petalis dupio majoribus palUde rosea, linnula. Pclala exteriora erecto- 
conniventia, inleriora depresso-inclinata. 
HYPOCALYMMA Endl, gen. n. 6306. 
Sclianer, Linnaea XVII. pag. 241. 
Flores axillares, vel 2;emiiiati axit sessiles aut peclunculatij 
vel in pcdnnculo brevi bini-terni-quaterni sessiles compacte 
eymulosi, articulato-Jiiserti, shiguli bractea braeteolisque binis 
oppositis consimiJibus persistentibiisque siibteiisi. Hypanihium 
cupulacfornie 1. patellaeformcj gerniini aclnatum. Calycis phylla^^ 
cutanea v, membraDacea, marcescentia. Petala 5, margini liyp^'ij'' 
thii iiiserta, pliyllis calycis alterna, orbicularia, niarcescentin. 
Stamina 20-^0, cum petalis inserta, corollam subaequantia v. 
brcviora, marcescentia; filamenta subulato - filiformia , libera vel 
basi coiifluentia; anthera dorso inserta, connectiTO lineari eglaD" 
iluloso, bilocularis, loculis parallelis rima longitudinali dcliiscen- 
tibus. Gennen semisuperimi vel vertice tantum emersum, b*" 
triloculare; gemmulae in loculo l-^-o, spermoplioro ad angU' 
lum centralcm affixo insertae. Stylus filiformis, superne attenua- 
tus v» capillaris; stigma punctiforme. Capsula semisupera, li3T*'^1' 
thio patellaeformi insidens, staminibus emarcidis cincta, aut b»* 
locularis compressa argute inarginata turgidula, aut trilocula^* 
trigona v. tricarijiala, Sentina tot quot gemmulae, pendula^ ob- 
longa, roticulato-areolata, hilo prope basin laterali subexcavato 
conspiouo. 
I. EcCALYHMA. Flores in peduuculo brevi sessiles? g^ 
miiiati, ternati v. qiiaternati, bractea bracteolisqne sub 
calyce patulis subcaducis. Geruien biloculare, loculis 
trigemmulatis. 
fo 
1. H^npocalymma ^,«.„ -- «»„„ ,.-o- 
liisque patentibus; his distantibus, sessilibus, subtrin«etiO' 
subuls 
perius 
tompactis 
Hiigel. pa^ 
In arenosis ad \kum Perth, Julio 1839. Herb Preigs. No. 342- ^""^ 
raond! llugeU 
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mns 
Frutex sesquipedalis, ereclus, floribus copiosis speciosisque o*""'**' .jj, 
. Flores colore et fere magnitudine Persicae, Germcn fere inwners _ 
