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marginibns angiistlssuae revolutis, nervo medlano infra bast verstis paiiini 
prominiilo pallidiore perdiicta, lateralibus obsolctrs, palliile vlriilescentia, infni 
jiaUiiiiora, lUrinqtie sed infra evrfTentiiis rore gltdcescente ohdmtu, p/aiia, 
juniora pills brevibus consita, adiilta glabra, "opaca, ererlo- patnitia por- 
sisteutia. Peduuculi in apice ramiilornni annolinoruni tenninalos vel e sinii 
I'oliormu suprenioruni axillares, teretes, liliCornies, seaiipollicares, pnrpn- 
rascentes,^ glal>ri, erecto-patentes, snpenit^ alternaliju ranio>i, pi;dirt'tlis 
'5-6, tcrelibus, iilifonnibns, circiter i liiiealibus, viinlibus, j^laborrnnis, basi 
receptaculi coniri flori.s inserfa, ilistincta, ovat-i, % lin. lonj^a , vix y^ lin. 
lata, acuta, dorso convexin.sriilo pnrpnrascenlia, intus cava, albida, £;Iabra, 
aeqnalia, in alabastro niari;inibus imbricata, sub anthesi corollae adprcssa, 
duuvun decitlua. Corollae pvlala 5, (iypoj;y»a, calycis f'oiiolis aUt-rna, di- 
slint'ta, spatliuJata, superiora tn'a ti Jint'alia, inJVriora i\uo paulo longiora, 
fere 7 linealla, ad ungueni vix tricnteni lon^iludiuis attin^enteai fere lintraiu 
lata, siiperne in laniinani duas lineas latam obovalaui, apicc rotundatani bre- 
vissiiine a[iicula(ani desincutia, aestivalione niar;,^inibiis iinbricafim sese (egrntia, 
sub antliesi iingnibus, niarginibus parnni invobitis ranalicnlatis in tubuin snrsnm 
inrurvum conniventia, laminis patentibus apice reflexo, (ria superiora sursuni 
recurvata, duo inferiora majiis distantia reclinata, in basi unguis ^landirla 
bueola instriicta , ceteruni Candida, in pa*;ina exteriore et suprema parf*' 
laminae luteola, venis qninqne parallelis pnrpureis, tribus inlennediis latiori- 
bus louj^itudinaliter percnrsa, in iini;uibus triuin snperioriim inter veuas pin- 
pureo-puactatis, plana, glabenijna. Stamina 5, bypoj^yna, petalis altcrna, 
distincta, subaequalia, in alabastro petalis duplo, sub antliesi triente breviora, 
in tubum sursuin incurvnm conniventia, apice divor^entla, deinnm divarirata 
et deorsmn recllnata; filafutntis subidatis, e basi latiore complanata, dnr^o 
convexiuscnla intus canalirulata sensim ffliformibus, albidis, aj)ire antberiferis; 
antheris ovatis, somilinealibus, apice obtusis, integris, baseos omarginatac 
dorso filamento affixis, luteis, oreclis, post autbcsin retrorsis, biloculafis, 
locuii 
cylindraceo-couipressiusculuni, biliuealc, in faclebus planiuscuHs medio juxia 
axiin longitudinaliter sulco inipressum, angulis convexiusrulis, acutiuscniis 
anceps, i^Iabriuu, basi roUmdatum, apice panim aftenuato in s/f//um tere- 
tem, filiformeni, gemdnis fere longitudinein atlingentem et stamina vix sn- 
perantem, una cum ovario sursum panlo inciuvuni, glabrum, apice sfifftnatc 
t>blique depresso simplicissimo tenninatum continue transiens; intus e senii- 
septis parietalibns in axi contignis biloculafmn, septis in niarginibus ulrijique 
locubun spectnntibus parum prominulis^ et juxta axini decurrentibus alterna- 
tim ovuliferis. Ovula funiculo brevissimo introrsuni curvato suspensa, sub- 
globosa, basi cordato-einarginata, prominentia una umbilicalj funicii!i> affisa, 
iiltera ad latus extrorsuiu prope umbilicum micropylen aperienle, anatropa, 
"trinque iu loculo uniseriata, Uoriiontalia, 1'2- 16. Frurfm stipite brevissnno 
e recepiacido floris superstite suffuUus, capsularis, nutans. Capsuln longe 
ovoidea vcl ellipsoidea, cylindraceo-compressinscnla, in faciebus planionbus 
medio jnxfa axim sulco longituduiaii impressa, angutis obtusiusculis fere an- 
<-'tps, basi rotundato-cordiformi, apice styli basi persistente coronata, glabra, 
— ' - " " ....-, biloculata, poly- 
subglobosa, mutua pressione angulata, diauictro lineali, purpurascentia, lacvia, 
