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tica, acuta, integerrima, coriacea, 5-6-nervia, basi in petiolum 
attenuata, utrinque sub oculis armatis levitér pubescentia; caulina 
sessilia, opposita: basi in vaginam brevissimam juncta; ima ra- 
dicalibus conformia; suprema multd. breviora sepissimé ovata. 
Flores terminales, conglomerati, purpurei. Pedicelli ovariisque 
tomentosi. Dentes calycis brevissimi, triangulares, hirsuti. 
Corolle tubo ampliato: limbo inequali, 5-lobo: fauce. yillis 
clauso. Stamina 4, exserta; filamenta barbata. Stylus iis lon- 
gior. Stigma simplex capitatum. Puppus brevis, facil cadu-. 
eus. D. Don, Mss. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
t. Whole plant, natural size. , 
2. A specimen of the Spikenard rout formerly sold in the London shops. 
3. Corolla magnified, shewing the stamens. 
4, Calyx. with the pistil; beneath are the bracteoid scales. 
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