FRAGMENTA PHYTOGRAPIII^ 
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XLV. 
Araliace^. 
Astrotricha Ham^ptoni, 
Foliis ohlongo-lanceolatis planis siihtus toincnto fulvido-alho 
velntinis basi obtusis in apicem acutatis supra tenuiter gfellari- 
pilosis, petiolis folio ferme duplo brevioribus velutinis, umbellis 
ample paniculatis, involucellorum foliolis anguste laiiceolatis pilo- 
sulis, pedicellis calycibus petalisque glabris, calycis dentilus 
subulato^semilanceotatis distantibus corollam semicEquantihuSy 
carpophoro bisecto secedente, Jructihus urceolatis vompressis 
apteris orbiculari-ovati?:, coUo membraneo pyrenis lougitudine 
semiaquo, commissura utrinque bisnlcata. 
In hiatibus rupium ad montes Hammerslj-Eange ; C. Harper. 
Planta 5-6', ex eadem radice caules 5-6 pullulans. Folia inferne 
conferta, 4-6" longa, §-1" lata, subtus costa promlncnte quaii 
carinata, supra pennivenia et tali modo leniter impressa, ncc tamen 
rite reticulata. Petioli teretes. Superior pars caulis aphylla, ad 
summitatem alternatim sive sparsim in pedunculos primarios bi- v, 
triunciales firmos divisa, quibuscum parcissime pilosula. Bractcse 
ad basim horura pedunculorum latiuscule Jineares, pollicares v. 
breviores, subtus satis dense stellari-pilosa^. Pedunculi secundarii 
unciales v, breviores, saepe iterum in novos 2-3 divisi, bractcis 
ceteras simulantibus sed brevioribus solitarie suffulti. Umbellae 
pluri- V. multiflorae, pedunculo paucilineari usque pollicari prjedita?. 
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Jonga. 
Foliola involucelli seu bracteola? plura v. pluriraa 
Pedicelli cum flore articulati, glabri, primum perbreves, deraum ex 
parte usque ad sesquilineam lougi. Calyx florens vix sequilinearig, 
collo longo amplo membraneo pallido et dentibus oirciter semilineam 
metientibus prseditus, his et illo persistentibus. Petala albida, 
leniter flavescentia, semilanceolata, basi truncata, aestivatione val- 
vata, lineam longa, uninervia, eubtilissime veuosa, ia calyptraui 
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