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axillas obvia liinc subconferla, bracleis perulaceis coriaceis ovalo-rotun- 

 dalis concavis margine raembranaceo-extenualis, extiniis glabris vel sub- 

 glabris, inlerioribus tomento sparso ve! densiore obduclis arclissime ob- 

 vallala: pedunculus anlhesi ineunte 2 — 5 lin. longus arcuato-deflexus 

 'ignoso-rigidus bracteis perulaceis sensiin deciduis cicatrisatus, inler ci- 

 catrices prominenles inferne glaber, siirsum rufo-birsululus, a basi ad 

 apicem seiisim incrassalus. Receplamlum florens pollicare circuiuscrip- 

 lione obconico-campaniforme , Illicii florem mentiens, bracteis (praeter 

 pedunculi deciduas) viginli piuribusve arcle, sursum laxius, per gyros 

 regulares 4 — 3 spirales imbricalis suslenlum et fere inclusum , inflmis 

 exilibus ils pedunculi simillimis abbreviatis semiorbicularibus, ovato- 

 rotundatis coinexis margine exlenuato ad exlremum villosulo, dorso gla- 

 bris vel pubescenlibus, superioribus pedelentim raajoribus magis oblon- 

 gatis ovalis oblusis minus rigidis tenuioribusque, dorso toto, margine 

 passim excepte, rufo-villosis , in singulo gyro subcirculari circiler ternis 

 qualernisve , supremis fere membranaceis intus subpelaloideo-coloratis, 

 3 — 4 lin. longis. Receptaculum orbicuiare subplanum, 2 — 8-vulgo 6 — 8- 

 florum, in superficie pilosura , /loribus circulariler disposilis, receptacuii 

 foveolis in juvenilibus demissioribus in adultis leviler sallem concavatis 

 innixis. Flos singulus fossulae calycis lubo aequiparandae innixus, fos- 

 sulae margine in membranam brevem tenuem subbyaiinam 4 — î» denti- 

 bus linearibus inlegris vel ciiialo-sublaceris auctam inlerque eos sparse 

 irregulariter pauciciliolatam vel et fere nudam {calycis margo) producto, 

 basi intus ubi in fossulam transit e strate adnato subglanduloso pelali- 

 et slaminifcram. Pelala singulo fleri 5 vel 2? saltem, in exteriore fleris 

 semicirculo landum obvia, bine omnium florum ejusdera receptacuii pe- 

 tala simul sumta per unum verticillum sinuosura receptaculum ambien- 

 tem dispesita , corellam poly- (6 — 22-) petalam bracl,eis tanqiiam calyce 

 circumclusam , in alabastro valde regulariter imbricatam, dimidiâ dextrâ 

 dextrorsum sequentem diraidiam laminam obtegente, exbibent, inloriore, 

 qui scil. receptacuii centrum spectat , semicirculo floris singuli plane 

 apétale. Pelala longiuscule unguiculala , lanceolato-oblonga oblusiuscula 

 membranacea tenere submultiplivenosa, in sicco purpurea, quaedam apice 

 (an normaliler) eraarginala, supra bracteas ultimas parum exserta, vir- 

 gineorum lamina subcarnosula elliptica , abrupte ex ungue producla. Sla- 

 mina cum petalis calycis limbo inferne inserta eaque circiter aequantia , 

 alterna pelalo opposita et unguis basi in alabastro imâ (in semicirculo 

 exteriore floris) subadhaerenlia , per orbem completum disposita, 7 cir- 

 citer in singulo flore, subaequalia, (que pauciores receptacuii flores, eo 

 majore fersan numéro, probabililer usque 10), alterna saltem vix bre- 



