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ina, (evissiraa, suturis valide impressis, utrinque obtusa, ápice 

 mucrone stylari brevissimo, obtuso órnala, basi carpophoro 

 glabro quintuplo v. séxtuplo breviore, gracili (6-7'" long. 

 — 0,6-0,8'" crass.) sustenta, pedicello parce elongato (18-22'" 

 long. — 1'" crass.), glanduloso-hispido inserta. Semina subglo- 

 bosa, uno latere sinuato-impressa, glaberrima, minute rugulosa, 

 testa castaneo-atra, coriaciuscula, embryone cyclico, albo., albu- 

 mine centrali mox fatiscente donata. 



Planta tota viscidula ; odor peculiaris, foetens, orinae felinae 

 affinis ; floret mensibus Martio-Majo. 



Synonymia Cleomum (Capparideorum omnium quoque) perma- 

 xime intricata ac neglecta, earumque nova monographia quam 

 máxime desideranda; haec species plurimis alus cognitis ac plus 

 minusve male descriptis affinis, sed videtur praecipue media inter 

 Cl. pilosam Bnth. et Cl. psoraleaefoliam DC. (Eich. in Mart. Fl. Br. 

 fase. 39 p. 256), ab utrisque magnitudine proportionali partium 

 satis abhorrens. 



2. Hibiscus pulcherrimus Speg. (n. sp.) 



Diag. Ketmia; frutex irregulariter ramosus, 2-4-metralis; folia 

 sparsa, late ovata, 5-nervia, margine grosse dentato-serrata, 

 ápice integra acutata, basi integra rotunda'a v. rotundato- 

 subcuneata, glaberrima, intense viridia, petiolis quadruplo 

 brevioribus, saepius pubescentibus suffulta. Pedunculi ad folia 

 suprema axillares, solitarii, 1-flori, ad tertium superum arti- 

 cúlate puberuli, petiolis longiores; involucelli folióla 6-8, inter 

 se remotiuscula, lineari-lanceolata, integerrima, viridia, minu- 

 tissime aspero-puberula; calyx cylindraceus v. subturbinatus, 

 5-lobus, lobis triangularibus integerrimis tubo dimidio brevio- 

 ribus, viridis, extus minutissime aspero-puberulus, intus gla- 

 ber ad loborum marginen» albo-velutinus, 10-nervosus; pétala 

 o, magna, punicea, sinistrórsum inaequilateralia, unguibus lon- 

 giusculis basi inter se atque columna staminea connalis, aibis, 

 a limbo zona arcuata atropurpúrea limitatis, dextrorsum margine 

 albo-ciliatulis; columna staminea subieres, canaliculato-striata, 

 recta, longiuscula intense punicea, ad tertium superum stami- 

 nifera, ápice brevissime sterilis, denticulata; stamina primo 

 conglobato-capitulata, dein laxe gregaria, filamenlis puniceis, 

 antheris albo-flavis; stylus filiformis liber, albus, ápice quinqui- 

 fidus purpurascens, ramulis spathulato-clavatis, intus dense ve- 



