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branaceus, albescens, sub fauce non v. vix coarctatus, dentibus 

 5, breviusculis, linearibus, subinaequalibus, sursum herbaceis, 

 incrassatulis, obtusis coronatus; corolla tubulosa, gracilis 

 (7-10"' long. — 4-5'" diam. limb. exp.), inter folia longiuscule 

 exerla, erecta, intus extusque glaberrima, membranácea, basi 

 abrupte inílatula, tenuis, subhyalina, ovarium obtegens, medio 

 teres alba, superne gradatim campanulalo-ampliata, in limbo 

 patente albo-flavescenle expansa; limbus 5-lobatus, lobis in 

 aestivatione induplicato-valvatis subtriangularibus obtusis cras- 

 siusculis, per anthesin expansi obovatis v. suborbiculatis, 

 membranaceis, antice integris v. repandulis, stamina 5, sub 

 fauce tubi eorollini inserta, primo inclusa dein breviter exerta, 

 filamentis brevibus, filiformi-applanatis, albis, glabris, antheris 

 2-locularibus, dorso appositis, elliptico-ovatis, extrorse rimóse 

 dehiscentibus, flavis; pollen globosum, flavum; stylus filifor- 

 mis, glaberrimus, inferné -ilbescens, superne tenuiter incras- 

 sato-clavulatus, sligmate párvulo hemisphaerico, viridi, papil- 

 luloso, integro coronatus, staminum insertionem longitudine 

 aequans ; discusanularis, raajusculus, crassiusculus, coccineus, 

 integer; ovarium globoso-obovatum, antice trunca to-rolunda- 

 tum, postice subattenuatum, glabrum, viride, biloculare, pla- 

 cenlis septi centralis parte infera concretis, atque 4-6 ovulife- 

 ris. Capsula párvula, globosa, v. compresso-sublenticularis 

 (2'" diam.), glaberrima, sordide pallescenti-fuscidula, subutri- 

 culiformis, tenuis, membranaceo-subcrustacea, fragillima, obs- 

 cure 2-valvis, valvis 2-partitis, antice rotundata v. vix apiculato- 

 mucronulata, calyce nec non saepe tubi eorollini parte infera 

 persistentibus arete inclusa, infra folia perfecte oceultata, ac 

 aegre invenienda, abortu 1-locularis atque 1-sperma (rarissime 

 bilocularis, loculis 1-spermis. Semen placenta adfixum, lenti- 

 culari-subreniforme (1,5'" diam.), margine integrum, obtusum, 

 inferné abrupte sinuato-depressum, testa crustaceo-membrana- 

 cea, levissima, glabra, fusca maculis vix pallidioribus marmo- 

 rata, embrione crassiusculo, subterete, arcuato, ubique subae- 

 quali, albumine evoluto, carnoso-duriusculo. 

 Planta pulchella typo fructiculoso-coespitoso, pulvinato-con- 



tracto veré patagónico; noncommunis; floret mensibus Novembre, 



Decembre acJanuario. 



