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llaque , modo ciucreo-tomcntosa , primortlialia ovato-orbiculata aut 

 cUiplica, sul)Cordata, iiulivisa, raclicalia proxime sCquentia irilolja, 

 iripartila triscctavc, cactcra caulinaquc infcriora ]uuiu\tisccla, ^)inuis 

 utriiHiuc 2-4, lale ovalis ohlougisvc, o])lusis ()l)nisc(pic lohatis aut 

 lol)aU)-piuuatirRlis, uudulalis, iutiuiis brevilcr pcliolulatis, oiuuibusvc 

 scssilihus juxtaque rachim inlcrdum dccurrculihus: cauliua cac- 

 lera scnsim brcvius pcliolata, iterum irisccna uipartilaNc; superiora 

 vaginae pctiolari iusidciuia, scnsim minora ct dciuuui iiiiuima, acii- 

 tiuscula, trifida aut iiidivisa, scrrata aut Incisa, sid)Iu(lcvc vagiiia 

 pctiolaris aphylla : pctioli scmiteretes, crassi, striati, glabriusculi 

 hirsutive, basi dilatati ct vaginautes. Catilis basi unciam unam- 

 duas ultraque crassus, longiludinc tripedalis-orgyalis, erectus, tercs, 

 lenuiter strialus, farctus, ramosus, pulvcrc glauco obductus , gla- 

 berrimus aut vcrsus apicem hirtulus. Rami altcrui, supremi intcr- 

 dum oppositi. Umbellae cauli ramisque terminales, oppositifoliac 

 subiudecjue e caulis ramorumve divisione, raro aliqiia aut aliquot 

 axillares, convexae, primariae 4o-5o- ultraque radiatae, uiaximacj 

 rameae laterales minores, primaria saepe altiores: radii radioliquc 

 utrobiquc, vel ad intlmum saltem latus breviter hirti. Involucruni 

 umbclla duplo triplovc brevius, foliolis lanccolato-lluearibus, dc- 

 flexis , pubcsccntlbus, margine inferlori albo-mcmbranaccis, apicc 

 teuulter acumlnaiis, sublndcve nounuUis foliaceo-dllatatis spathula- 

 tisve laciniato-dentatis. Umbcllulae multiflorae. luvolucellorimi fo- 

 liola anguste lanceolato-linearla , omnia indivlsa, caeterimi iis invo- 

 lucri slmilia, demum rcflexa. Petala alblda, laclnula luflexa oblonga 

 subcanaliculata retusaque, subtus saepe pubescentia, cxtlma paullo 

 majora. Stamina alblda, glabra, petalis fere duplo longiora; antheris 

 ochroleucis. Slyli erecti , glabri, post anthcsim longlorcs, divcr- 

 genies deflexive stylopodiaque conica , glaberrima duplo triplovc 

 superantes. Pedicelli fructifcri fructu duplo triplove longiorcs, vel 

 inier se subae^iuales, vel intimi extimis breviores. Fructus maturi 

 elliptici. — Planta dlgltis attrita odorem gravem splrat: sauciata 

 succum fundit rcsiuosum , mox concrescentem et rufo-fuscum. 

 In p.nscuis el ad arvoruin niargincs: liaud rara. 



