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Descriptio. 



Radix ( perennis ? ) fusiformis, profunda supeme diamelro i-lin., 

 cortice albesccnte , in fibras capillares patenlissimasque sub-divisa. 

 Caidis erectus, teres, simpliciusculus sen apicem versus vix ramu- 

 losus, pcdalis ct ultra, diain. i-l'm. , laevis , infcrne glaberrlrmis , 

 rubescens , snpcrne viridiusculus ac villis crebcn-imis brevissimis 

 adspersus. Folia alterna ( quod speciale in hoc generc ) ; inferiora 

 ovato-lanceolala , in pelioluin altenuata, sublus i-ubcsccntia uti cau- 

 Jis , supcrne viridia; supcriora gradatim longiora et angiistiora , 

 sub-sessilia, reapsc lineari-lanceolala, utriuque virldia; omnia erecta, 

 npproximata inlernodiis a-S-lin. loiigis eisque triple longiora, acuta, 

 sub-denlala so. alia integerrima alia donticulo saepius i quandoque 

 2 rarius 3 acuto erecto uno aliove margine praedita ( unde uni- 

 (lentatam Behterus illam appcUavit, forsan minus apte uti ipse fa- 

 tetur 1. c), glabcrrinia , uninervia, plana, mcmbranacea ; ex eo- 

 dena puncto adparent quandoque 1-2 foliola minima inlegen'iina 

 i-2-lin. longa. Caiilis desinit in corjmbum valde coarctatum sub- 

 orbiculatura diain. pollicari foliis 6-7 ceteris parum latioi-lbus mar- 

 gine tenuissime ciliatis iavolucratum, continens 20-2$ Acres sessiles, 

 quorum singuli referunt i." caljcem profunde 5-partilum , laciniis 

 lanceolatis 2-lin. longis '\^ latis ad medietatem usque albidis hinc 

 viridibus menibranaceis glanduloso-villosis ; 2.° corollam ( ex sicco 

 luteolam ) tubulosarn, tubo gracillimo versus faucem parum dilatato 

 calyce duplo longiore limbo 5-lobo lobis patenlibus ovato- rotun- 

 datis diam. i-'|, lin. ; 3.° stamina 5 sub-inaequalia ad medietatem 

 tubi inserta, inclusa; 4-" sijlum 1; 5." o^'a/mw minutissimum pro- 

 babiliter 3-loculare more generis. Fructtis dcsiderautur in specimine. 



