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subaefjualibiiS: minule ciliolatls, glahris. Stamina inclusa, filamentis 

 siipra palenti-pubetitibus, quinto rudimentario crasse filiformi ger- 

 mine aequilnngo. Ännulus hypogynus postice in gtandulas duas 

 cylindriciis tumens; orarhim stiperum hirsutum. 



Hab. : in Brasilia bahiensi v. Sebastopoliensi loco ignorato. 

 V. V. cnlt. in hört. Schoenbrunn. 



Suffrulex erertiis hunc temporis subsimplex spithameus., caule 

 basi lignescente., digiti crassitie , tereti, sordide cinerea., foliorum 

 delapsorum cicatricibus orbicnlaribus 2 — 3'" ab invicem remotis 

 tornloi^o ^ superne cum floribii.s ramulos fasciculares protrudente. 

 Folia opposita in caulis apice confertissitna, succiilenta, subsessilia 

 velin petioluml — 3'" longum crassum glabrum supra biauriculatum 

 contracta. 5 — 7 poU. longa ac 2 — 3 poll. lata, ovato-elliplica vel 

 oblonga , fiasi acuta vel subacuminata , infra medium latissinia, 

 sursum angustata , apice in acumen 3'" longum lineamque latum 

 obtudusculum proracta, obtuse serrata, ciliata, supra atro-viridia 

 nitidissima tuberculis pilis simplicibus' in vivo rigidis hyalinis im- 

 posilis exasperata., subtus exceptis nervis laete viridibus hirtisque 

 purpurea bretissime siuinlque adpresse sparsim-margine confertius 

 pubescentia, nervo mediano valido,secundarioi'UJn tnajoribiis alternis 

 iitrinque 6 — 8 , arcuatis . Folia ramulorum fascicularium pauca, 

 caulinis mi.ltoties minora caeterum similia. Flores versus apicem 

 caulis erumpentes, conferti, axillares, solitarii Qserius fortasse bini 

 vel terni fasciculati}, patentes, nubiles pedunculo bipollicari incurvo 

 laete viridi quinqnangulato in angulis sparse hirto supra incras- 

 sato fulti, Calycis quinquepartiti foliola pollicaria, cordato-trian- 

 gularia, basi late emarginata semipollicaria, acuta, marginibus 

 undulatis ciliolatis exiniie replicata, flavide viridia, versus apicem 

 rubescentia , extus brevissime puberula , inttts glabra. Corolla 

 Candida, intus pallide sulfurea et basi striis (nervis^ et maculis 

 purpureis picta, sesqui-fere bipollicaris, incurva, oblique ventricosa, 

 diametro tram^versali fere y^ pollicari; tubo ima basi subglabro, 

 oblique postice emorginato - gibboso quasi subbilobo , ullerius in 

 ventrem semiglobosum inßato, dorso incurvo- concavo patentissime 

 et deuse praesertim supra lange piloso-kirsulo , fauce repentine 

 constricto tubi basi attamen sublaliore; limbo stibregulari-bilabiato, 

 patentissimo, laciniis subrhombeo-orbicularibus, 3'" longis, integris, 

 minute ciliolatis, caeterum glabris. Stamina tubo triente parte 

 bveviora, filamentis crassiusculis, arcuatis, basi purpurea glabris, 

 supra patenti puberulis cum antheris albis, quinto postico rudi- 

 mentario 3"' longo, filamenlorum crassitie, incurvo, obtusius- 

 culo. Ännulus hypogynus obsoletus , postice in glandulas 2 fere 

 bilineares cyiindricas crassas apice excavatas tumens. Ovariuni 

 liberum late ovatum, longitudine staminis castrati, hirsutum. Stylus 

 teres, candidus filamentis brevior sed iis duplo crassior, basi hir- 

 sutus apicem versus g labrat us; Stigma turbinatum, stomatomorphum, 

 ostio transversa, rimaeformi. 



Wien. (Ion 12. August 1862. 



