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mullicaulis, tum superne vestigiis foliorura anni praecedentis obtecta. — Caules 

 elatiores, sesquipedales v. bipedales et ultra longi, simplices v. parce ramosi, la- 

 xeque et alte foliosi, teretes et firmi, parum fistulosi, virides, foliis decurrentibus 

 obiter striato-angulosi , glaberrimi , basi saepius 6"'"' diametro aequantes v. tenuiores. 

 Rami stricli, erecti, elongati, florigeri. — Folia ambitu lanceolata v. lanceolato- 

 oblonga v. ovato-oblonga , utrinque attenuata, majuscula, 5 — 15°°' longa, glabra, 

 supra nitida, profunde pinnatipartita; laciniae saepius subrigidulae lanceolatae v. 

 lineari-lanceolatae, adscendentes (in rhacbi), subdistantes, basi inaequilaterae et longe 

 usque ad lacinias inferiores decurrenles, superiores ibi parum confluentes, semper 

 plus minusve acuminatae et ad inargines denticulis hyalinis, vulgo globoso-conicis, 

 dense papilloso-asperae, apiceque in acuminuluiu breve subcallosum productae. — 

 Flores albi, in genere magni, in racemum cylindricum elongatum apice comosum, 

 acutum, basi laxum, circ. semipedalem dispositi. — Bracteae lineares, longe acu- 

 minatae, integrae v. minulissime hinc inde hyalino-denticulatae, inargine hyalino-albi- 

 dae, basi utrinque pallide unidenticulatae, circ. 5""" longae, et 2 /i, mm latae, primum 

 alabastros longe superantes, dein pedicellos florigeros et fructigeros subaequantes, 

 longe persistentes. — Pedicelli rigidiusculi, erecto-patuli , acute decagoni, in an- 

 gulis hyalinis asperuli, frucligeri validiores sed vix longiores et capsulis sesqui v. 

 duplo breviores. — Calyx 5-sepalus, sepala persistentia, glaberrima, ovato-lanceo- 

 lata, obtuse acuniinata, margine anguste byalina, basin versus parce et minute pa- 

 pilloso-denticulata. — Petala 5 alba, dein post foecundationem albo-straminea, inter 

 se subaequalia, superiora caeteris paulo angustiora et longiora et appendice unguiculari 

 majore instructa. Duo superiora circ. 6""" longa, lanceolato-cuneata, lamina lere 

 tertia parte tripartita, appendice unguiculari supra ejus basin non producto subrotundo 

 l'/2 '"' longo, apice truncato et margine papilloso-ciliolato aucta; lobus intermedius 

 lineari-lanceolatus obtusus, simplex; laterales ovato-oblongi v. lanceolati, apiceque 

 inciso-lobulati v. integri. Petalorum lateralium et inferioris lamina obovato-cuneata, 

 fere usque ad medium tripartita, et appendicibus duplo minoribus praedita. — Tubus 

 staminalis abbreviatus, 1""" longus, viridis, viscidulus, apice superiore latere in discum 

 pro proportione ininutum, carnosulum, secus marginem pallidum, albido- et papil- 

 loso-hirtulum productus. — Stamina 10 — 13, saepius 12—11, petalis paulo bre- 

 viora, circ. 4— 5""" longa; filamenta lineari-subulata, glaberrima, alba, superne ae- 

 qualia, apice acuniinata; autherae 2°'°' longae, elongato-ellipsoideae, obtusae, basi 



