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laciniae lere rectangulatim insidentes v. parum adscendentes, ambilu ovato-lanceola- 

 tae, acuminatae, suboppositae et per paria alternatim majores et minores, utroque 

 latere circ. 20, vulgo profunde pinnatipartitae v. tantum multidentatae, calloso-mucro- 

 nulatae, lacinulae onmes acuminatae et margine praesertim et tota superticie breviter 

 papilloso-muriculatae. Caulina pauca, gradatim minora minusque divisa, 3— 5 C,U longa, 

 suprema vix l'/2 cn ' superantia, paucidentata et sensim in bracteas conversa. — Flores 

 hexameri, in genere magni et speciosi, albi, fere omnino sessiles, in racemos den- 

 sissimos valde elongatos, anguste cylindricos, dimidium caulem aequantes et circ. V" 

 v. paulo ultra latos dispositi. — Bracteae in apice racemi comose exsertae, mox 

 deciduae v. inferiores (foliis summis similes) persistentes, pedicellos florigeros eximie 

 abbreviatos multoties superantes, e basi latiuscula lineari-subulatae , obtusiusculae, 

 margine hyalinae et subundulatae , scabrae, circ. 3—4""" aequantes, basi denticulis 

 conico-subulatis 1""" longis utrinque solitariis praeditae. — Pedicelli Hörigen saepe 

 vix distinguendi, fructigeri crassi, vix 1 — V/t"" longi, apice incrassati, erecto-patuli. 

 — Petala 6, alba, in genere maxima, superiora obovato-oblonga, 6 — 7°'°' longa et 

 2'/2""" lata, lamina obovata, ramoso-multinervia, apice breviter 3-loba, lobi ovales, 

 rotundato-obtusi, intermedius lateralibus sublongior Vi — 1 """ longus; appendix ungui- 

 cularis ovato-ellipticus 2""" longus, albus, superne cucullato-reflexus, ibi a lamina 

 brevissime tantum solutus, undique margine lacerato-ciliatus; petala lateralia et infe- 

 riora superioribus similia sed paullo minora. — Tubus staminalis brevis, 1""" aequans, 

 late urceolatus, glaber, apice in discum excentricum, albidum, carnosulum, supe- 

 riore latere magis productum circ. 1""" latum supra et margine papilloso-hirtellum, 

 inferiore latere ad lineam prominentem papilloso-hirtam redactum dilatatus. — S la- 

 mina circ. 20, 4""" longa; filamenta persistentia, glaberrima, sensim in connectivum 

 attenuata; antberae eiongato-ellipsoideae l'/a V. 2"'"' fere aequantes, basi cordato- 

 bilobae, apice obtusae et tuberculato-asperae. Grana pollinis ovoideo-ellipsoideae, 

 Vso — 'As"'"' longa, caeterum ut in R. Phyteumate. — Ovarium obovoideum, basi 

 brevissime attenualum , apice dentibus 4 turgidis obtusis eum ipsum (longitudine) 

 aequantibus coronatum. — Ovula secus placentas 4 numerosa, 2— 4-serialia. — 

 Capsulae subacute tetragono-pyriformes v. subcylindricae dense imbricatae, circ. 

 12 — 15 — 18""" longae, ore contractae et breviter 4-dentatae, dentes vix l m " 

 longi apice sublacerati subdivergentes, tota superficie papillulis abbreviatis subbullatis 

 parce obsitae. — Semina dense scrobiculata v. fere ecbinulata, luteucenti-brunnea, 







