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Flore? albi, numerosissinii in racemum anguste cylindricum valde floribundum 

 elongatmn , apice breviter coinosum , sublaxum , dein sub fruetu longissimum , peda- 

 lem et ultra, dimidium caulem aequantem v. superanteni dispositi. — Bracteae an- 

 guste lineari-lanceolalae, longe et sensini acuminatae, subbyaliuo-luteseentes et nervo 

 dorsali fusco-viridi notatae, margine distanter et ininule papillosulae, basique minute 

 bidenticulatae, suiniiio racemoso exsertae, caeterum pedicellos florigeros subae- 

 quantes, et fructigeris paulo breviores, longius persistentes, circ. 3""" longae, 

 supra basin V-,""" latae. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepala longius persistentia, basi in- 



ter se paulo connata, et urceolum brevem ellbrmantia, ovato oblonga v. ovato- 

 lanceolata, obtusa, hyalino-mnrginata, levia v. extus minute papillosula, a pe- 

 talis longe superata. — Petala 5 (in sicco ochroleuca), circ. 3'/2— 4""" longa; 

 2 superiora lanceolalo-cuneata v. anguste-obovata, lamina ab appendice unguicu- 

 lari vix dislincta v. circa punctum ubi nervuli inter se divergunt, plica transver- 

 sali horizontali ab eo separata , V2 vel '/ 3 triloba, lobi subaequilongi, intermedius 

 lineari-lanceolatus obtusus, uninervius lateralibus duplo fere angustior; laterales ovato- 

 oblongi v. ovato-lanceolati oblusi apice subconniventes, trincrvii v. inferne 5-nervii; 

 appendix obovatus, circ. I n "" Ibngus, laminae basi paulo latior v. ei subaequalis. 

 margine papilloso-ciliolalus, apice sublacerato-dentatus , albido-byalinus. Lateralia 

 superioribus similia sed angustiora. Inferum subangustum cujus lamina usque ad 

 medium triloba, lobi subaeqnilati, laterales 2— 3-nervii intermedio parum latiores. — 

 Tubus staminalis 1""" longus ad basin usque urceolato-apertus, glabrescens, superne 

 in discum membranaceum majusculum album 1°"" latum extus margine cucullato-re- 

 volutum et bic et superne papilloso-ciliolatum caeterum glaberrimum productus. — 

 Stamina saepius 10, brevia, 2""" tantum longa (absque tubo), filamenta e latiore 

 basi subulato-acuminata , glabra, anlberis circ. sesqui longiora, longe sub fruetu per- 

 sistentia; antberae ovato-ellipsoideae apice subtruncatae et tuberculato-asperae, basi 

 profunde cordatae. Grana pollinis ut in R. alba, '/ 5n — V45""" longa. — Ovarium obo- 

 voideum, basi in stipitem tubo urceolato slaminali aequilongum attenuatum, subteres, 

 apice dentibus 4 brevibus subdivergentibus coronalum, dentes apice subpeltato-capi- 

 tati et viscoso- et et papilloso-sligmalosi. - Ovula secus placentas 4 biserialia, in 

 quaque circ. 8 — 10, caeterum ut in R. alba. — Capsula obovoidea. subacutangulo- 

 telragona. brevissimc 4-dentata, junior latissime aperta, matura ipso ore parum con- 

 traeta et denticulis tum connivenlibus terminata, n" — 8°"" circ. longa, pedicellum circ. 



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