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teretes, saepius simplices v. paulo supra basin parum ramosi, stricti, r pedales;v. saepe 



paulo longiores, inferne circ. "2 crassi, secus tolam longitudincm usque ad racemos 



l'oliosi. deeursu foliorum et braotearura slrialo-angulosi et hie in angulis minute pa- 

 pilloso-asperuli, inferne subslramineo-pallidi superne obscurius virides. — Folia 

 strieta, suberecla, intervallis duplo triplove longiora, glabra, margine tenniter aspe- 

 rula, nervulis lateralibus utroque totere 5— 7 areuatis notala, radicalia et inferiore 

 iutegra anguste laneeolato-spathulata , acuminata, basi sensini et longe attenuata 

 6 — 9/'" longa. 6—8°"" lata, in axillis ramulum yalde ahbreviatum nni- v. bifoliatum 

 (primo intuitu;, sterilem, gerentia. media et superiora gradalim breviora, ternalo- 

 incisa, suprema interdum sensim in bracteas conversaj, laciniae lineari-ianceolalae 

 acuminatae, terminalis lateralibus suboppositis lere duplo longior. Ramuli axillares 

 versus racemum magis explicati et plurifoliolati. — Flore s in racemum primo ovoi- 

 deum dein sub l'ructu modice elongatum, 3—5"" longiim dispositi, (inodori Refab.) — 

 Bracteae lineares acuminatae. 3-4'""' longae, pedicellis florigeris duplo breviores, 

 margine asperulae. — Pedicelli sulcalo-angulosi, asperuli, ftorigeri 4—6""" longi, 

 llores lere duplo super antes, fruetigeri ctiam erecto-patuli nee horizontales v. cernui 



circ. 8 longi, capsulis parum breviores. — Calyx hexasepalus rarius heptasepa- 



lus , sepala persistentia lineari-spathulata demuni non ampliata, albido-marginata, 3—5""" 

 longa, basi Vi""", superne V2'""' lata. — Petala alba, 4""" longa. Superiorum lamina 

 obovata , appendieem aequans, fere usque ad basin 3-partita, lacinia intermedia lineari- 

 spalluilata oblusa lateralibus duplo brevior, laterales oblique obovato-euneatae lere 

 usque ad basin 4-partitae, lacinulae laciniae intermediae similes sed duplo longiores 

 2°"" aequantes. Appendix albidus subquadratus supra laminae basin paulo produetus, 

 apice rotundato-oblusus et reflexus, ad margines undique longiuscule ciliatus. Inf'e- 

 riorum lamina paulo brevior et laciniis lateralibus destituta. Tubus staminalis 



olivaceus, circ. V/,""" longus, apice superiore latere in discum subadscendentem, 

 niembranaceum , albidum. fere glabrum et margine revolutum dilatatus. Stamina 



saepius 16, 3 longa: lilamenta glabra, lineari-subulata (superne non dilatataj; an- 



tlierae ovoideac, •'//,""" longae apice tuberculis minutis (gravissiinae lentis ope eon- 

 spieuis) asperulae, basi subcordatae; grana pollinis ovoideo-ellipsoidea , V:>o— V«""" 

 longa, caeterum ut in R. lutea. — Ovarium obovoideum obtuse trigonum ad angulos 

 parce papillosum, basi subslipitiformi-attenualum, apice longiuscule tridentatuni, den- 

 tes erecti, (in genere) graciles, subleves, ovario paulo breviores, obtusi, intus oblique 

 usque ad placentas papilloso-stigmatosi. — Uvula in quaque placenta saepius 6—81 



