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Descriptio: 



Radix (videtur anmia v. biennis, a nob. haud visa). — Gaules maxime speciosi 

 (in genere), 2 — 4-pedales, ramosi, teretes, levissimi, densius foliosi, glauci; rami 

 parum numerosi, stricti, Hörigen, elongati, basi noduloso-subturgidi; raniuli steriles 

 in foliorum a.xillis folia subaequantes v. ea superantes, raro florigeri. — Folia glauca, 

 glaberrima, integra, anguste lanceolata, longe attenuata, apice obtusiuscula, basi 

 brevius angustata, uninervia nervulis lateralibus tantum in pagina inferiore conspicuis, 

 6—3"" longa et 10 — 3""" lata, versus racemos sensim in bracteas conversa (in spe- 

 cim. cult. inajora, et unum alterumve superiorum ternato-incisum). — Flores nia- 

 juscnli, numerosissimi, in racemum densum cylindricum 4 — S c '" longum apice attenua- 

 tum coinosum, dein valde elongatum pedalem v. sesquipedalem dispositi. — Bracteae 

 lineari-oblongae, acuminatae, subbyalinae, nervo medio apicem versus viridi instruc- 

 tae, margine minute et sparse denticulatae, 4 — 5""" longae, 1""" latae, ad apicem 

 juniorem racemi longe exsertae , postea niox deciduae , sub flore si nondum delapsae 

 sepalis similes. — Pedicelli erecto-patuli , sulcato-angulosi, glabri, florigeri calyce 

 sesquilongiores, apice incrassati, 5—6"'°' longi, fructigeri axi adpressi, vix longiores 

 capsulas perspicue superantes. — Calyx 6-sepalus, sepala pallida mox decidua, lan- 

 ceolato-spathulata obtusa, 3'/2 — 4""" longa, l ram lata, uninervia, insuper basi nervis 

 lateralibus duobus brevibus instructa, et margine minutissime papulosa. — Petala 

 ochroleuca, pro magnitudine llorum parvula, 3 — 372 """ longa, subbyalino-appendicu- 

 lata, lamina omnium usque ad quartam longitudinis partem 3-partita v. basi lacinulis 

 1 — 2 enervibus brevibus subsetaccis aucta; laciniae 3 lanceolato-spatbulatae, apice 

 subtnincato-obtusae, inter se similes, (intermedia tarnen paulo longior), circ. 2""" 

 lon»ae, basi '//, superne 2/5""'' latae; appendices hyalini l—l'/ 2 """ longi, latiores quam 

 longi, apice supra laminae basin non producti sed ibi lateraliter in alas duas erectas 

 papilloso-denticulatas ovatas producti, caeterum ad margines ubique breviter papilloso- 

 ciliolati. Lateralia praecedentibus similia sed parum minora. — Tubus staminalis 

 circ. 1""" longus carnosulus apice urceolatus, pallide ochraceus breviterque puberulus, 

 apice superiore latere in discum submembranaceum late ovatum oblusum (1""" latuin) 

 margine lacerato-denticulatum et papilloso-ciliatum dilatatus. — Stamina circ. 18, 

 3 — a""" longa; filamenta mox decidua lineari-subulata glabra antberas aequantia v. üs 

 sesquilongiora; antherae majusculae, P//,""" aequantes elongato-ellipsoideae, basi pro- 

 funde cordatae, apice obtusae et leves in floribus explicalis exsertae, saepius ocbra- 

 ceo-rubellae. Grana pollinis subhyalina, subgloboso-ellipsoidea '/*o — '/so""" longa, 



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