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sliitli. simplices, foliis delapsis subaphylli, npice longe in racemos ubeuntes, 2— 4 am 

 longi. — Folia pauca, rigidula, glaucescentia, glaberrima (inferiora nun vidimus), 

 caulina integre, sublineari-spatbulala, margine (forte siccatione) pauIo revoluta, ob- 

 lusa. basi longe altenuala, 5—2"" longa, superne gradaliin niinora, omnia deinum 

 subdecidua. — Flores ocbroleuci (?), in g euere parvi, anguste racemosi, laxiusculi, 

 subfasciculato-approximati, racemus 1 — 2' 1 '" longus, demuni inaxime elongalus et re- 

 laxatus. — Bracteae deeiduae, ad apicein racemi coniose cxsertae, lineari-lanceo- 

 latae, acuininalae, usque ad medium trinerves et liic secus nervös pollide-olivaceae, 

 caelerum late albido-marginatae , demuni oninino expallenles , basi setaceo-bidenlicu- 

 latae. sub flore circ. 4""" longae, V,""" latae et pedicellos subaequanlcs. — Pedicclli 

 flores paulo superantes , erecto-patuli , rigidiusculi , teretes v. superne 6-sulcati, gla- 

 berrimi, florigeri circ. 4""" longi, i'ruetigeri circ. 5 — 6""" aequantes, saepe ante cap- 

 sularum maturitatein ex parte decidui unde racemus fructiger praesertim basi de- 

 pauperatus. — Calyx bexasepalus; sepala mox decidua, aequalia, laneeolato-ob- 

 longa, v. obovato-lanceolata, obtusa, ad nervös glaucescentia, caeteruni lale sub- 

 liyalino-marginala , 2 — 2V2'"" longa, petala aequantia. — Pelala pallide ocbroleuca (?), 

 2'/2 — 3""" longa; superiorum lamina circ. usque ad medium 3-partita. lacinia inter- 

 media a lacinulis tantum situ et eo quod caeteris Iongior distinguenda, lanceolato- 

 spatbulata, obtusa, laciniae laterales 3— 4-parlitae (unde lamina 7 — 9-parlita), Iacinulae 

 abbreviatae, obovato-oblongae, obtusae, exleriores angustiores v. interdum subcon- 

 nalae; appendix unguicularis pro proportione magnus, dorso basin versus olivaceo- 

 viridis caelerum byalinus, concavus, obovatus, superne paulo supra laminae basin 

 productus et reflexus ibique lacerato-denlalus, ad margines snblevis. Inl'erioruin la- 

 mina integra lineari-spatlmlata et appendice triplo minore praedita. — Tubus sta- 



minalis circ. </ 2 ' longus, glaber, superne circumcirca apicem in discum obliquum 



dilalatus, liic paulo excentricus, suborbicularis , superiore latere paulo lalior, mem- 

 branaceo-carnosulus, undique glaherrimus, diametro 2""" aequans (margine sub mi- 

 croscopio tuberculalus). — Stamina circ. 15, 3""" longa; filamenta 2""" longa, lineari- 

 subulata, glaberrima; antberae obovoideae basi cordato-bilobae. Grana pollinis ovoi- 

 dco-ellipsoidea, circ. 'Aö'"'" longa, caeteruni ordinis. Ovarium obovoideo-cyliu- 

 dricum, basi breviler et abrupte allenualum, dentibus tribus brevibus rectis paulo 

 divergentibns obtusis terminalum. ad angulos minute papillosuin. — Ovula in pla- 

 cenlis circ. 10—12, triserialia. — Capsulae erectae, obovoideae, glabrae, breviter 

 stipitatae, apice truncatae lateque aperlac, sul) ore non conslriclae. brevissime et 



