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per sterilem gerentia. — Flore s lutei mediocres, in racenios primum ovoidco-acu- 

 minatos densos apice brevissime comosos, dein laxiores et pedicellis magis patenlihus 

 latiores, 3—4"" aequantes dispositi. — Brncteae (sub fructibus junioribus) persi- 

 stentes, lineari-lanceolatae, dorso subcarinatae et parce papilloso-asperae, ad mar- 

 gines anguste albidae, et more R. lanceolatae a basi bidenticulata usqne ad apicem 

 subdistanter papilloso- et subinciso-dentatae, 3t/a — 4"'"' longae. — Pedicelli sub- 

 rigiduli, ereeto-patuli v. dein niagis patuli, (lorigeri saepius 7 — S n "" longi v. brcviores, 

 profunde sulcato-angulosi. papilloso-asperuli. — Calyx bexasepalus, sepala persi- 

 stentia, subaqualia, oblongo-lanceolata, v. saepius lanceolato-spatbulata, obtusa, sub— 

 glabra v. extus minutissime papillosula, vix perspicue albido-niarginata , 2— 2'/2""" 

 longa. — Petala lutea, 4""" longa, lamina duorum superiorum fere usque ad basin 

 3-partita, lacinia intermedia lineari-spathulata, lateralibus fere duplo brevior, laterales 

 ovato-sublunatae obtusae, circ. duplo longiores quam lalae, interiore latere concavo 

 subintegrae exleriore convexo leviter repando-dentatae; appendices luteoli v. sub- 

 byalini, ovato-elliptici v. obovati, lamina paulo breviores , supra basin ejus paulo 

 producti ibique recurvato-inflexi , inargine undique longiuscule et dense papilloso- 

 ciliati. Lateralium lamina ut superiorum sed lacinia lateralis inferior intermediae similis 

 nee lata. Inferiorum lamina subaequaliter 3-laciniata, laciniae lineari-spathulatae. — 

 Tubus staminalis abbreviatus , crassiusculus, parce papillosus, ab axi pedicelli valde 

 declinatus, superiore latere in disetim carnosulum l 1 /}, — 1'/ 2 """ latum, marginem ver- 

 sus subhyalinum, longiuscule et dense papilloso-hirsutum demum subampliatum pro- 

 duetus. — Stamina saepius 16, circ. 3>/ 2 """ longa; iilamenta mox deeidua, lineari- 

 subulata, sub antberis dilatata, levia v. minutissime papillosula; antberae ellipsoideae, 

 rotundato-obtusae, basi cordato-bilobae, tota superiieie punctulis papillosis minutissi- 

 mis subaculis hirtellae. Grana pollinis subgloboso-ellipsoidea, circ. 1 />5°"" longa. — 

 Ovariuni obovoideum , obtusc trigonum v. subteres, basi in stipitem brevem abrupte 

 attenualum , apice 3-dentatum , (dentes subleves ovario duplo breviores depresso- 

 ovoidei turgidissimi minute apiculati), papillulis ovoideo-oblongis byalino-Iuteolis un- 

 dique densissime subecbinnlatum. — Ovula in quaque placenta 8—10, biserialia. — 

 Capsulae juniores ovariis similes undique dense papillosae, demum pendulae. Matu- 

 ras non vidi. Semina maxime juvenilia iis R. Duriaeanae quoad formam similia, 

 forte levia. 



Habitat in Africa boreali circa Constantine (Sejourne in hb. Faucht, nunc hb. 

 Doiss.! speeimina duo florigera). 



