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suberectis depresso globosis acute 3-dentalis sub ore aperto arcte conlraclis , glabris; 

 seminibus majusculis levissimis, radicnla subelongata hilo approximata. 



Descriptio: 



Radix (abestj. — Caulis circ. pedalis v. paulo longior. slriclus, parce ramo- 

 sus, decursu foliorum leviter angulosus, glaber v. in angulis parce papilloso-scabridus, 

 subnilidulus; rami erecto-patuii, elongati, florigeri. — Folia rigidiuscula, glabra v. 

 margine papilloso-scabrida v. scrrulata, in axillis ramulum abbreviatum paucifoliatum 

 sterilem gerentia li 1 /» — 2-pollicaria... (Inferiora non vidi, verisimiliter integral. Media 

 et snperiora usque ad medium ternato-incisa , laciniae plus minusve anguste lineares 

 v. etiam linear i-spathulatae , rigidulae, terminalis simplex et Jateralibus perspicue 

 longior, laterales v. integrae v. usque ad medium et ultra bifidae, omnes in aciimen 

 breve callosum pallidum produetae, circ. pollicares et 1 — 5""" latae. — Flores albidi 

 in racemum laxum apice comosum primum ovoideo-oblongum , dein modice elongatum 

 2—5 pollicarem dispositi. — Bracteae lineares demum subhyalinae, a basi usque ad 

 apicem sensim angustntae, glabrae, circ. 4""" longae et basi W""' latae, pedicellos 

 florigeros fere aequantes, postea deciduae. — Pedicelli graciles, plus minusve stricli, 

 axi inlerdum subadpressi caeterum erecto-patuii, leviter angulosi, in angulis minute 

 scabridi, florigeri 5 — 6""" longi, floribus duplo et ultra longiores, fructigeri S — 10""" 

 longi, capsulas sesqui v. duplo superantes. — Calyx hexasepalus, sepala persisteu- 

 tia oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, glabra, margine interdum scabrida, circ. 2'""' longa 

 v. superiora paulo longiora, basi 3 4""" lata, anguste subbyalino-marginata, demum 

 reflexa. — Petala videntur alba v. ochroleuca, superiora circ. 4 1 /2 n "" longa, quorum 

 lamina fere usque ad basin tripartita , lacinia intermedia parva lineari-spalhulata obtusa 

 lateralibus duplo brevior, laterales sublunalae margine extus sinuato-dentata, 3— 31/2""" 

 longae, 1 — li/ 3 """ latae, saepe inaequales et tum inferior paulo minor. Appendices 

 unguiculares l'/V""' longi subhyalini obovati apice truncati et breviter lacerato-den- 

 tati, lantum brevissime supra laminae basin producti, caeterum ad margines papilloso- 

 denticulali. Petala inferiora integra lineari-spatbulata, 2""" longa, minute appendicu- 

 lata. — Tubus staminalis brevis, glaber, superiore latere in discum subbyalinum 

 carnosulum planum undique papillosum apice denticulatum dilatatus. - Stamina saepius 

 11 12, V/t""" longa; filamenta lincari-subulata glabra, basi supra tubum breviter 

 monadelpba; antherae ellipsoideae, superne tuberculatae. Grana pollinis globoso- 

 ellipsoidea, t / b5 """ longa. — Uvarium depresso-subglobosum, obtuse liexagonum, 

 6-sulcatum, dentibus tribus sligmaloideis apice breviter callosis caeterum turgidissimis 



