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vestigiis foliorum anni praecedentis comoso-vestiti. — Caules hornotini humiles, saepe 

 5 — I2 rm lonffi v. breviores, graciles, subfilü'ormes , e.\ apice caudicum subcaespitosi, 

 erecti v. subcrecli v. denimn deflexi, flexuosi, usque ad racemos sparse et vulgo 

 iiiulti— foliosi, decursu foliorum leviter striato-angulosi , glaberrimi. — Folia omnia 

 integra, valde inaequalia, carnosuio-firma , glaucescentia, glabra, secus margines 

 sublevia, lanceolato- v. lineari-spathulata, inferiora ex apice caudicum orta dense 

 aggregato-rosulata , elongata, 2—4"" aequanlia, basi longissime attenuata, apice sub 

 rotundato-obtusa; caulina abrupte multo minora et quidem niinuta, lanceolato-spathu- 

 lata, obtusa, saepius tantum 5—6°'°' longa et 1°"" lata, omnia basi acute sed minu- 

 tissime saepeque obscurius 2-denticulata, in axillis gemmulas vix perspicuas gerentia. 

 - Flores albi, mediocres, breviter pedicellati, in racemum angusle cyiindricum 

 densum demum elongatum et dimidium caulem subaequantem dispositi. — Bracteae 

 minutae, ovatae, obtusae, glaberrimae, pedicellis saepius duplo breviores, circ. 2 /-;""" 

 longae, demum deciduae. — Pedicelli abbreviati, crassiusculi , subteretes (vix pers- 

 picue angulosi), florigeri erecto-patuli v. subhorizontales, circ. li/ ä """ longi, fructiferi 

 vix aucti, subhorizontales v. leviter cernui. — Calyx omnino ut in A. Clusii, se- 

 pala 5, rarius 6, rarissime 4 (1 super. 2 [at. 1 infer.), superum ceteris angustius et 

 brevius, ovato-oblonga, obtusa. — Petala alba, 2 — 2'/2 m "' longa, sepalis circ. duplo 

 longiora: duorum superiorum lamina obovala usque ad basin fere 5— 7-partita, laci- 

 nnlae inaequales, lineari-spathulatae, apice subobtusae, iutermedia caeteris longior, 

 apice rotundato-obtusa (in var. y. magis numerosae et laterales saepe plus minusve 

 alte per paria connatae), basi hyalino-appendiculata ; appendices supra laminae basin 

 saepissime non producti et tantum unguem lateraliter dilatatum representantes, tum 

 obovati, glabriusculi, margine minutissime ciliolati; lateralia paulo simpliciora, inferum 

 subsimplex v. lacinia intermedia basi utrinque rudimentis 1 —3 lacinularum lateralium 

 aucta. — Tubus staminalis crassus pro proportione majusculus, V2""" longus, car- 

 nosulus, glaberrimus, apice circumcirca carpidiorum basin urceolato-dilatatus et su- 

 periore latere magis in discum (qui hie excentricus) membranaceo-carnosulum gla- 

 berrimum produetus. — Stamina saepius b (7 — 10), l'/ 2 mm longa; filamenta lineari- 

 subulata, basi vix latiora, glaberrima, antheras minutas ovoideas, basi profunde 

 cordatas, leves, duplo triplove superantia. Grana pollinis globoso-ellipsoidea, vulgo 

 '/ro""' longa, caeterum Ordinis. — Ovarium e carpidiis 5 (4 — 6) liberis uniloculari- 

 bus uniovulatis compositum. Carpidia obovoideo-navicularia ; intus a basi usque ad 

 apicem hiantia ab origine aperta, demum marginibus conniventibus subclausa, apice 



