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sifloro, parum elongato (florigero c. 6, fructifero c. 12 cen- 
tim. longo) terminati; bractee ovate, pedicellum florigerum 
subequantes eove parum breviores, demum reflexa; pedi- 
celli fructiferi vix aucti, c. 1!/o"" longi; petala 2 superiora 
(k) 8-9-partita, laciniis subequilongis, intermedia latiore, 
reliquis sensim angustioribus, — spathulatis, obtusissimis, 
basi valde attenuatis et papilloso-ciliatis; appendix ungvi- 
cularis subtrigono-obovatus, pallide cereo-hyalinus, margine 
papilloso-ciliatus, ad lamine basin in fnarginem latam in- 
flexam sublobatam dense ciliatam dilatatus; petala lateralia (1) 
4-5-partita, inferum (m) subsimplex; (ubus stamineus (i) 
leviter papillosus, apice circumcirca, imprimis latere supe- 
riore, in discum subcarnosum  papillosum productus; stía- 
mina (i) 12— 14, filamenta (n) e basi latiore subulata, papil- 
loso-asperula, antheras (n) ovales, obtuse apiculatas basi 
sagittatas subduplo superantia ; ovaria et capsula (0-p) fere ut in 
A. sesamoide, dorso basin versus papilloso-glandulosa, apice 
obtusissima, styli lateralis fere longitudine, semina (q) 
ovalia, leviter tuberculata. 
In ericetis prope urbem Santiago de Compostela, 18 Aug. 
8 fet fr; ! 
Obs. Species hec, obiter inspecta, multis rationibus cum 4A. 
Clusii convenit, quare ejusdem specimina nomine 4. Clusiü 
var. olim amicis communicavi. Sed ulterius observata et 
cum descriptione accuratissima Asterocarporum cel. J. Mül- 
leri (monogr. Resed. p. 218) comparata tantas prabet diffe- 
rentias, ut optime dislinctam eandem censeam. Differt enim 
trunco ramisque lignosis, foliis luteo- (nec cesio-) viridibus, 
emarcidis anni precedenlis persistentibus, racemis minus 
elongatis ramulos tertii v. quarli (nec secundi) ordinis ter- 
minantibus, pedicellis longioribus, fructiferis vix incrassatis, 
petalis 8-9-fidis, laciniis basi ciliatis magisque anguslatis, 
appendice leviter colorato, ciliato (nec albo, glaberrimo), an- 
theris apice integris, apiculatis, basi sagittatis (nec utrinque 
