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que laleralibus approximatis costalls superne impressis lineata, utrinque 

 pilis brevibus rigidulis scabriuscula, juniora lacte viridia, adiilta soepe 

 rubro-suffusa, pollicem et quod excedit longa, 8-- 10'" lata, ramea 

 dimidio rainora, et summa tandem flores in axillis foventia valde 

 diminuta (3 — V" longa) lanceolata, subsessilia. Sl ipulae minuldie, 

 subulatae, integerrimae, glabrae, marccscentes. Flores ex axillis fo- 

 liorum summorum solitaril, in racemum simplicem primum fasligiatum 

 serius elongatum foliosum dispositi; pedunciiU uniflori, horizontaliter 

 patentes, filiformes, glabri, miniali, poUicares indeque foliis floralibus 

 duplo triplove longiores. Calyx adnatus, /j-sepalus; sepala linearia, 

 acutiuscula, integerrima, inter se subaequalia, extus pilis glandulosis 

 parce adspersa, nervo medio notata, apice subcallosa et virentia, 

 ceterum sordide miniata, post anlhesin reflexa , aestivatione valvata. 

 Corolla supera, calycis fauci jnserta, tetrapelala, pctaloriim cum se- 

 palis alternanlium per paria inaequalium adscensu dimidiata; petala 

 inferiora majora, horizontaliler palenlia, sepalis multo longiora. longe 

 unguiculata, ungue lineari basi mellifluo violascenti-albido, laminam 

 subaequante, lamina spathulato - suborbiculari rotundata et in vertice 

 saepius subcrenulata, radialim venosa, miniata basi macula parva 

 coccinea; petala superiora brevius unguiculata, ungue subcylindrico, 

 ima basi pilis nonnullis longis hispidulo violaceo -albido , lamina ad 

 angulum rectum reflexa e basi brevissime biauriculata anguste cuneato- 

 spathulata, rotundata, integerrima, glabra, miniata basin versus violaceo- 

 albida ibique glandula aucta unica melliflua pallide virescenti deorsum 

 in gibber parvum acutiusculum producta. Stamina duo, sepalo summe 

 et imo opposita; infimum sterile petaloideum ex ungue lineari in 

 laminam obovato -spathulatam emarginatam glabram miniatam longi- 

 ludinaliter complicatam dilatatum, ungue petalorum brevius; summum 

 fertile, dimidio longius; ^/«/ne/2^«m primum erectum demum reflexum, 

 a basi ultra medium incrassatum subconicum, in facie interiori canali- 

 culatum, inde apicen» versus subulatum et eo modo tortum ut anthera 

 fere postica appareat; anthera oblonga utrinque obtusa et basi 



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