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HARTIGHSEA. 
Hartighsea ramiflora. 
Ramuli subsimplices elongati inferne floriferi, superne 
foliosi, novelle partes cum fol. nascent. ferrugineo-furfurac. 
'olia petiolata 1-14 pedalia, petiolis angulatus foliola in 
petiolulis bilineal. supra canaliculatis, alterna, sub 11 ob- 
.. lengo-lanceolata, superiore lateri inzequalia obtuse cuspidato- 
 &uminata supra atro-viridia, long. 43-5 uncial, lat. 14 uncial. 
n the lowest leaves of the Kia a short raceme sometimes 
occurs, 
Racemi florum ex axillis folior. lapsor. vix ultra unciales, 
(all at the same state of development) pedunculis infra 
medium quasi lignosus, squamis brunneis bracteatis notat. 
Parte florifera viridescens ferrugineo-puberula. 
Pedicelli sublineales versus medium articulati bractea 
nnea squamiformi suffult. Bracteole 2 minima con- 
ores, : 
Flores densiusculi 4-meri, majusculi, ochroleuci, cito fus- 
Cescentes, 
Calyx minimus planiuscula, 4- dentatus. 
: Petala 4, lineari-oblonga, ad medium tubo staminum erect. 
: et cum leviter adherent. tunc reflexo-patentia, 4-linealia 
Tubus stamineus petalis paullo brevior, pressione subangu- 
latus, subtetragonus, apice dentibus 8 latis brevibus sub- 
arginatis interdum. Anthere oblonge, parve sessiles 
lentiur | facie interiore, bilocul.  longit. dehiscent. 
; bu 3 interior triplo brevior erenulatus, etenik forsan 10, 
cum antheris altern. ovarium cingens et zequans. 
Ovarium brevissime stipitatum subglobosum lepidotum 
ima 
lus filiformis vel columnaris, prope basin articula- 
ngitudine circiter tubo staminei, apicem cyathulo 
ampliat, Stigma discoidea subexsertum e cyathulum 
