﻿88 Plantae novae nonnullae. 



ter obtuseque trigoni (35 mm long. = 6 mm diam.) in 

 ramorum apicibus solitarii v. saepius bini v. terhi, sessi- 

 les, basi bracteolati, bractea ovata (10 mm long. = 6-7 

 mm lat.) membranáceo -rigidula, viriscente-pallescente 

 longitudinaliter 15-striato-nervosnla. ñervo mediano 

 tantum validiore atque in aristula (4-5 mm long.) pro- 

 ducto donata. Sépala 3 imbricativa, elliptico- ovata (13- 

 15 mm long. = (> mm lat.) leniter inaequilatéralia inte- 

 gerrima, omnino libera v. vix ima basi brevissime (1 mm 

 long.) subconnata. ápice obtusa, viridia glaberrima. Pe- 

 tala 3, pulchre intenseque viridia glaberrima membrana- 

 cea, elongata augusta imbricativa (32-33 mm long. = 

 6-7 mm lat.) omnino libera, integerrima, semper inter 

 se amplexa et vix summo ápice per anthesin leniter re- 

 curva to-aperta. Stamina 6, sepalis et peta lis opposita, 

 sed omnia libera semper inclusa, filamentis albis tenui- 

 bus (28 mm long. = 0,5 mm crass.) glabris, antheris 

 ochroleueis linearibus angustis (6-7 mm long. = 1 mm 

 lat.) basi sinuato-rotundatis, ápice brevissime minuteque 

 acutatis, polline concolore pulverulento farctis. Ova- 

 rium 3-loculare, ovato-trigonum v. subpyramidatum 

 (6 mm long. = 3 mm diam.) omnino libertina lateribus 

 medio sulcatis, angulis obtusiusculis, glabrum, viride, 

 in stylo filiformi longiusculo (23 mm long. = 0,5 mm 

 crass.) albo glabro ápice stigmatibus 3 tenuibus (3 mm 

 long. ) concoloribus per anthesin e flore exertis sed pa- 

 rum divaricatis, leniter tortis intus papillosis coronato 

 productum: ovula placentis axilibus adfixa numerosissi- 

 ma horizontalia, subcylindracea breviter funiculata, 

 hyalina. Capsula ovata (20 mm long. = 8 mm diam. ) 

 ápice acuta, calyce vix accrescente inclusa v. breviter 

 exerta, 3-locularis septifraga; semina fusca glabra mi- 

 nuta numerosissima anguste linearia (2 mm long.) 

 submembranacea, antice leniter attenuata apiceque ob- 

 tusiuscule acutata, postice subtruncato-rotundata atque 

 funiculo duplo breviore (1 mm long.) angustioreque in 

 filis non soluto (an semper?) fulta. 



Species pulcherrima distinctissima a genere satis rece- 



