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squamae ipsa v. dimiclia productis; ovario vertice tomentosulo, setis nullis; capsulis 

 breviter obovatis 1 2 mm longis, placentis 3 planis. 



Tabula V. Fig. 6 — 7. Fig. 6. Squama a dovso. 7. Staminodium. 



Loasa acuminata Wedd! Chlor. And. I. (1855) p. 220. 



Gaules (summitates tantum vidimus) teretes v. ad apicem subcompressi, setis saepe sub- 

 reflexis 2 — 4 mm longis in sicco rufis laevibus mediocriter v. subparce hivsuti, pilis articulatis 

 ' glauduliferis emareidis nunc intermixtis, praeterea pilis minutis inferne scabriusculis, superne 

 laevibus v. antrovsum retrorsumve spinuligevis vestiti, ramosi, gemmis sorialibus nullis. Folia 

 inferiora et in ramis infima opposita, caetera alterna, petiolis 10 — 1 cm longis setosis, ambitu 

 triangulari-ovata, intermedia er. 10 cm longa, 6 cm lata, paullo longiora quam latiora, acu- 

 minata, basi cordata, angulato-lobata, lobis 7 v. 5 triangularibus acntis partem latitudinis integrae 

 tertiam v. quartam aequantibus, superioribus 2 minoribus, apicali paullo magis producto, Om- 

 nibus praesertim postice iterum inaequaliter dentatis, dentibus apiculatis, supra setis v. setnlis 

 et pilis laevibus v. obsolete spinuligeris adspersa, subtus pilis superne retrorsum spinulosis 

 brevissimis praesertim ad nervös vestita v. tomentosula, setis ad nervös adjectis, superiora 

 ovata, basi vix cordata v. obtusissima, obsoletius lobulata v. inciso-dentata acuminata 6 — 2 cm 

 longa, 5 — 1,5 cm lata. Flores in apice eaulium et in ramulis supremis brevibus l — 2-foliatis 

 solitarii; pedunculi terminales (nsque ad folium summumj 2 cm longi v. breviores, nunc bre- 

 vissimi. Flores 5-meri. Calycis tubus obconicus 5 — 7 mm longus et in statu compresso 

 6 — 8 mm latus, pilis rufis dense setosu.s et pilis brevissimis superne laevibus v. retrorsum, 

 inferne antrorsum spinulosis tomentosus; lobi ovato-Ianceolati, longe acuminati 18 — 22 mm 

 longi, 0,5 — 8 mm supra basin lati, extrinsecus parce v. crebrius setosi et pilis brevissimis 

 scabriusculis, parce spinuligeris v. sublaevibus dense vestiti, intus brevissime piloso-strigulosi. 

 Petala in aestivatione imbricata, auvantiaca (ex Jameson), subplana, exteriora obovata, 

 interiora obovato-oblonga v. omnia latiuscule oblonga, basi angusta, 30 — 35 mm longa, 22 — 8 mm 

 lata, basi 5 — 8 mm lata, nervis e basi numerosis, subcoriacea, extrinsecus ad nervum medium 

 setosa, caeterum in tota facie pilis brevissimis v. minutis laevibus v. parce spinulosis v. inferne 

 scabridis pulverulento-tomentosula, intus glabra. Squamae calcaribus exceptis a dorso ob- 

 longe -rectangnlares 13 — 15 mm longae, supra basin 3 — 3,5, supra medium 2 — 2,5 mm latae, 

 basi incurvae, caeterum rectae, dorso supra basin bicalcaratae, calcaribus obovatis obtusis 

 sursum curvatis, squama ipsa (usque ad Collum) duplo brevioribus, obsolete papilloso-scabridis, 

 nervis e basi prodeuntibus 3 supra calcaria parce et obsolete ramosis, superne dense papilloso- 

 exasperatae, collo incrassato lobulos 2 — 3 saepe inaequales obtusos breves v. perbreves 

 0,3 — 1 mm longos rectos v. recurvatos emittentes, filis nullis, marginibns inferne angustis, 

 superne latioribns et acutangule inflexis, supra Collum longitudine squamae genuinae ipsa v. 

 dimidia birostrato-produetae, unde squamae profunde bilobae apparent, rostris oblongü-linearibus, 

 0,8 — 1 mm latis, apice rotundatis, marginibus interioribus incrassatis, exterioribus tenuibns. 

 Staminodia 2 interiora squamam triente superantia, 16 — 18 mm longa, basi (3 — 3,5 mm longe) 

 ad 1,5 — 2 mm dilatata, dilatatione dorso paullo squamiformi- producta, dein subito filiformi- 

 attenuata, ad apicem subulato-setacea, apice excepto praesertim ad medium dense papilloso- 

 pilosa. Filamenta 60 — 80, bene evoluta 28 — 35 cm longa glabra laevia; antherae juniores 

 oblongae 3 mm longae fere 1 mm latae, apice vix v. parum, basi manifeste emarginatae, inter 

 crura in ^^'3 alt. affixae. Stylus postremo 35 mm longus, usque supra medium v. fere ad 

 Stigmata pilis brevissimis inferne antrorsum scabriusculis v. punctulatis, ad apicem laevibus, 



