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Canlis (partes superiores tantum vidimus) erectus teres, non v. obsolete striatns, macnlis 

 liuearibns obseure viridibus notatus, setis ia sicco rufis 3 — 5 mm longis patentibus laevibus 

 hirsutus v. hirsutissimus, nunc pilis articulatis crassiusculis apiee glanduliferis creberrimis inter- 

 mixtis, pvaeterea pilis nunc apice laevibus caeterum punctulatis v. scabriusculis, nunc superne 

 parce retrorsum liamulosis, caeterum antrorsum spinuligeris brevibus v. brevissimis obtectus, 

 epidermide arcte accumbente, gemmis serialibus nuUis. Folia quoad obvia alterna, inferiora 

 (ex Desr. et Juss.) opposita (solitarium tantum vidimus, an radicale?) petiolo 18 cm longo, longe 

 sed parcius et pallidius setoso, ambitu suborbicularia v. (ex Desr.) ovali-cordiformia, er. 10 cm 

 diametro, basi late cordata, sinu obtusangulo, palmatim 5-lobata, lobis longitudinem partis 

 integrae aequantibus v. subsuperantibus, ovatis, apicali longiore, caeteris sensim brevioribus, 

 Omnibus iterum lobnlatis v. inciso-dentatis, dentibus inaequalibus, superiora alterna ovata v. 

 ovato-oblonga acuminata, pinnatifida, basi obtusissima v. truncata vix cordata, 2 — 0,5 cm longe 

 petiolata, omnia supra pilis obsolete scabriusculis v. sublaevibus brevissimis strigulosa, subtus 

 reticulato-venosa et pilis superne retrorsum, inferne antrorsum spinuligeris brevissimis praesertim 

 ad nervös pubescentia v. tomentosula, setis utrinque parce intermixtis, supra in facie, subtus 

 ad nervös. Flores in monochasia apice caulis 2 — 5-tlora, in ramis superioribus 1 — 3-flora 

 collecti; prophylla fertilia tantum evoluta ovato-lanceolata usque lanceolato-linearia acuminata, 

 basi cuneata v. obtusa, brevissime petiolata v. snbsessilia, pinnatifida, grosse dentata v. suprema 

 integra, oppositiflora (ramis sursum non v. vix adnata); pedicelli inferiores 7 — 10, superiores 

 2 — 5 cm longi, 1 — 2 mm crassi. Flores 5-meri. Calycis tubus breviter obconicus, sub 

 anthesi 6 — 7 mm diametro 4 — 5 mm longus, densissime rnfo- hirsutus, pilis brevissimis inter 

 setas occultis; lobi ovato-lanceolati v. lanceolati sensim acuminati 13 — 18 mm longi, 5 — 7 mm 

 lati, extrinsecus pilis brevissimis superne manifeste v. obsolete retrorsum spinuligeris, inferne 

 scabridis pilosi v. tomentosuli, setis praeterea praesertim ad marginem adjectis, intus pilis 

 paullo longioribus superne laevibus, inferne plerumque obsolete scabriusculis praesertim superne 

 obsiti, nunc pilis glanduliferis intermixtis. Petala in aestivatione quincuncialiter v. cochleatim 

 leviter imbricata, sub anthesi suberecta v. erecto-patentia, naviculariformi-concava, explanata 

 latiuscule oblonga, 30 — 40 mm longa, 10 — 15 mm lata, apice obtusa v. obtuse acuminata, 

 ad basin angustata. basi ipsa 3 — 7 mm lata, membranacea, nervis e basi multis v. numerosis, 

 dorso brevissime pilosa et margine excepto setosa nunc praeterea glanduloso-pilosa. Squamae 

 a dorso oblongo-rectangulares 13 — 17 mm longae, 4 — 5 mm latae, basi incurvae, caeterum 

 rectae, dorso supra basin ipsam bicalcaratae, ealcaribus anguste ovalibus, sed semicirculariter 

 sursum incurvatis, squama 4-plo brevioribus, obsoletissime scabriusculis, nervis e basi prode- 

 untibus 3 supra calcaria valde ramosis non prominentibus, nervulis aeqnicrassis tennlbus, filis 

 nullis, superne papilloso-pilosae v. glabrae, collo incrassato truncatae v. brevissime bilobae, 

 marglnibus glabris v. ad basin brevissime papillosis inflexis, inferne angustis, superne sensim 

 latiorihus 2,5 mm latis, supra Collum parte '/s — 'U squamae gemiinae productis et hoc loco 

 alas anguste trianguläres obtusas formantibus, unde squamae superne bilobae apparent. Stami- 

 nodia 2 interiora squamas parum v. dimidio superantia, 17 — 22 mm longa, e basi 1,5 — 2 mm 

 lata breviter papulosa celeriter angustata lineari-subulata, inferne snbglabra, ad medium usque 

 fere ad apicem densissime papilloso -pilosa. Filamenta 90—100, bene evoluta postremo 

 20 — 25 mm longa glabra laevia; antherae juniores ellipticae v. oblongae 3 — 3,5 mm longae, 

 1 — 1,3 mm latae, apice parum, basi manifeste emarginatae, inter crura in 1/4 alt. affisae. 

 Stylus postremo 20 — 30 mm longus, ad basin pilis patentibus minutissime scabriusculis v. 

 punctulatis obsitus, caeterum glaber, stigmatibus 3 er. 2 mm longe decurrentibus. Ovarium 



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