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multicanlis, tum superne vestigiis folioruni anni praecedeiitis obtecla. — Caules 

 elaliorcs, sesqiiipedales v. bipedales et ultra longi, simplices v. parce ramosi, la- 

 xeque et alte foliosi, teretes et lirnii, parum listulosi, virides, l'oliis decurrentibus 

 obiter striato-angulosi , glaberrimi, basi saepius 6""" diametro aequaules v. tenuiores. 

 Rami stricti, erecti, eloiigati, florigeri. — Folia ambilu lanceolata v. lanceolalo- 

 oblonga v. ovato-oblonga , utrinquc attenuala , niajuscula, 5 — 15"" longa, glabra, 

 supra nitida, profunde pinnaliparlila; laciniae saepius subrigldulae lanceolatac v. 

 liueari-lanceolalae, adscendenles (in rliachi), subdistanles, basi inaequilaterae et louge 

 usque ad lacinias inferiores decurrentes, superiores ibi parum confluentes, seniper 

 plus minusve acuminalae et ad margines denticulis hyallnis, vulgo globoso-conicis, 

 dense papiiloso-asperae, apiceque in acumiuulum breve subcallosum productae. — 

 Flores albi, in genere magni, in racemum cylindricum elongatum apice comosuni, 

 acutum, basi iaxum, circ. semipedalem dispositi. — Bracteae lineares, longe acu- 

 minatae, integrae v. minutissime hinc inde liyalino-denticulatae, margine hyaiino-albi- 

 dae, basi utrinque pallide unidenticulatae, circ. 5""" longae, et -/s""" iatae, primum 

 alabastros longe superantes, dein pedicellos florigeros et fructigeros subaequantes, 

 longe persistentes. — Pedicelli rigidiusculi, erecto-patuli , acute decagoni, In an- 

 gulis byalinis asperuli, fructigeri validiores sed vix longiores et capsulis sesqui v. 

 duplo breviores. — Calyx 5-sepalus, sepala persistentia, glaberrima, ovato-ianceo- 

 iata, obtuse acuminata, margine anguste hyalina, basin versus parce et minute pa- 

 pilloso-denliculata. — Petala 5 alba, dein post foecundationem albo-straminea, inter 

 se subaequalia, superiora caeteris paulo angustiora et longiora et appendice unguiculari 

 majore instructa. Duo superiora circ. 6""" longa, lanceolato-cuneata, lamina fere 

 terlia parte tripartita, appendice unguiculari supra ejus basin non producto subrotundo 

 l'/2""" longo, apice truncato et margine papilloso-ciliolato aucta; lobus intermedius 

 lineari-lanceolatus obtusus, simplex; laterales ovato-oblongi v. lanceolati, apiceque 

 inciso-lobulati v. integri. Petalorum lateralium et inferioris lamina obovato-cuneata, 

 fere usque ad medium tripartita, et appendicibus duplo minoribus praedita. — Tubus 

 staminalis abbreviatus, 1""" longus, viridis, viscidulus, apice superiore latere in discum 

 pro proporlione niinutum, carnosuluin, secus marginem pallidum, albido- et papil- 

 loso-hirtuluni productus. — Stamina 10—13, saepius 12—11, pelalis paulo bre- 

 viora, circ. 4—5°"" longa; ülamenta lineari-subulata, glaberrima, alba, superne ae- 

 qualia, apice acuminata; antherae 2""" longae, elongato-ellipsoideae, obtusae, basi 



