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Flores albi, niimcrosissimi in racomum anguste cylindriciim valde floribuiidum 

 elongatuiii, apice brevlter coinosuni, siiMaxiini, dein siib fructii longissiiniim, peda- 

 lem et ultra, dimidiiim caiilem aeqiiaiitem v. siiperanleni dispositi. — Bracteae an- 

 huste iiiieari-laiiceolalae, longe et sensiiii acuminatae, subbyaliiio-hitescciitcs et nervo 

 dorsali i'usco-viridi notatae, margino distanter et niinule papillosulae, basique niinute 

 bidenticulalae, suinmo racenioso exsertae, caetennn pedicellos ilorigeros subae- 

 quantes, et frnctigeris paulo breviores, longius persistentes, circ. 3""" long-ae, 

 supra basin '/i'""' latae. Calyx 5-sepahis, sepala longius persistentia. basi in- 



ier se paulo connata, et urceoluni brevem eflbrniantia, ovato oblonga v. ovato- 

 lanceolata, oblusa, hyalino-margiiiala, levia v. extus minute papillosula, a pe- 

 talis longe superata. — Petala 5 (in sicco ochroleuca), circ. 3'/2— 4""" longa; 

 2 superiora lanceolato-cuneala v. anguste-obovata, laniina ab appendice unguicu- 

 iari vix dislincta v. circa punctum ubl nervuli inter se divergunt, plica transver- 

 sal! horizontali ab eo separata , V2 vel 1/3 triloba , lobi subaequilongi, intermedius 

 lineari-lanceolatus obtusus, uninervius lateralibus duplo fere angustior; laterales ovato- 

 oblongi v. ovato-lanceolati obtusi apice subconniventes, trinervü v. inferne 5-nervii ; 

 appendix obovatus, circ. 1""" longus, laminae basi paulo latior v. ei subaequalis, 

 margine papilloso-ciliolatus , apice sublacerato-dentatus , albido-hyalinus. Lateralla 

 superioribus similia sed angustiora. Inferum subangustum cujus lamina usque ad 

 medium triloba, lobi subaeqnilati, laterales 2— 3-nervii intermedio paruni latiores. — 

 Tubus staminalis 1""" longus ad basin usque urceolato-apertus , glabrescens, superne 

 in discum membranaceum majusculum album 1""°' latum extus margine cuciillato-re- 

 volutum et hie et superne papilloso-ciliolatum caeterum glaberrimum productus. — 

 Stamina saepius 10, brevia, 2""" lantum longa (absque tubo), filamenta e latiore 

 basi subulato-acuminata, glabra, antheris circ. sesqui longiora, longe sub fructu per- 

 sistentia; antherae ovato-ellipsoideae apice subtruncatae et tuberculato-asperae, basi 

 profunde cordatae. Grana pollinis ut in K. alba, '/50 — V45'""' longa. — Ovarium obo- 

 voideum, basi in stipitem tubo urceolato staminali aeqiiilongum attenuatum, subteres, 

 apice dentibus 4 brevibus subdivergentibns coronatum , dentes apice subpeltato-capi- 

 tati et viscoso- et et papilloso-stigmalosi. — Ovula secus placentas 4 biserialia, in 

 quaque circ. 8 — 10, caeterum ut in R. alba. — Capsula obovoidea, subacutangulo- 

 tetragona, brevissime 4-dentnta, junior lalissime aperta, matura ipso ore parum con- 

 tracta et denticulis tum conniventibus terminata, <i-8°"" circ. longa, pedicellum circ. 



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