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terctes, saepiiis siinplices v. paulo supra basiii paruiii ramosi. slricti, pedales v. saepe 

 paulo loiislore;*, iuferne circ. 2""" crassi, seciis totain loiiyitudiiieiii usqiie ad racemos 

 foliosi. decursu foliorum et bractearum striato-angulosi et hie in angulis miiuite |pa- 

 pilloso-asperuli, inferne siibstraniineo-pallidi siipcrne obscurius virides. — Folia 

 stricta. suberecta, intervallis diipio triplove longiora, glabra, margine teniiiler aspe- 

 riila, iiervulis lateralibus utroque latere a — 7 arcuatis nolala, radicalia et iiileriora 

 inteara angiiste lanccolato-spatbulata , acuminata, basi sensim et longo atteniiata 

 (3 — 9"" longa. 6 — 8°"" lata, in axillis ramiiluni valde abbreviatum iini- v. bifoliatiun 

 (priuio intiiitn;, sterilem, gerentia, media et superiora gradatim breviora, ternato- 

 incisa, siiprema inlerdiini sensim in bracteas conversa), laciniae lineari-lanceolalae 

 acuminatae, terniinalis lateralibus suboppositis fere duplo longior. Ramiili axillares 

 versus racemum magis explicali et phirifoliolati. — Flore s in racemiim primo ovoi- 

 deum dein sub IVuctu niodice elongatum, 3—5"" longnni dispositi, (inodori Kebb.) — 

 Bracteae lineares acuminatae, 3—4""" longae, pedicellis florigeris duplo breviores, 

 margine asperulae. — Pedicelli sulcato-angulosi, asperuli , llorigeri 4 — 6""" longi, 

 Acres fere duplo superanles, fruetigeri etiain erecto-patuli nee horizontales v. cernui 

 circ. 8""" longi, capsulis parum breviores. — Calyx hexasepalus rarius heptasepa- 

 his, sepala persistentia lineari-spatbulata demuiu non ampliata,albido-marginala, 3 — 5""" 

 longa, basi '3""", superne VV'"" '''t''- — Petala alba, 4""" longa. Superiorum lamina 

 obovata , appendicem aequans, fere usque ad basin 3-partita, lacinia intermedia lineari- 

 spalhulata obtusa latcralibu^ duplo brevior, laterales oblique obovato-euneatae fere 

 usque ad basin 4-partitae, lacinulae laciniae intermediae similes sed duplo longiores 

 2°'"' aequantes. Appendix albidus subquadratus supra laminae basin paulo productus, 

 apice rotundato-oblusus et reflexus, ad margines undique longiuseule ciliatus. Infe- 

 riorum lamina paulo brevior et laeiuiis lateralibus dcslituta. ~ Tubus slaminalis 

 olivaceus, circ. Vi""" longus, apice superiore latere in discum subadscendentem, 

 membranaceum, albidum. lere glabrum et margine revolutum dilatatus. Stamina 

 saepius 16, 3""" longa; Jilameiita glabra, lincari-subulata (superne non dilatata); an- 

 therae ovoideae, V/,""" longae apice tiiberculis niinutis (gravissiniae lentis ope con- 

 spicuis) asperulae, basi subcordalae; grana pollinis ovoideo-ellipsoidea , V.^o — '//,5""" 

 longa, caetcrum ul in W. lutea. — Ovarium obovoideinu obluse Irigonum ad angulos 

 parce papillosum , basi substipitiformi-attenualum , apice longiuseule tridcntatum, den- 

 tes erecti, (in genere) graciles, subleves, ovario paulo breviores, obtusi, intus oblique 

 usque ad placentas papilloso-stigmatosi. — Ovula in quaque plaeenta saepius ()-8 



