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Radix (videtur aiinua v. biennis. anob. haiul visa). — Caules rnaxime speciosi 

 (in o-enere), 2— 4-pedales, ramosi, tcreles, levissimi, densius lolio.si, lihuici; raiiii 

 parimi iiuinerosi, stricli, florigeri, elongati, basi noduloso-subUirgidi; ramuli steriles 

 in foliorum axlilis lolia siibaequantes v. ea superantes, raro florigeri. — Foliaglauca, 

 glaberrima , inlegra , anguste lanceolata , longo attenuata , apice obttisiuscula , basi 

 brevius ang-ustata, uninervia nervulis laleralibus tantum in pagina inferiore conspicuis. 

 6—3"" iong-a et 10 — 8""" lata, versns racemos sensim in bracteas conversa (in spe- 

 cim. cult. majora, et nnum alternmve snpcrioruni ternato-incisum). — Flores ma- 

 jusculi, nnnieroslssiini, in racemum densuni cylindricum 4 — 8"" longnm apice atteniia- 

 tum comosum, dein valde elongatnm pedaleni v. sesquipedaleni dispositi. — Bracteae 

 lineari-oblongae , acuniinatae, subhyalinae, nervo niedio apiceni versns viridi inslruc- 

 tae, margine minute et sparse denlicnlatae, 4 — 5'""' longae, 1""" latae, ad apiceni 

 juniorem raceini longe exsertae , postea niox deciduae , snb flore si nondum delapsae 

 sepalis similes. — Pedicelli erecto-patuli, snicato-angulosi, glabri , florigeri caiyce 

 sesquilongiores , apice incrassati, 5 — 6""" longi, frnctigeri axi adpressi, vix longiores 

 capsulas perspicue superantes. — Calyx 6-sepalus, sepala pallida niox decidua, lan- 

 ceolato-spatluilata obtusa, 3'/2 — 4""" longa, 1""" lata, uninervia, insnper basi nervis 

 lateralibus duobus brevibus instructa, et margine minutissime papulosa. — Petala 

 ochroleuca, pro magnitudine florum parvnla, 3— S'/i""" longa, subhyalino-appendicu- 

 lata, lamina omnium usque ad quartam longitudinis partem 3-partita v. basi lacinulis 

 i — 2 enervibus brevibus subsetaceis aucta; laciniae 3 lanceolato-spalhulatae, apice 

 subtruncato-obtnsae, inter se similes, (intermedia lanien paulo longior), circ. 2""" 

 longae, basi 'A superne 2/;""" latae; appendices byalini l—l'/2""" longi, latiores quam 

 longi, apice supra laminae basin non producli sed ibi lateraliter in alas duas erectas 

 papilloso-denticulatas ovatas producti , caeterum ad margines nbiquo breviter papilloso- 

 ciiioiati. Lateralia praecedentibus similia sed parum minora. — Tubus staminalis 

 circ. 1""" longus carnosulus apice urceolatus, pallide ochraceus breviterque puberulus, 

 apice superiore latere in discum submcmbranacenm late ovatum obtusnm (1""" latuni) 

 margine lacerato-denticulatum et papilloso-ciliatum dilatatus. — Stamina circ. 18, 

 3—5""" longa; filamenta niox decidua lineari-subulala glabra antlieras aequantia v. iis 

 sesquilongiora; autherae majusculae, IV/,""" aequantes elongato-ellipsoideao , basi pro- 

 funde cordatae , apice obtusae et leves in floribus explicatis exsertae , saepius oclira- 

 ceo-rubellae. Grana pollinis subhyalina, subgloboso-ellipsoidea Vm — Vio ' longa, 



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