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stricti. siniplices, foliis dehipsis subapliylli, apice longe in racemos abeuntes, 2—4'"'" 

 longi. — Folia pauca, rigidula, g^laucescentia, olaberrima (inferiora noii vidiimis), 

 caulüia intcgra, sublineari-spathiilata, margiue (forte siccatioiie) paulo revoliita, ob- 

 tiisa, basi longe altcnuata, 5 — 2"" longa, superne gradatiin niinora, oninia deniuni 

 subdecidua. — Flores ocbroleuci (?), in genere parvi, anguste racemosi, laxiusculi, 

 subfasciculato-approxiniati, racemus 1 — 2'"' longus, demiun maxinie elongatus et re- 

 laxatiis. — Bracleae decidiiae, ad apicem racenii coinose exsertae, lineari-lanceo- 

 latae, acuminalae. usque ad medium trinerves et bic secus nervös pollide-olivaceae, 

 caeterum lale albido-marginatae , demuni omnino expallentes , basi setaceo-bidenticu- 

 latae, sab ilore circ. 4""" longae, V.,""" latae et pedicellos subaeqiiantes. — Pedicelli 

 llores paulo superantes. erecto-patuli, rigidiusculi, teretes v. superne 6-sulcati, gia- 

 berrimi, florigeri circ. 4""" longi, l'ructigeri circ. 5—0""" aequantes, saepe ante cap- 

 sularum maturitateni ex parte decidui unde racemus fructiger praesertim basi de- 

 pauperatus. — Calyx hexasepalus; sepala mox decidua, aequalia, lanceolato-ob- 

 longa. V. obovato-ianceolata, obtusa, ad nervös glaucescentia, caeterum late sub- 

 hyalino-marginata, 2 — 2V2""" longa, petala aequantia. — Pelala pallide ocbroleuca (?), 

 2'/2 — 3""" longa: superiorum lamina circ. usque ad medium 3-parlita, lacinia inter- 

 media a lacinulis tantum situ et eo quod caeteris longior distinguenda, lanceolato- 

 spathulata, obtusa, iaciniae laterales 3— 4-parlilae (unde lamina 7 — 9-partita), lacinulae 

 abbreviatae, obovalo-oblongae, obtusae, exleriores angustiores v. interdum subcon- 

 natac; appendix unguicularis pro proportione magnus, dorso basin versus olivaceo- 

 viridis caeterum byalinus, concavus, obovatus, superne paulo supra laminae basin 

 productus et reflexus ibique lacerato-denlatus, ad margines sublevis. Inferiorum la- 

 mina intcgra lineari-spatliulata et appendice triplo minore pracdila. — Tubus sta- 

 niinalis circ. V2'"'" longus, glaber, superne circumcirca apicem in discum obliquum 

 dilalatus. bic paulo excentricus, suborbicularis , superiore laterc paulo lalior, mem- 

 branaceo-carnosulus, undique glaberrimus, diametro 2""" aequans (margino sub mi- 



croscopio tuberculafus). — Stamina circ. 15, 3""'"" longa; fdamenta 2 longa, lineari- 



subulata, gflaberrima; antberae obovoideae basi cordato-bilobae. (irana poilinis ovoi- 

 dco-ellipsoidea, circ. '//.ö''" longa, caeteriun ordinis. — Ovarium obovoideo-cylin- 

 dricum, basi breviler et abrupte atteuualiim. donlibus tribus brevibus rectis paulo 

 diverg^eutibus obtusis terminatum. ad augnlos minute papillosuui. - Ovula in pla- 

 cenlis circ. 10 — 12, triserialia. — Capsulae ereclae, obovoideae, glabrae, breviler 

 stipitatae, apice Iruncalac lateque aperlae, sub ore non conslriclae, brevissime et 



