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Caules solitarii v. saepius ex eadem radice plures erecti v. saepius e basi breviter 

 prociimbente adscendentes , ramosi, plus minusve elati, 1 — 3 pedes et ultra longi, 

 subteretes, foliorum bracteanunque decursu striato-ani>ulosi , et hie in angulls v. eliani 

 in intervaiüs sed parcius papillulis parvis subcylindricis interduin reclinatis parce ob- 

 siti, caeteruni glabri, inferne pallide superne obscurius suboiivaceo-virides, laxiuscule 

 foÜosi. — Folia subglauca, rigidula, anibitu obovata, obtusa, infima integra (sub 

 floreudi tempore rarius obvia Janceolato-spathulata), reliqua usque ad medium v. paulo 

 profundins ternato-incisa, laciiiiae rarius integrae, laterales saepissime usque ad me- 

 dium bipartitae et terminalis usque ad medium ternato-incisa (fol. subbiternato-incisa) 

 lacinulae omnium basi angustatae apice breviter mucronulalae v. oblusae margine 

 planae v. undulatae ibique saepius minute papilloso-denticulatae; (interdum occurrunt 

 speciniina robustiora ubi folia subtriternato-incisa). — Flores intense lutei, longius- 

 cule pedicellati, in racemum amplum primum ovoideum apice comosum V/i — S*^'" latum 

 dein elongatum 10 — 25"" et ultra longum, laxum, parte foliosa caulium semper 3 — 6- 

 plo breviorem dispositi. — Bracteae subpersistentes, lineari-lanceolatae, sensim 

 sed obtuse acuminatae, latiuscule albido-marginatae et papillosulae, circ. 4""" aequan- 

 tes , demum sub fructu deciduae , quorum basis incrassata pedicellum fere ampleclitur. 

 — Pedicelli erecto-patuli, circ. 4—5""" longi, flores superantes, sulcato-angulosi, 

 in angulis densius papillosi, apice sensim incrassati; frutigeri vix longiores. — Calyx 

 hexasepalus, glaucus, sepala persistentia inaequalia, superiora reliquis breviora, 2—4"'"' 

 longa, liueari-spathulata, aculiuscula v. saepius obtusa, anguste subhyalino-marginata 

 et papillosula. — Petala intense lutea, 4—5'""' longa; superiorum lamina ambitu 

 obovata, apendice paulo longior, usque ad basin tripartila, lacinia intermedia minuta 



lineari-spathulata , obtusa, iateralibus duplo brevior et circ. '/^ ' lata quam laterales 



juniores multo pallidior et subsicca; laterales latae sublunato-cuneatae, extus prae- 

 sertim superne plus minusve dislincte repando- 6 — 7-lobul:itae. Appendices unguicu- 

 lares supra basin laminae longius producti et subrecurvati, intus concavi, apice trun- 

 cati et lacerulo-dentati, margino papillulis cylindricis byalinis ohlusis '/lo'""' — '/i'""' 

 longis et circ. '/io ' ' latis dense ciliati. Petala laleralia praecedentibus similia sed 

 lacinia lalerali-inferior intermediac similis v. iiulla et appcndix paulo minor apiceque 

 oblique truncatus. Inferiorum lamina aequaliter 3-partita, laciniac inter se similes, 

 lineari-spalliulatae, v. laterales interdum iiullac; a|)pendi\ circ. quadruplo quam in 

 superioribus brevior, et lateralium more superne uon productus. Tubus staminalis 

 Vi"""' longus, glaber, apicem versus papilloso-hirtellus et superiore latere in discum 



