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suberectis depresso globosis acute 3-denlalis sub ore aperlo arcle conlractis, glabris: 

 seminibus majusciilis levissimis, radiciila siibelongata liilo approximata. 



Descriptio: 



Radix (abest). — Caulis circ. pcdalis v. paulo longior, slriclus, parce ranio- 

 sus, decursu folionim leviter aiigulosus, glaber v. in aiigulis parce papilloso-scabridus, 

 subuilidulus; rami erecto-patuli, eloiigati, florigeri. — Foiia rigidiuscula, glabra v. 

 margine papilloso-scabrida v. serrulata, in axillis ramuluni abbreviatum paiicifoliatuni 

 sterilem gerentia l'A— 2-pollicaria... (Inferiora non vidi, verisimililer integra';. Media 

 et superiora usque ad medium ternalo-incisa , laciniae plus minusve anguste lineares 

 V. etiam lineari-spatbulatae, rigidulae, terminalis simplex et lateralibus perspicue 

 longior, laterales v. integrae v. usque ad medium et ultra bilidae, omues in acumen 

 breve callosum pallidum productae, circ. pollicares et l — ä""" latae. - Flores albidi 

 in racemum laxum apice comosum primum ovoideo-oblongum , dein niodice elongatum 

 2—5 pollicarem dispositi. — Bracteae lineares demum subbyalinae, a basi usque ad 

 apicem sensim angustatae, glabrae, circ. 4""" longae et basi '/V""" latae, pedicellos 

 florigeros lere aequautes, postea deciduae. — Pedicelli graciles, plus minusve stricti, 

 axi interdum subadpressi caeterum erecto-patuli, leviter angulosi, in angulis minute 

 scabridi, florigeri 5 — 6""" longi, floribus duplo et ultra longiores, fructigeri 8—10'"°' 

 longi, capsulas sesqui v. duplo superantes. — Calyx hexasepalus, sepala persisten- 

 tia oblongo-lanceolala, obtusa, glabra, margine interdum scabrida , circ. 2""" longa 

 V. superiora paulo longiora, basi H '"' lata, anguste subhyaliuo-niarginata, demum 

 reflexa. — Petala videntur alba v. ochroleuca, superiora circ. 4'/2""" longa, quorum 

 lamina fere usque ad basin tripartita, lacinia intermedia parva lineari-spatbulata obtusa 

 lateralibus duplo brevior, laterales sublunalae margine extus sinuato-dentata, 3— 3V2'""' 

 longae, 1 — l'/s '"' latae, saepe inaequales et tum inferior paulo minor. Appendices 

 unguiculares l</2""" longi subhyalini obovati apice truncali et breviter lacerato-den- 

 tali, tantum brevissime supra laminae basin producti, caeterum ad margines papilloso- 

 denticulati. Petala inleriora integra lineari-spatbulata, 2""" longa, minute appendicu- 

 lata. — Tubus slaminalis brevis, glaber, superiore latere in discum subbyalinum 

 carnosulum planum undique papillosum apice denliculatum dilatatus. — Stamina saepius 

 11 — 12, IV2'"" longa; filamenta lineari-subulata glabra, basi supra tubum breviter 

 monadeipba; antherae ellipsoideae, superne tuberculalae. Grana poilinis globoso- 

 ellipsoidea, Vts""" longa. — Ovarium depresso-subglobosum, obtuse bexagonum, 

 6-sulcatum, dentibus tribus stigmatoideis apice breviter callosis caeterum lurgidissimis 



