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spalhulatis; üoribus 4-niens circ. 25-andris inlense luteis anguste subspicalo-race- 

 mosis, sepalis persisteiitibus ovato-oblongis a pelalis superalis, petali siiperioris la- 

 niinae iisqiie ad medium 3-Iobae lobis subaequilongis intermedio ovalo-lauceolato in- 

 tegro V. bi-triparlilo lateralibiis profunde bipartitis v. subintegris, filamentis longe 

 persislenlibus glaberrimis; capsulis erectis depresso-obovoideis acute 3-dentatis sub 

 ore contractis subglabris, seminibus parvulis levissimis, radicula hilo valde appro- 

 ximata. 



Descriptio: 



Radix aiinua v. subperennis, perpeiidicularis v. oblique descendens subsimplex, 

 parce ramulosa, pro proportione lenuis. — Gaules ex eadem radice saepissime so- 

 lltarii, rarius pauci, erecli, stricti, simplices v. inferne ramosi, teretiusculi, obiter 

 slriato-angulosi , fere omnino leves, usque ad racemos densiuscnle foliosi, I — 5-, sae- 

 pius 2V2-pedales ; rami valde eiongati, saepius numerosi, stricti, apiceque in racemos 

 vaide elongatos abeuntes. — Folia integra, lineari- v. anguste lanceolato-spathulata 

 V. inferiora etiam obovato-oblonga, rotundato-obtusa v. mucronulata, basi longe et 

 sensim attenuata et 2 — 4'"" supra basin denticulis duobus aculeiformibus V3 — 1""' lon- 

 gis pallide rubellis nuinita, margine levia et ubique glaberrima, sublucida, plana, circ. 

 5—7"" longa et 8 — 12""" lata, v. radicalia et floralia breviora; nervuli laterales utrin- 

 que circ. 10, niarginem versus arcuato- et subreticulato-anaslomosantes. — Flores 

 pro proportione parvi, subsessiles, Intel, in racemos quam maxime elongatos den- 

 siusculos subspiciformes sub fructu 1 -2-pedales v. longiores disposili. — Bracteae 

 persistentes, e lala basi triangulari-subulatae, leves, ad nervum latiuscule viridcs, 

 caeterum pallide subhyalinae, 2'/2— S'/?""' longae, v. demum circ. 5""" aequantes, ad 

 apicem racemi florigeri longiuscule comoso-exsertae. — Pedicelli incrassati, primum 

 valde abbreviati, florigeri vix l'/2— 2"'"' superantes, fere 1"'"' crassi, superne sensim 

 in calycem dilatati, frucligeri vix longiores sed magis incrassati et distinctius striato- 

 angulosi. Calyx parvus , 4-sepalus; sepala basi altius inter se connata, persisten- 

 tia, symmetrica sublateralia, inaequalia, superiora caeleris majora et profundius inter 

 se libera, ovata v. ovato-oblonga , obtusa, levia, anguste subhyalino-marginata, circ. 

 2""" longa. — Petala lutea, parum exserta, circ. S'A"'"' -4"'"' longa, obovato-cu- 

 neata, (lamina superioris) usque ad medium et ultra 3-parlita, lobi aequilongi, inte- 

 griusculi, inlermedius saepius integer, laterales saepius biparliti, v. inlermedius lale- 

 ralibusque altius et irregulariler cohaerentes, v. saepe pctalum hisu bipartilum cum 

 k)bis subirregulariter inciso-paucilobulatis. Appendix unguicularis vulgo latior quam 



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