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NOUVELLES ARCHIVES DU MUSEUM 



VI 



GLOEZIA CANE8GENS. (Tab. vi.) 



Frutex ramosissimus, ramis dichotomis,' virgatis, fastigiatis, teretibus, 

 foliorum delapsorum cicatricibus sigillatis, glabris, junioribus paulo com- 



pressis pubescentibus. 



Folia opposita, plus minusve anguste lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, 



in eodem ramo forma mas 



nitudineque dissimilia, majora 5 cent, longa 



saepe 



obtusiuscula, margine integro paulum revoluto undulata, penninervia 



supra 



pa 



inferiore tomento brevi, denso 



nitido vestita, pelluc 



Cymce axillares pluriflorae, sicut in corymbulum foli 

 r expansae, vel depauperatae plerumque triflorae, ped 



brevibus, 5 mill, longis, p 



utrisque cinereis , post 



anthesim paulo elongatis; pedicelli laterales bractea axillante lanceolata, 

 bracteolisque lanceolatis duabus receptaculum vix aequantibus stipati. 



Receptaculum infundibuliforme, ovario semi-adheerens, 3 mill, longum, 



P ii 



pubesce 



Sep 



5 



b 



D 



erecta , glandulosa , incano 



pilis 





pubescentia, in alabastro imbricata. 



Petala 5 ovata, patentia, basi breviter unguiculata , i 

 villosa, 2 \ mill, longa, in alabastro imbricata. 



Stamina circiter 30 (plerumque 3 ante petala totidemque ante sepala), 

 receptaculi ultra ovarium producti margine superiore inserta, uniseriata, 

 libera vel basi tantum subcohserentia, paulo inaequalia (ssepe medio petalis 

 opposito lateralibus majore, medio sepalis opposito lateralibus minore), 

 majoribus petala subsequantibus ; filamenta teretia, erecta, subulata, plus 

 minusve pubescentia; antherse dorsifixse, infra apicem 



* 



ornatae, duplici rima longitudinali introrsa dehiscentes. 



Ovarium receptaculo semi-adnatum, villosum, stylo erecto, subulato, 

 apice truncato, stigmate parum conspicuo superatum, triloculare; ovula 4-0, 



I 



glandula 



minuta 



