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  MALME, 
  ASCLEPIADACE^ 
  PARAGUAYENSES. 
  

  

  mm. 
  crassus, 
  teres, 
  saepe 
  purpuraseens, 
  pilis 
  brevibus, 
  curvu- 
  

   lis, 
  ± 
  adpressis, 
  basin 
  caulis 
  versus 
  ferrugineis, 
  apicem 
  ver- 
  

   sus 
  albidis 
  pubescens, 
  internodiis 
  vulgo 
  3 
  — 
  6 
  (rarius 
  — 
  9) 
  cm. 
  

   longis. 
  Folia 
  coriacea, 
  brevipetiolata 
  (petiolo 
  2 
  — 
  4 
  mm. 
  longo), 
  

   inferiora 
  suborbicularia, 
  2,5 
  — 
  4 
  cm. 
  longa 
  lataque, 
  media 
  late 
  

   •ovato-triangularia, 
  3,6 
  — 
  5 
  cm. 
  longa, 
  2,75—4 
  cm. 
  lata, 
  supe- 
  

   riora 
  anguste 
  ovato-triangularia 
  v. 
  ovato-oblonga, 
  2 
  — 
  3,5 
  cm. 
  

   longa, 
  0,75 
  — 
  2 
  cm. 
  lata, 
  omnia 
  basi 
  cordata, 
  sinn 
  brevi 
  aper- 
  

   tissimoque, 
  v. 
  iere 
  rotundata, 
  apice 
  acuta 
  v. 
  rarius 
  acuminata 
  

   (inferiora 
  nonnumquam 
  obtusissima 
  mucronataque), 
  Isete 
  viridia, 
  

   et 
  supra 
  et 
  subtus 
  glabrav 
  v. 
  in 
  nervö 
  primario 
  et 
  margine 
  

   puberula, 
  late 
  cartilagineo-marginata, 
  nervis 
  majoribus 
  S8ej)e 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5. 
  Oxypetalum 
  marginatum 
  Malme. 
  Folia. 
  ^/^. 
  

  

  Toseo-violascentibus. 
  Inflorescentiae 
  extraaxillares, 
  alternse 
  v. 
  j 
  

   spurie 
  terminales 
  (foliis 
  suffulcientibus 
  seepe 
  subdeficientibus), 
  

   multiflorse, 
  umbellseformes; 
  pedunculi 
  patentes, 
  vulgo 
  2 
  — 
  4 
  

   cm. 
  longis, 
  albido-pubescentes 
  v. 
  tomentelli; 
  pedicelli 
  pedun- 
  

   culo 
  breviores, 
  5 
  — 
  7 
  mm. 
  longi, 
  graciles, 
  dense 
  albido-pubes- 
  

   centes 
  v. 
  tomentelli, 
  bracteis 
  bracteolisque 
  minutis, 
  deciduis. 
  

   Flores 
  parvi. 
  Calycis 
  lobi 
  faucem 
  (seu 
  basin 
  loborum 
  coroUee) 
  

   ^ttingentes 
  v. 
  paullulum 
  superantes, 
  lanceolati, 
  3 
  — 
  3,5 
  mm. 
  

   longi, 
  circiter 
  1 
  mm. 
  lati, 
  obtusiusculi, 
  extus 
  (dorso) 
  pubescen- 
  

   tes 
  v. 
  tomentelli, 
  intus 
  glabri; 
  glandulse 
  calycinse 
  parvse, 
  ob- 
  

   longa?, 
  singulse, 
  seepe 
  omnino 
  deficientes. 
  CoroUae 
  tubus 
  bre- 
  

   vis, 
  campanulatus, 
  extus 
  pubescens, 
  intus 
  parce 
  pilosus; 
  lobi 
  

   luteo-virescentes, 
  patentissimi 
  v. 
  demum 
  reflexi. 
  nonnihil 
  spi- 
  

   raliter 
  torti, 
  e 
  basi 
  circiter 
  2 
  mm. 
  lata 
  sensim 
  angustati, 
  5 
  — 
  

  

  