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r.aiilis aiisccndiMis, tennis, simplex vel ramosns ; folia ovatn-elliptica, ohtiisa, 

 glabresccntin, lirevitor |)etiolata, siibmagna. Raceiiii iiaucillori axillares, vol ter- 

 minales; Mores siihmagni : alaî spatluilat:e, apice rotiindata;, mai-gine glabive, 

 corolla paulo lirevioi-es : petala snperiura a|iici! Iiand dilatata, irreguiariter 

 eniarginata. qnani carina paulo longioia ; carina supeirie in appendiculiiin calca- 

 ralum reduplicatuin |M'oloiigata ; capsida elliptico-orhicularis, eniarginata ; S(!niina 

 caruncnla eornea appendiculata munita ; appetidicnla eaïunculre, papyracea, laté- 

 rales: eoruin niargo ventralis rectns, {loi'salis piofnnde emarginatus. Pi'odr. I. :{3() 

 (viil. icon. Mocin.") 



r. cuinllata Benth l't. Harlw. p. 299 ; Gray. Geol. Surv. of Calif. 1. ■19 ; Ben- 

 ni't. .}. of Bot. 1879, 140 pp. 



Tab. nostr. XVIU, fig. o. 



Caulis tennis, 20-25 cm. altns, erectns. simplex vel panciramosns, strialus, gla- 

 brescens vel leviter pnbernins. Ranii adscendentes, brèves, vel clongati. Folia distaii- 

 tia quam internodia longiora, 2, .5-3, 5 cm. longa, 12,0-1 4 nnn. lata, ovato-oblonga 

 vel ovato-elliplica oblnsa vel elliplica, herbacea, glabrescentia vel leviter pnbernla, 

 breviter petiolata. Kacemi axillares vel terminales paneillori 2-4 11. Bracteaîcadnca^ 

 Flores iO-I1 mm. longi, Intel (?) rosei. Pedicelli 3-4 mm. longi, erecti, glabres- 

 centes. Sepala exteriora in.Tqnalia, superius majus concavnm, basi sccculiforme 

 dnn inferiora panlo minora, lanceolata, margine Irviter eiliata. Abe quam corolla 

 paulo breviores, spathulate oblong;e, obtusa?, subapiculata', nervis tenuissimis, 

 apice subliberis. Petala superiora linearia, versus apicem paulo dilatata, margine 

 superiore ciliata, apice irreguiariter emarginata quam carina ciistata jianlo sed 

 consiiiciie longiora , lobus exterior longior et subfalcatus ; interior alio duplo 

 brevior. C.aiina per '/, ''nni tiibo staminali connata, unguicnlo longo, lindjo 

 cucnllalo articulato, obli(pie sed subito in unguiculura attenuato. Crista estror- 

 suin faliv'ita, quam limbus duplo brevior et petalis superioribus superata, intégra. 

 Antlierai quam fdamcnta libéra mnito breviores. Ovarium, stylus, stigmata ut in 

 aliis. Cajisnla nnda elliptico-orbicularis. leviter eniarginata, levissime pubernia, 

 veriosa, viridis, ciira (l niiii. longa .")-(i mm. lat.i, brcvissimestipitata. Semina bre- 



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