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Idliis liiiciriliiis roscLs forinalj. .AiiIIhtp siiliscssilos, j;labroP. Ovariuin i^lli|iticiim. 

 Stylus lîliforiiiis. ovario iiiai,'is i|iiaiii ilii|il(i loiigirn'; pai's iiifcriur riirvata, sufierinr 

 riH'Ia. Sligma iiifeiius linpizinilalilcr |iniiiiini'iis. siipiM'iiis ('n'ctiim ciictillaliiin, 

 ap|H'ii(lii'ul() liri'vi liarliato Miiiiiiliim, (|iiain styliis iniiltotits hroviiis. Capsula 

 elliptini-liiii'aris. apice l't hasi allciiiiata, iiiaciilis rrnri'is parvis iiiiiiilla. glalira, 

 cca 4 mm. hiiiga. I .■> lata, alis aiiclls (cca 6 mm. longis) bievior ac paulo angus- 

 tior. S(!i)iina lociilos liaiid cxplentia ronica l,.'5 mm. longa, pilis adpressis siib- 

 longls. hasi (•(iioiiam formaiitihiis. si'mine Iriplii hic.vinrilms, seriooa, exappeiidi- 

 nihila, ri||(i-giisi_'a, vri iiila. 



Sîtlinir. raliusla. 



(Gaules sa'pi' liasi raiiuisi vcl sii|iia hasin. rrassinres, l.-'i-i' mm. siipiTiie valdi' 

 corymbose ramosi, foliosi. iier tililiiiines, ilciimlati ut spec. gen. Flores paulo 

 majoros. 



Suhriir. finicilis. 



Caulis lemiissimus siinpli'x vel rainosus 10-20 cm. long., liliforniis, foliosus; 

 racemi miiiimi paiiiillnri; rrist.i' lafinii sa'pe ililatati, petala supoiàora exc.edent(^s ; 

 corona pilorum quam semeu '/, bi'evior. 



Habitat in Amorica ;pqualoi'iali : spec. geu. iii (iniaiia' pratis (_Cayenne, Lei)rieur, 

 I8.3-"). in Ht), l'inilr. W,.): Venezuela, piope Maypures, ad FI. Orinoco : Spruce 

 n° 3731 : var. iiilnista in Ciniana angl. : Schondigk. 272, Guian. gallic. : Leprieur, 

 ann. 1839; var. gracil., loco ignoto : Pœpjiig n° 2999. Teste A.-W. Llennet : 

 Sagot 1229; Scliombgk. 470: Sagot. 122.3. 



P. BRACHYPTI'.RA, Grisebach. 



Caulis tennis, simplex vel ramnsus. snbfililormis; l'olia minuta, linearia; racemi 

 terminales subcapitati ; sepala iniequalia ovato-lanceolata; ahe ellii)tico-lancco- 

 latje, nervis tribus notatae, quorum unus longus simplex, duo latérales brèves, 

 quam l'orolla '/, breviores; petala superiora corollam ;pqiianlia, basi linearia, 

 apice auguste obovata, oblusa; imguiciilum carina» lindio fere daiiln Inngius; crista 

 nmltilida ; antlierie filann'nlis fere duplo breviores; stigmata eis P. variabilis 

 similia; capsula ovato-triangularis alis longior; semina cotiica , pilis sericeis ves- 



