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"Radix cylinclracea lignosa lignicolor parce ramosa et dense 

 barbata (8-15 cm long. ^ 5 mm crass.); caules e eolio nume- 

 rosi recti erectique v. decumbentes arcuato-adscendentes lig- 

 nosi teretes (15-50 cm alt, = 3-4mm diam.), ligno duro com- 

 pacto fere sulfúreo non v. vix tenuissime medulloso farctij 

 cortice arete adnato subtenui laevi cinéreo v. fusco -cinéreo 

 vestiti, subremote nodulosi, leniter flexuosi, deorsum nudi, 

 sursum plus minusve ramulosi; ramuli erecti recti teretes v. 

 obsoletissime obtuseque subangulosi (10-25 cm long. = 2-3 

 mm crass.) e pallide virescente subalbescentes, laevissimi remo- 

 tiuscule laxeque foliosi ápice cum axi inflorescentiae continui. 

 Folia saepius erecta et adpressa rarius modice divaricata gla- 

 berrima viridia subcarnosula, parte postica nuda seu petiolo 

 stricte lineari basi non dilatata nec auriculata in inferís lon- 

 giuscula limbum subaequante apicem ramorum versus sensini 

 abbreviata, in supremis subnulla v. nulla, parte antica, sen 

 limbo, circumscriptione ovata v, lanceolata (20-60 mm long. 

 = 5-60 mm lat. ) profundissime pinnatifida, lobis l-(saepius 

 3-) 5-jugis ómnibus v. pro parte alternis anguste linearibus v. 

 sublanceolato-linearibus (5-25 mm long. = 0,5-2,25 mm lat.), 

 raclii non v. vix latioribus, inter se remotis v. remotissimis 

 acutis integerrimis, in vivo planis 1-nerviis, in sicco saepe 

 margine angustissime revolutis atque obsolete subcircinatis, 



Inflorescentia racemosa 5-15-flora, primo brevis contracta 

 confertiuscula (25-50 mm long. ) dein sensim elongata relaxata 

 (50-80 mm long.) rachi recta simplici pedúnculo nudo brevi 

 V. longiusculo (10-100 mm long.) inferné suffulta ac cum ra- 

 mulo continua, ipedicellis alternis remotiusculis flores vix 

 aequantibus V. parum superantibus (G-12 mm long.) primo 

 erectis adpressis, dein modice patentibus ebracteatis v. Ínfimo 

 tantum bracteola lineari subaequilonga fulto. Flores sat 

 magni (9-10 mm long. =.^5-6 mm diam.), sepalis glaberrimis 

 erectis elliptico -linearibus (6 mm long. = 1,5 mm lat.) ápice 

 obtusis, duobus extimis basi leniter saccatis, flavo -virescenti- 

 bus margine augusto albescente-subhyalino saepius cinctis, 

 obsoletissime tenuissimeque5-nervulosis; petalis alibis anguste 

 sj)ath.ulatÍ3 obtusissimis integerrimis (9-10 mm long.); stami- 

 nibus sex, filamentis albis applanato-filiformibus (7 mm long.) 

 deorsum dilatatulis pulverulento -puberulis sursum subulatis 

 glabris, antheris sagittato-v. ovato-lanceolatis (1 mmlong.) 

 ochroleucis, glabris; ovario terete (7,5 mm long.) glaberrimo 



