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utrinque viridis, 4- 1 /,— 6 pollices longa, l l j & — 2'/ 3 polli- 

 ces lata. Spicae aut singulac aut per 2 — 3 in axilla 

 1'olii aut (inferiores) e vagina aphylla prodcuntes, pcdun- 

 culalac, pedunculo puberulo vcl glabro 4- — 5 pollicari sub- 

 crccto gracili, clongatae, gracilliniae, angustae 5 — 7\ 2 

 pollicares; rbachi ad nodos pubcsccnle ccterum glabra 

 rccia gracili. Bractcac oblongac, obtusac, glabrae vel vcr- 

 sus marginem lcvissimo pubcrulae, membranaccac, ad 

 rhaebiu subapprcssac ct flores involventcs, postquam 

 flores defloruerunt dcciduac, infcriores interuodiis rhachis 

 brcviorcs 7 — 10 lineas longac. Bracteolac glabrae. Florcs 

 satis parvi, per binos subscssiles insidenlcs pcdunculis in 

 axilia cujusque bractcae qualuor pubcrulis, pedunculo 

 extimo quain braclca paullo brcviorc intcrdum pro flori- 

 bus itcrum bracteam ct pcdunculos i profcrentc rcliquis 

 gradatim parum brcvioribus arrcclis dcmum arrecto-paten- 

 tibus. Scpala lanccolata, sensim et subliliter lanccolata, 

 giabra, ncrvosa, viridula. Tubus corollae calycc fcre 

 duplo longior, subgracilis. Pctala oblonga, obtusa, gla- 

 bra, apice cucullata et brunneo-maculata. Staminodia 

 glabra, cxterna duo reliquis paullo longiora, allerum obo- 

 vatum, aUerum anguslius sj)athulatum. Staminodia in- 

 terna cuin staminc lcrtili tria; exlcrnum callosum obo- 

 valuin, ad ulrumque margincm callo instruclum allero 

 magis porrigcnlc, supra calluin in acumen lanccolaluin 

 produclum. Slaminodium inlimum cucullatum illud longi- 

 tudinc subacquans, ad allcrum lalus auricula lata dcscen- 

 dcntc inslructum versus apiccm brunneo-inaculatum. Sta- 

 incn fcrlilc: Anlhera libera, appendice pctaloidca pcrparva 

 usquc ad anthcram non porrigcntc. Germcn albido-villo- 

 sum, uniloculare, uniovulatum, corpusculo placcntario 

 instrucluin. Slylus incurvus. Sligma Iruiicatum. Spicis 

 uraciliiinis lonuissimis rcctis ct bractcis iufcrioribus 



