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ta; petiolus inferne vagina glabra vel puberula membra- 

 nacea usquc V'f a pollices longa instructus, supra (certe 

 in sicco) canaliculatus, apice arliculo brevi supra densc 

 hirsuto terminatus, ceterum glaberrimus vel pubcrulus; 

 lamina basi obtusa apice acuta, supra glabra sublus vcr- 

 sus basim leviter puberula vel tota superficic inferiori 

 pubcrula, 4- — 6 4 / 2 pollices longa, 1 3 4 — 3 polliccs la- 

 ta. Folium rami floriferi basalibus simillimum, sed mul- 

 to brevius petiolatum Ramus florifer elongatus, glaber 

 vel pilis retrorsis dcnse pubesccns, apice folium et ex 

 ejus vagina spicam unam vel duas proferens. Spicae 

 cristatae, nutantes, ovato-lanceolatae, pedunculatac, pc- 

 dunculo glabro fere 1 '/* pollicari, ipsae 9 — 11 lineas 

 longae. Bracteae disticbae, late ovatae, acuminalae (in- 

 tcrdum subobtusae?) glabrac, membranaceae, in sicco 

 flavescentes. Sepala 3 maxima, florem fere involventia, 

 ovalia, obtusa, glabra, nervosa, concava, arido-membra- 

 nacea, viridescenti-albida Corolla ct staminodia in tu- 

 bum connata. Petala 3 oblonga, obfusa, glabra, mcm- 

 branacea, hyalino-albida, apicc macula brunnea majus- 

 cula ornata. Staminodia duo externa subconformia, ma- 

 culis brunneis densis conspersa, unguiculata, lamina sub- 

 rotunda rotundato-obtusa, ungui latiusculo; altcrura paul- 

 lo majus. Staminodia interna cum stamine fcrtili tria; 

 extimum latiusculum truncatum, inius ad utrumque latus 

 callo intus porrigente instructum, supra callos valde 

 clongatum, maculis brunneis dense conspersum; slami- 

 nodium intimum cucullatum, ad alterum latus auricula 

 latiuscula deflexa instructum, superne maculis sordide 

 brunneum. Stamen fertile : Anthera libera, appendice pe- 

 taloidea filamento usque ad antherae basim adnata ma- 

 xiina concava maculis sordide brunnea. Stylus canalicu- 

 latus, apice incurvus. Gennen obovatuin, glabrum, tri- 



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