suberectis depresso globosis acute 3-dentatis sub ore aperto arcte contractis, glabris: 
seminibus majuseulis levissimis, radicula subelongata hilo approximata. 
Descriptio: 
Radix (abest)}. — Caulis cire. pedalis v. paulo longior, strictus, parce ramo- 
sus, decursu foliorum leviter angulosus, glaber v. in angulis parce papilloso-scabridus, 
subnitidulus; rami ereclo-patuli, elongati, florigeri. — Folia rigidiuscula, glabra v. 
margine papilloso-scabrida v. serrulata, in axillis ramulum abbreviatum paucifoliatum 
sterilem gerentia 1'/2—2-pollicaria.. (Inferiora non vidi, verisimiliter integra!. Media 
el superiora usque ad medium ternato-incisa, laciniae plus minusve anguste lineares 
v. eliam lineari-spathulatae, rigidulae, terminalis simplex et lateralibus perspieue 
longior, laterales v. integrae v. usque ad medium et ultra bifidae, omnes in acumen 
breve callosum pallidum productae, cire. pollicares et 1—5"" latae. — Flores albidi 
in racermum laxum apice comosum primum ovoideo-oblongum , dein modice elongatum 
2-5 pollicarem dispositi. — Bracteae lineares demum subhyalinae, a basi usque ad 
"” latae, pedicellos 
florigeros fere aequantes, postea deciduae. —Pedicelli graciles, plus minusve stricti, 
axi interdum subadpressi caeterum erecto-patuli, leviter angulosi, in angulis minute 
scabridi, florigeri 5—6"" longi, floribus duplo et ultra longiores, fructigeri 8—10"" 
longi, capsulas sesqui v. duplo superantes. — Calyx hexasepalus, sepala persisten- 
tia oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, glabra, margine interdum scabrida, cire. 2"" longa 
v. superiora paulo longiora, basi 3°" lata, anguste subhyalino-marginata, demum 
reflexa. — Petala videntur alba v. ochroleuca, superiora cire. 412" longa, quorum 
lamina fere usque ad basin tripartita, lacinia intermedia parva lineari-spathulata obtusa 
apicem sensim angustalae, glabrae, cire. 4°” longne et basi 1/2 
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lateralibus duplo brevior, laterales sublunatae margine extus sinuato-dentata, 3-—31/,"" 
longae, 1—11/;"" latae, saepe inaequales et tum inferior paulo minor. Appendices 
unguiculares 12°" longi subhyalini obovati apice truncati et breviter lacerato-den- 
tali, tantum brevissime supra laminae basin producti, caeterum ad margines papilloso- 
denticulati. Petala inferiora integra lineari-spathulata, 2" longa, minute appendicu- 
lata. — Tubus staminalis brevis, glaber, superiore latere in discum subhyalinum 
carnosulum planum undique papillosum apice denticulatum dilatatus. — Stamina sacpius 
11-12, 12°" longa; filamenta lineari-subulata glabra, basi supra tubum breviter 
monadelpha; antherae ellipsoideae, superne tuberculatae.  Grana pollinis globoso- 
ellipsoidea, 1/:"" longa. — Ovarium depresso-subglobosum, obtuse hexagonum, 
6-sulcatum, dentibus tribus stigmatoideis apice brevuer callosis caeterum turgidissimis 
