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periorum saepius omnino nudae, saepius vero, pi*aeser- 

 tim in speciminlbus majoribus, in iisdembulbilli 2-5 

 et xamulus erecto-patens, j-i^ poll., teres medio fo- 

 lioloovato, acuminato, concavo, striato, bolbUlos 2--5, 

 fovente, 5-6 lin. longo, 2^ lin.latostipatus, apicebyac- 

 teis 2 oppositis , ovatis , acuminatis , concavis , in quibus 

 bulbUli aliquotet flores 1-2 peduuctdati, floribus ter- 

 minalibus tardiores. Bulbilli hi ovati v. ovato-oblongi, 

 acutiusculi, sessdes v. brevissime peduncvdati, erecti v. 

 subhorizonlales , i-i| lin.; membi'ana laxa exteriore 

 pallidissime fulva, subcoriacea, reticidato-nervosa, in- 

 teriore tenuiore membranaceavix nervosa; intuscarno- 

 si, basi fusca et quasi umbdicata cum tunicis connati. 

 In apice cauliumbracteae2oppositae, erectae, sessiles, 

 ovatae, acuminatae, concavae, subcarinatae , longitu- 

 dinaliter nervoso-striatae , glaberrimae, extus flaves- 

 centi-virentes, intus pallidiores margine tenuissimo 

 albido, 9-i4 lin., 21-^5 lin. latae. Ex hisce pedunctdi 

 semper2, erecti, sabfloreinflexi, uniflori, teretes, gla- 

 bri j crassitie tili emporetici ad pennam corvinam fere 

 usque, pallide virentes, i-5| poll. longi; alter omnino 

 j3,udas praecocior, alter paulo breviortardioi'veimabasi 

 foliolo bracteis omnino simili, sed midto minore et ab 

 ü^dem occaltato. In speciminibus fortioribaspedancu- 

 los in ter bulbilli 5 vel plures supra descriptis omxdno 

 ^imiles. Corolla subcernua , fere patens , polL fere dia- 

 metro, pallide sordideque flavicans, saltem insiccis. 

 Pelala fereplana, eglandulosa, exunguiculata, exteriora 

 •aestivationeimbricata, minora, compagisfirmioris, ob- 

 longa V. ovato-oblonga, obtusa, nervis longitudinalibus 

 per venulas rax'as junctis, apice conniventibus , margi- 

 ne tenuiqra, 6lin. , 2ilin-lata, mediobarbae filisal- 

 bidis , liiji. longis , reversis , convergentibus , in fo^'mam 



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