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ttis , fiiperne pubescens , purpureus , ramofus , 

 fibrofus, folidus, hyeme pro maxima parte mar- 

 cescens. 



FoLiA cauUna ovato-obcordata , ramea lanceolata, 

 omma fimplicia, acuta, integerrima, nitida, gla- 

 bra, venofa, oppofita, petiolata, patentia. 



Petioli brcves, femiteretes, glabri, colorati. 



InflorescenTia : Captulum ovatum imbricatum. ter- 

 minale, fquarnis ovatis, 



Flos completus , ringens , hermaphroditus. 



Calyx : Ptrianthium quinquefidum , parvum , gertnini 

 infidens, perfistens. 



CoROLLA monopetala , irregularis , tubulofa ; tubui 

 oblongus, deorfum gibbus, inflatus, extus pur- 

 pureus, intus palHde luteus, prteditus capillis 

 tenuisfimis microscöpio infpectis globuliS rotiindis 

 infiructis; limbus ad medium usque divifusinduo 

 labia , quorum fuperius quadrifidum , inferius lineare 

 reflexura et prófunde feparatum. 



Stamina: filamcntd qiiinque tubulata, irregukria, 

 longitudine fcre corollae; antherae pblongae, 11- 

 berae, incumbentcs; pollen luteum. 



PiSTiLLUM : germen fubrotundum inferum ; fylus fi- 

 liformis, longitudine corollae; fiigma obtufum 

 capitatum viride. 



Nectarium: Port nectariferi in tubo corollae. 



Pericarpium : Bacca distincta rotunda umbilicata bi- 

 vel trilocularis , polyfperma, rubra. 



Sëmina plurima, ovata, compresfa, nuda. 



Receptaculijm proprium , minimum , planum. 



BIJDRAGEN, D. II. ST. I. Q Uit 



