Plate 2436. 



TBICHODESMA CARDIOSEPALUM, Oliv 



B0RAGINE.E. 



T, (§ Friederichsthalia) cardiosepalum, Oliv, (sp. nov.) ; herba suf- 



frutescens rariiis pilis brevibus crispatis albidis cum setulis albis basi 



spicue tuberculatis intermixtis hirtis, foliis suboppositis bre\iter 

 petiolatis oblongo- v. ovato-lanceolatis obtusiusculis utrinque adpresse 

 setulosis, racemis 3-5-floris pedicellis decurvis, sepalis ovatis etiam in 

 alabastris basi conspicue cordatis breviter graciliterque acuminatis, 

 corolli© lobis subrenifortnibus apice subito graciliter acuminatis, tubo 

 calyce omnino operto, nucibus (immaturis) margine acute dentatis 

 dorso muricatis. 



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Hab. S. E. Arabia : foot of the Dhofar Mountains, Bent (No. 115). 



FoHa f-1 poll, longa, 3-6 lin. lata ; petiolus 1-2 lin. longus. SepaJa 

 temp, florif. 3-5 Hn. lata, ^-| lin. longa. Antheranon conura exsertum 

 facie exteriore infeme albido-pilosum, pilis longitudinaliter senatis 

 dextrorsum sinistrorsumque divergentibus.— D. Oliver. 



Pig. 1. Calyx laid open, the cf^^o]la removed. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Detached 

 stamen. 4. Fruit. 5. Dorsal view" of detached nucule. All enlarged. 



