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GESNERACE^E. 



lata apice triangulari-acuta basi trian- 

 gulari-acuta obliqua vel gequalia obtusa 

 vel oblique rotundata margine minute 

 tenuissimeque serrulata meinbranacea, 

 supra plus subtus sparsissime pubescen- 

 tia, costis venisque utraque pagine 

 tenuissime elevatis vel baud elevatis, 

 venis lateralibus primariis utroque 

 latere costse 7-9 prope costam rectis 

 rnediis a costa angulo 60 egressis sur- 

 sum arcuatis prope apicem evanescenti- 

 bus, petiolis laminam ^-plo fequanti- 

 bus subglabris basi dilatatis, stipulis 

 nullis. Cymaj axillares vel terminales 

 longe pedunculatse, pedunculis suberec- 

 tis 5-7 cm. longis glabris 3-5-floratis, 

 pedicellis 5-10 mm. longis basi bractea 

 una instructis, bracteis in magnitudine 

 variabillimis superioribus minoribus 

 ovatis apice triangulari-acutis basi valde 

 contractis rotundatis margine dense 

 aristato-ciliatis facie glabris 7 mm. 

 longis 5| mm. latis apice triangulari- 

 obtusis basi rotundatis vel late trian- 

 gulari-acutis ad insertionem ^ mm. latis 

 utraque pagine glabris, pedicellis glabris 

 brevissimis vel longioribus generaliter 

 1-2 cm. longis. Calyx cylindrico-carn- 

 panulatus cum lobis 13 mm. longus 5- 

 lobatus 15-nervius grosse reticulatus 

 intus extusque giaber medio 6-7 mm. 

 latus, lobis elongato-triangularibus sub- 

 sequalibus 4 mm. longis basi 3 mm. latis apice acuminatis basi latissirnis integris 



Fig. 49, a leaf of Chirita minuteser- 

 ntlata HAYATA. 



