Halorrhagis. 



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Herba aquatica vel subaquatica erecta vel procumbens et adscendens, caule folioso 

 ramoso, angulis decurrentibus 4-lineato, parte basali radicante dr 0,3 m longa, glaber- 

 rima. Folia alterna, sessilia, lineari-lanceolata vel spathulata, serrata vel pinnatifida vel 

 sub-2-pinnatifida vel perfecte bipinnatiflda, acuta, in loborum angulis denticulo minutis- 

 simo (lente vel microscopice inspiciendo) praedita, usque ad 60 mm longa, lamina lobis 

 exceptis ± 2 mm lata, l-nervia, minute coriacea, rugulosa, crassula, glaberrima. Flores 

 in foliorum superiorum axillis dichasium 5 — l-florum constituentes, in racemum inter- 

 ruptum dispositi, breviter pedicellati, pedicello usque ad 1,0 mm longo tereti glaberrimo, 

 bracteolis 2 linearibus acutis subintegris vel minute serratis praediti ; calycis tubus ovoi- 

 deus vel ellipsoideus, 4-nervius, db 1,0 mm longus et ± 0,8 mm diam., rugulosus, 



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Fig. 4 6. A — B Halorrhagis breviloba Schindler. A Habitus. B Flos. — C — D IL Brownii 

 (Hook, f.) Schindler. G Flos. D Calyx floris anomale trimeri. — EH hexandra F. Muell. 



Flos. — Icon. origin. 



glaberrimus, lobis 2 basi breviter campanulate connatis ex ovato acuminatis acutis ple- 

 rumque serratis, ± 2,0 mm longis et ±1,5 mm latis, rugulosis glaberrimis; petala 2 

 cochleato-navicularia, unguiculata, in unguem sensim attenuata, apice breviter acuta, 

 nonnunquam paullo inciso-biloba, ± 2,5 mm longa et latere visa ± 0,8 mm lata, 

 glaberrima; stamina 4, filamentis subulatis dr 1,0 mm longis, antheris ± 2,0 mm 

 longis et ± 0,35 mm latis; styli 2, subulati, primum basi subgloboso-incrassati, erecti, 

 sibi accumbentes, in 0,7 mm longi, demum basi minus incrassata divergentes, parte 

 subulata stigmatosi, usque ad 1,5 mm longi; ovarium 2-loculare, 2-ovulatum. Rarius 

 flores adsunt perfecte vel imperfecte trimeri, lobis 3, quorum 2 ad 2 / 3 connali longi- 

 tudine intcr sese diversi , petalis 3 , staminibus 6 , stylis 3 ; vel lobis 3 , stylis 2 



