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ovato-rotnndatis convexis margine extenuato ad extremum 

 villosulo, dorso glabris vel pubescentibus, superioribus pe- 

 detentim majoribus magis oblongatis ovatis obtusis minus 

 rigidis tenuioribusque, dorso toto, margine passim excepto, 

 rufo-villosis, in singulo gyro subcirculari circiter ternis 

 qaaternisve, snpremis fere membranaceis intus subpetaloideo- 

 coloratis, 3 — 4 lin. longis. Receptaculum orbiculare sub- 

 planam, 3 — S-vulgo 6 — 8-florum, in snperficie pilosum, flo- 

 ribus circolariter dispositis, receptaculi foveolis in juve- 

 nilibns demissioribus in adultis leviter saltem concavatis 

 innixis. Flos singulus fossulae calycis iuho aequiparandae 

 innixus, fossulae margine in membranam brevem tenuem 

 subhyalinam 4 — 5 dentibus linearibus integris vel ciliato- 

 sublaceris auctam interque eos sparse irregulariter pauci- 

 ciliolatam vel et fere nudatn [calycis margo) producto, basi 

 intus ubi in fossulam transit e strato adnato subglanduloso 

 petali- et staminiferam. Petala singulo flori 3 vel 3? sal- 

 tem, in exteriore floris semicirculo tandum obvia, hinc om- 

 nium flornm ejnsdem leceptaculi petala simul samta per 

 unnm verticillum sinuosum receptaculum ambientem dis- 

 posita, corollam poly- (6 — 32-) petalam bracteis tanquam 

 calyce circnmclnsam, in alabastro valde regulariter imbri- 

 catam, ditnidia dextra dextrorsum seqnentem dimidiam 

 laminam obtegente, exhibent, interiore, qui scil. recep- 

 taculi centrum spectat, semicirculo floris singuli planeape- 

 talo. Petala longiuscule unguiculata, lanceolato-oblonga ob- 

 tnsinscula membranacea lenere submultiplivenosa, in sicco 

 purpurea, quaedara apice (an normaliter) emarginata, supra 

 bracteas ultimas parum exserta, virgineorum lamina subcar- 

 nosula elliptica, abrupte ex ungue producta. Stamina cum 

 petalis calycis limbo inferne inserta eaqne circiter aequan- 

 tia, alterna petaio opposita et unguis basi in alabastro ima. 

 (in semicirculo exteriore floris) subadhaerentia, per orbem 

 completnm disposita, 7 circiter in singulo flore, subaequalia, 



