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virente et florente. Caules plerumque plures ex eadem radice, basi lignosi, erecti, 3-4-, rarius 
5-pedales, obtusanguli, obscure rubentes, pube brevi densa tomentelli, jam a basi ramulis creberrimis 
abbreviatis, dense foliosis, strictiusculis, sterilibus obsiti, superne parcius ramosi; rami oppositi elon- 
gati, æque ac caules inferne ramulis brevibus foliosis abortientibus onusti et apice florigeri. Folia 
opposita, pro magnitudine stirpis parvula, majora 1-13 poll. longa, 2-3 lin. lata, lanceolata vel oblongo- 
lanceolata, rarius hinc inde fere linearia, breviter acuta, margine reflexo integerrima, supra læte ' 
viridia nitidula, subtus canescenti-tomentosa, penninervia, nervo medio et secundariis angulo acutis- 
simo ab ipso egredientibus subparallelis, supra impressis, subtus prominulis. Verticillastri seepius 
6-flori, bracteis ovatis, obtusiusculis, quam pedicelli subbrevioribus, deciduis stipati, in racemos densos, 
ovato-pyramidatos, demum elongato-eylindricos, plerumque ramosos dispositi. Inflorescentie partes 
omnes plus minusve dense tomentose et rubore am«enissime roseo suffusæ. Pedicelli florigeri 2-3 | 
lin. longi, fructiferi parum longiores, apice deflexi. Calyx sub anthesi 2 vel vix 3 lin. longus, externe ' 
dense tomentosus, interne nudus, labiis margine densissime ciliato-fimbriatis. Corolla 9-11 lin. | 
longa, extus, tubo incluso excepto, laxe tomentosa vel lanuginosa, intus nuda. Filamenta juxta 1 
basim adnatam tenuiter pilosa, ceterum, uti antheræ, ovarium et stylus totus, glabra. Calycis . 
fructiferi tubus admodum ampliatus, vesiculoso-inflatus, 14 pollicem longus vel paullo longior, . 
diametro pollicari, elliptico-ovoideus, deglabratus vel tenuiter puberulus, e viridi purpurascens | 
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venulisque obscurioribus laxe reticulatis percursus, labiis parum vel vix auctis sed nune arcte clausis - 
obtuse apiculatus. Nucule perfecte, reliquarum abortu solitariæ, rarissime dus, late obovate vel | 
omnino globosæ, undique glandulis minutis punctiformibus, parum prominentibus obsitæ, in gyno- « 
phoro parum vel vix aucto, fundo calycis insidente, sessiles, Cetera generis, 3 
Qualitates.—Stirps quidem fere inodora, sed ob frondem gracilem discolorem florumque racemos amplos | 
colore leete roseo superbientes Adonistis, imprimis Europe australioris, ubi probabiliter sub divo - 
prosperabit, magnopere commendanda. : 
Trib. SrAcHYDE, Subtr. BALLOTE X. 
ACHYROSPERMUM ÆTHIOPICUM, Welw. n. sp. 4. caule herbaceo, erecto, elato, 4-6-pedali, 
obtuse tetrogono, pubescente, parce ramoso ; foliis petiolatis, late ovatis vel ovato-elli- 
ptieis, basi cuneata et apice longe acuminato integris, margine grosse dentato-serrati: 
utrinque glabriusculis vel preecipue juxta nervos venulasque hirtulo-pubescentibus; - 
verticillastris sub 6-floris, in spicam densam subtet gono-cylindricam, 2—4 pollices. 
longam approximatis ; bracteis late ovatis, abrupte acuminatis, ciliatis, calyce subbre- 
… vioribus; calycis tubulosi pubescentis fauce intus puberula, dentibus 2 inferioribus 
reliquis paullo brevioribus; corollæ albæ, excepto limbo extus pubescente glaberrimæ, 
labio superiore emarginato-subbilobo, inferioris lobo medio lateralibus duplo latiore, 
==  rotundato-obtuso, concavo; styli breviter bilobi lobis zequalibus acutiusculis; nucu 
— larum paleis anguste spathulatis, apice obtuso ciliato-barbulatis. 
— — Habitat in silvaticis cis umbrosis humidis Distr. Pungo Andongo ad 3200 ped. circiter altit., præ ceteris circa. 
p cataractas loco dieto Calundo, ubi Maio 1857 c. fl. et fructu necdum bene maturo legi. Ezsic. Welw 
Der ww Iter . in ol. no. 1633. ~ k 
iem luxuriantem simulans, plerumque 4-5-pedalis, hinc inde imo 7- 
olorina crassior, obtuse 4-gonus, puberulus, superne teretiusculus ra 
