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loborum) crassiusculis, celeris gracilioribus, secundariis pin- 

 nato-reticulalis, in epipliyllo obscure ferrugineo parce iin- 

 presso-conspicuis, in liypopliyllo rufesceiile v. pallitle ferrugi- 

 neo plus minusve valide prominiilis; pelioli Ibliis breviores v. 

 subaequales (1-2" long.), crassiiisculi (l-1 ,5'" crass.), inferné 

 rotundati, superne canaliculato-applanali, basi parce diiatali, 

 glabri, laevissimi, foliis eoncolores, utrinque margine ciliis 

 inapqualibus, ápice capitato-glandulosis, sublongiusculis (2'" 

 long.) subinlerrupte ornali, basi slipulis caiilem semiamplec- 

 lenlibus, dense selaceo-dissectis, laciniis glanduloso-capitalis, 

 racemose pendulis(r' long.) donati. Inflorescentia terminaJis, 

 cymoso-corynibosa (4-5" long. = 2-3" lat.), racbide primaria 

 erecta, dense patentim hispido-pilosa, ad médium usque nuda, 

 non glandulifera, rachidibus secundariis modice erecto-palenli- 

 bus, alternis hispidis, ápice breviler 3-4-chotomis, basi et ad 

 dicbolomias bracteolis lanceolalis v. linearibus, aculis, glabris 

 V. pilosulis denlato-fimbrialo-glandulosis donatis; pediceili bre- 

 vissimi (1-3"' long.) erecti, liispidi, basi l-bracleolati. Flores 

 parvuli (3-6'" long. z=i3"' diam.) c/ et $ in eadem inflorescentia; 

 $ pauci ad bifurcationes 1-3 inferas rachidiarum secundaria- 

 rum, ceteri omnes ^. Calyx utriusque sexus similis, persi- 

 stens, glaber, parvulus (4"' long.) profunde o-íidus, lobis lanceo- 

 latis V. lineari-lanceolatis (3-5"' long. := 0,7-0,9'" lat. bas.), acu- 

 tis, margine grosse laxeque fímbriato-glandulosis, in aesliva- 

 lione quinquunciatim imbricatis. Corolla 5-mera, calyce paulo 

 longior, extus glaberrima, sordide purpurascens v. fusco-rube- 

 scens (in sicco obscure ferruginea), petalis (5-0"'" long. zn 2'" lat.) 

 in fl. cT fere solutis, in fl. $ usque ad médium cohaerentibus, 

 unguibus longiusculis intus laxe molleque albo-pilosis, limbis 

 obovalis V. elliplicis, deorsum altenualis sursum obtuse rotun- 

 datis, margine integerrimis v. vix undulalis, dexlrorsum (raris- 

 sime sinistrórsum!!) imbricativis. Disci glandulae 5, liberas, 

 subsquamiformes, glabrae, fusco-flavescentes, obovatae v. sub- 

 semi-orbiculares. Slamina in íl. </ monadelfa, 2-verlicillata, co- 

 lumna cenlrali longiuscula (5-6'" long,) gracili, terete, obscure 

 angulato-sulcata, verlicillo infero externo 5-mero, superiorc in- 

 terno 3-mero ; íilamentis terelibus, glabris; antheris elliptico- 

 ovatis, brevibus, latiusculis (1-1,3"' long. = 0,8-1'" lat.), omnes 

 aequales, sursum obtuse rotundatis deorsum cordalo-sinuatis, 

 5 inferis introrsum, 3 superis (filamenti torlione) exlrorsum 



