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Bracle(S in pedunculis communiter tres, raro plures, 



quarum duae oppofitfE, rudes vel colorar',E,foliis (i- 



mi^es vel calyciformes. 

 Flores plerisque fpeciebus copiofi, paucis folitarii ; felliles 



umbellari , fafciculari , racemofi ; fecundi , ere£li , 



vel nurantes. 



1. E. DABOEcrA. Caidis ere£lus , fpithameus. 



Rnmi alrerni , panci , pilofi , divaricato - patentes. 



Folia alterna, fubfeflllia , inferiora ovaraj fuperia- 

 ra lanceolata, acuta, integra^ fupra viridia , glabra, ■ 

 fulco longirudinali , rarisfime pilofa ; fubrus albo- 

 tomentofa, margine revo]uto;ere£lo - patentia , ungui- 

 cularia. 



Fiores racemofi , corollis oblongo- campanulatis, 

 truncaris, cernuis, 

 Antherts muric<£. 



2. E. Tenuifolia. Caitlis torusglaber, eredus , fpirhameus. 



Rami & Rnmiili filiformes & capillares, ere£ti. 



Folia oppoiira , lanceolata, glabra , fubrus convexa 

 fulco renui , adpreffa. 



Flores terminales , umbellati, terni, tori cum calyce 

 & bra£leis fangvineis. 



Calycis foliola corollam sequanria , carinata. 



AntbercR muticse ftylusque inclufus. 



3. E. Bracteata. Caiilis ere£tus, glaber , pedalis. 



kami inferne pauci, alterni^ fuperne aggregatr, 

 fubverticillati , faftigiari. 



Folia terna , lanceolara , acuta, integra, g]abra,fu- 

 pra concava, fubtus convexa fulco longitudinali, ad- 

 preffa , internodiis parum longiora. 



F/or^i-terminales, umbellati ,rubri ,bra£l:eisobval]ati. 



BrnSiedi petiolatse, ovatse, acumJnatfe, carinarae, 

 glabree ; exteriores margine , inreriores totae fanguineae, 



Anibsrca muticse flylusque inclufus, 



B 3 4. E. 



