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magni virldes, lcnte suaveolentes, subglobosi, aequales ; calyx 

 basi bracteola bracteis confonni suftultus, 5-partitus, tenuis 

 pallide viridis; laciniae ovato-oblongac, obtusae, niargine te- 

 nuiores, 0,15 poll. longae, 0,06 poll. latae, basi pavillo attc- 

 nuatae, integerrimae, glaberrimac, ante anthcsin imbricativae, 

 exteriores mnjores, ncc convolutae, in antliesi crectac caly- 

 cem subcupuliformem fingentes, post anthcsin in c/' deciduae, 

 in 2 patentes et fructigerae refiexae, deorsum connivcntcs 

 vegetac, oblongo-lanccolatae, acutae, 0,3 polL longae, 0,1- 

 poll. latac ; corolla cT 5-petaIa ; petala oblongo-lanceolata, 

 acuta, flavescenti-virldia, 7-nervIa, 0,23 poll. longa, 0,1 poll. 

 lata, basi lata concava et in concavitate ima basi Icviter cri- 

 stato-carinata, laevia, paullo altius ad medium pilis candidis 

 longis, cylindricis, flexuosis, patentibus acutiusculis, unicellu- 

 sit^, dense et minutc verruculosis obsessa, et inde subtanescen- 

 tia et conniventia, corollam urceolatam, gamopetalam mcn- 

 ticntia, apice glabra , patenti-revoluta, extus glabra, lucida, 

 decidua ; corolla 2 cadem, sed petala intus ad basin cane- 

 sccnti-pilosa, pilis acutioribus, ad mcdium in corollam gamo- 

 petalam connata urccolatam, limbo patente subrevoluto; gUm- 

 (lulae 5 carnosae, cerinae, lucidae, minutae, petalls alternae, 

 0,05 poll. altae, in 2 complanatae, subquadratae, aplce trimca- 

 tac, in cT brevissime stipitatae, ovatae, plano-convexac acu- 

 tiusculae, staminlbus seriei externae alternae; stamina 10 

 biseriata; filanienta seriei exterloris ima basi adnata colum- 

 nae filamciitorum seriei internae, singida a giandulls binis in- 

 tercepta, erecta, filifbrmia, glabra, lucldula, columnae adpressa, 

 0,15 poll. longa, smnnio apice subidato-attenuata, flavescenti- 

 viridia; antherae cxtrorsae erectae, supra basin insertae, ova- 

 tae, basi sagittatae, apice acutiusculac , 2-locuIatae, palllde 

 flavescentes, 0,0G poll. longae ; loctili connectivo lato, lineari, 

 a[)ice attenuato, antice adnati basi divcrgentes, apice conni- 

 vcntcs, longitudinalitcr antlce rima dehlscentes ; filanie^ita se- 

 rlei interioris ad aplccm in columnam 5-gonam tenuem fla- 

 vesccnti - virldem connata, apice 5 - deniiculatam, dentlculis 

 ovalo-Ianceokitis pateutibus, antherlferis, gernnnis rudlmentum 



