298 Oxalideae DG. 



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globoso-incrassati, apici caulis subgloboso inserti, ibique arti- 

 culati ; inferiore parte nudi, dein subtrigoni tenues pallescenti- 

 virides, supra plani, subtus carinati antrorsum puberuli, apice 

 mucrone subuliformi 0,06 polL longo muniti, 1,0 — 3,2 poU. 

 longi, subcurvati, apice cemui; foliola 5 — 12-juga, ope arti- 

 culi nodulosi flavescentis (petioluli valde abbreviati) inserta, 

 inferiora subopposita, minuta, deltoideo-ovata, aut rhombeo- 

 oblonga, acuta, 0,15 poU. longa et lata, paris secundi et ter- 

 tii rhombeo-oblonga, 0,2 — 0,3 poll. longa, 0,15 — 0,20 poU. 

 lata, uti et reliqua omnia apice rotundata, mucronulata, paris 

 summi obovato-oblonga 0,5 — 0,6 poll. longa, 0,20 — 0,30 polL 

 lata, reliqua omnia subquadi-angulari-oblonga, subfalcato-cur- 

 vata, sensim magnitudine inter summa et infima transeuntia; 

 omnia inaequilatera, summi paris latere externo basi attenuata, 

 caetera basi truncata, latere externo paullo angustiora, supra 

 atro-viridia, glabra, subtus glauca, nervo medio cum latera- 

 libus subtransversis, parallelis, prominuhs, eleganter notata, 

 margine, praeprimis paris summi, cihata, reHqua dein gla- 

 brata, sole influente patentia, in planitie horizontali unica po- 

 sita, tactu autem aut obumbrata, recubantia, per paria se in- 

 vicem facie inferiore tegentia, verticalia, pendula ; pedunculi 

 intra folia umbellatim inserti, 4 — 20 erecti, stricti, succedanei, 

 hracteis minutis, lineari-subulatis, 0,1 poll. longis, interstincti 

 pallescenti-virides , una cum calyce puberuH e pilis densis 

 minoribus filiformibus, subulatis, acutis, articulatis nec ad ar- 

 ticulos constrictis et pilis aliis plus 2-plo majoribus patenti- 

 bus apice globoso, succo glutinoso foeto, umbeUiferi; um- 

 hellae 5 — 20-florae, succedaneae, ad basin bracteis basi conni- 

 ventibus apice patentibus subinvolucratae ; hracteae ad basin 

 fioris cujusque 3-nae, intermedia major, oblongo - lanceolata, 

 acuminata, trinervia viridis 0,1 poll. longa, longe ciliata, bi- 

 nae collaterales quartam partem majoris tenentes, ovato-Ian- 

 ceolatae, acuminatae, hjahnae, 1-nerviae, nervo viridi, longe 

 cihatae, ciliis basi bulboso - incrassatis , unicellulosis , setoso- 

 acutissimis, strictis, antrorsis, hyalinis, intus corpusculis mi- 

 nutis foetis, dorso pihs (glanduliferis) capitulatis, uti calyx 



