nearia et aiiiiu- - 

 stisslme linearia 



Alysicarpus Nck. 373 



delabentes, basi longe persistenti; petioli vix 0,1 poll. longi, 



patentes e. patentl-ereeti, senil-teretes, apice vix 2-stipellati ; 



folia in eadeni pkinta Imo(|ue codem ramo diversissima, ova- 



lia, ovali-oblonga, oblongo-lanceolata, lanceolato-linearia, plu- 



rima autem 11- { 0/25 poll. longa ct 0,15 poll. luta ^) basi corda- 



0,5 _ _ _ 0.10 — — I 



o,i> _ _ _ o:io - _ Ma» ^pice 



^ 1,-^ — — - 0,09 — - Jacuta, re- 



tusa s. acuminata, omnia mucronulato-apiculata, supra glabra 



subtus ad nervos vcnasque adpresse puberula, glauca, utrln- 



que elevato-reticulata ; raceini in ramis ramulisve termlnales, 



in alabastro bractels imbricatis tecti; hracteae ovato-oblongae 



viridi-rubentes subciliolatae, acuminatae, deciduae, 2-fiorae, 



0,12 poU. longae ; bracteae laterales 2 ad pedicellum quem- 



que obovatae, ciliolatae, viridi-rubentes 0,09 poll. longae, ca- 



ducae; pedicelli brevissiml, Inde racemus subspicatus, 0,02 



poll. longi, erecti ; flores rhachidi adpressi ; cali/x tubulosus 



angulatus, dein scariosus, 0,12 poll. longus, 4-fidus, laciniae 



lanceolatae, acuminatae, ciliatae, margine se invicem imbri- 



cantes, subaequales, summa vix 2-denticulata, in anthesi pa- 



tentes ; corolla calyce vix longior ; vexillum subrotundum in 



anthesi patens, ante et post anthesin Incumbens, lurido-san- 



guineum basi intensius coloratum ; alae carina sublongiores 



eique supra basln adglutinatae, horizontales obovato-oblongae, 



sanguineae, marglne purpureae; carina primo horizontiilis, 



dein elastice deflexa albida, margine superiore cuprea a basi 



ad medium blpartlta; stamina diadelpha \\ filamentum vexil- 



larc tubo stamineo basi saepe adnatum; tubus stamineus basi 



crassior, versus apicem attenuatus, 0,15 poll. longus, apice 



adscendens et filamenta liberans inaequilonga , viridluscula ; 



antherae oblongo-ovatae, apicidatae ; germen lineare brevissi- 



mum, viride glabriusculum, gemmulis 5 — 7, 0,05 poll. longum, 



in stylum longiter attenuatum, horizontalem 0,1 poll. longum, 



glabrum, apice geniculato verticali 0,025 poll. longo; stigma 



capitellatum minutum ; fructus calycem paleaceum persisten- 



tem, eosque arcte cingentem, rarius pauilo, plcrumque longe 



excedentes, 0,2 — 0,45 poll. longi, 0,07 poll. lati, giabrl, tctra- 



