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tubo mediillarl valido, rore puberulo glauco obtecti; folia 

 maxima bipinnata; petioU ad 20 poll. longi, rubentes glabri, 

 subtus aculeis reflcxis, hamatis, supra inter aculcis, rec- 

 tis aut inflexis obsiti; foliola 8 — 12-jnga; pctioli secundarii 

 2 — 3 poU. longi, inermes teretes graclles ; /b/?o/« 8 — 13-juga, 

 ovali-oblonga, obtusa; 7-«<7^/;?? terminales elongati, 10 — 13poll. 

 longi, erecti, basi armati; pedunculi bracteola brevi suffulti, 

 erecto-patentes , 1 poll. longi, teretes, puberuli, articulatim 

 inserti, inermes ; flores pedunculls articulatlm inserti iblque 

 geniculati et inde nutantes; cali/cis tubus basi attenuatus 

 persistens cupulam referens; limbus petaloldeus lutesccns, 

 deciduus, 5-partItus, glabcr; lacinlae inaequales, Infima major 

 subfornicata, rellquae ovato-oblongae, ante anthesln una cum 

 petalls imbricatae ; petala 5 ungulculata inaequalla, superlus 

 minus medlo compllcatum, apice vexlllum cjuasi minutum re- 

 ferens, rellqua subrotundo-cuneata, omnla in anthesi plus 

 minus patentla sulfurea; stamina 10 fertilla, germen arcte 

 cingentla, calycls fundo va^^xi^^ filamenta basi dilatata, apice 

 subullfonuia , rubcntla , Infra aplcem sublanata ; antJierae 

 ovato-oblongae, loculi basi clistantes, supra basln dorso affixae, 

 erectac, loculi rima longltudinali dehlscentes ; germen ovato- 

 oblongum, complanatum, vlride glauco-tomentosum; stylus 

 germinc longlor, pollicem vlx attingens; stigma infundibull- 

 iQxmQ\ fructus oblongo-ovati, compressi, glabri, llgnosi, 2 — 3 

 poll. longi, vlx 1,0 poll. lati, stylo vegeto persistente subu- 

 latl, 6 — 8-spermi ; sutura superior recta , infcrior curvata, 

 convexa; semina ovifbrmia, glaberrima, suturae superlori 

 adfixa, dlssepimentls transvcrsallbus nullls inter se scjuncta; 

 integumcnta intcr se arcte juncta, exterlus castaneo-brunnco- 

 marmoratum , intcrmedlum crassissimum ; nucleus exalbumi- 

 nosus; embryo semen implens; cotyledones binae maximae, 

 extus croceae , intus flavlcantes ; radlcula recta , basi vix 

 promlnula, conica, obtusiuscula, albldo-flavescens ; gemmula 

 ad 0,25 poll. longa, conica, basi crassiuscula in canaliculls 

 medlanis cotyledouum recepta, foliolis alternis petiolulatis, la- 



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