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antc ct post anthesln connlvcntia, oblongo-lanceolata, aciimi- 

 nata, 3-ncrvia, margine albido, in pracfloratione imbricativa, 

 intcriora paiiUo angustiora ct tenuiora; stamiiia 10 mona- 

 dclpha inchisa, quorum 5 fertllia, foliolis calycinls opposita; 

 filamenta fertilia albida, filifbrmla, crecta, subconnivcntia, te- 

 nuisslma, versus aplcera attenuata, 0,02 poU. longa, omnia 

 Ima basi In annulum brevlsslmum connata, sterilia brevlssima 

 rellquis crasslora, truncata, 5-loba, lobls subreflexls ; antherae 

 5 terminales 2-loculatae, subdldymac, vcrsus medlum luscr- 

 tae connectlvo brevi quadrato; loculi basi dlvaricati, apice 

 conniventes aut primo paralleli elllpsoldel, utrlnque acutius- 

 cull, dein longitudlnallter dehlscentes; jyo//^^ albescens globo- 

 sum, mlnutum, verruculosum, fovilla minutlssime granulata 

 foctum ; pistillum stamina paidlo excedens ; germen depresso-, 

 s. obovato-globosum, virlde, glabrum; gemmula conica e filo 

 umbillcali adscendcnti - subcurvato prlmo erecta subnutans, 

 dcin pendula ovata, alblda; stylus vlrldls teres glaber, fila- 

 mentls fertllibus paullo crasslor, erectus slmplex, aplce paullo 

 Incrassatus; stigma terminale subtruncato-capltatiun, papIUo- 

 sum ; papillae subcyllndrlcae, aplce cIa\TiIatae , dense sibi 

 juxta-posltae, ad marglnem subradlatae, hyallnae, dein gra- 

 nuHs fuscescentlbus foetae ; fructus membranaceus, tenulssi- 

 mus, calyce brevior, eoque inclusus, oblongus, styll basl per- 

 slstenti coronatus, nunc vertlce in sutura sub-operculatim de- 

 hlscens, nunc j^lenwique irregularlter rumpens, monospemius ; 

 semen funiculo longo, erecto, albido suffultum, pcndiilum 

 ovato-subglobosum, rufum, dein badlum , lucldum, subcom- 

 planatum , obversum , basl In aplce fructus slta emarglnata ; 

 testa corlacea; albumen centrale farinosum candldum; emhnjo 

 peripherlcus annularls albidus, radicula et cotyledonum aplces 

 versus hllum seminis spectantes; radicula cyllndrlca, aplce 

 conica; cotyledones oblongae, acutlusculae, albidae, adphcatae, 

 marglnlbus inflexae. — Mensibus omnibus fere totlus anni 

 vidi flores fructusque gerentem. — 1846. 



