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3 — 2-ni, erecti, pariter laetc virides, summi ramuli saepe 

 subtetragoni, aut 3 — 5-goni ; stipulae nullae ; folia verticillata 

 5, rarius 6 — 7. saepe in ramulis 4 — 3, aut in summis imoque 

 bina opposita, in petiolo brevi, 0,15 — 0,20 poll. longo, plano, 

 basi latiore, erecto, cauli ramisque arcte adpresso, ad apicem 

 patenti, glaberrimo viridi, juve?iili basi sanguineo patentia, 

 infima minora irregulariter evoluta, summa ante ramificatio- 

 nem maxima, sat viridia, ovata, acuta, grosse serrata, margine 

 et saepe apice revoluta. basi nunc inaequaliter attenuata aut 

 obtusa, 0,9 — 0,4 poU. longa, 0,0 — 0,3 poll. lata, utrinque 

 glabra, supra punctulis albidis, supra convexis, subtus bul- 

 lato-concavis notata; ramulorum in petiolo 0,07 poU. longo, 

 minora abortiva, aut in ramulis floriferis squamaeformia, mi- 

 nutissima, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, apice reflexa, O,lpoll. 

 longa; ramuli summi floriferi nutantes cernui aut imo pen- 

 duli tenuissimi, angulati , glaberrimi ; pedunculi solitarii aut 

 verticillatim 2— 4-ni patentes, supra medium articulati 1-, 

 rarius 2-iiori, pars eorum inferior tetragona, glabra, 0,6 — 1,0 

 poll. longa, apice 2-bracteolata; hracteolae minutae, foliis 

 summis abortivis conformes ; pars pedunculorum superior (pe- 

 dicellus) patens, curvatus adscendens aut pendulus teres, 

 glaberrimus, lucidus, rubens, versus apicem paullo incrassa- 

 tus; calyx gamophyllus brevis, 0,1 poll. longus, 5-partitus, 

 lucidus, rubcns ; laciniae ovatae, acutae, in praefloratione im- 

 bricativae, in anthesi erectae, tubo coroUae adpressae, dein 

 conniventes. germen fructumque arcte includentes; corolla 

 coccinea, tubulosa; tuhus ad basin pauUo attenuatus, vix 

 curvatus 0.9 poll. longus, 0,2 poU. crassus, intus flevescens; 

 limbus 5-lobus patens, 0,35 — 0,45 poll. diametro transversali ; 

 lohi bini superiores angustiores, altius connati, reliqui bini 

 laterales cum infimo majores et latiores oblongae, apice sub- 

 rotundae vix apiculatae ; stamina 4 didynama adscendentia ; 

 filamenta tubi basi inserta, ima basi descendenti - curvata, 

 dein sensim adscendentia^ lobis 2 superioribus substrata, fili- 

 formia flavescentia, inferiora pauUo majora 0,7 poll. longa, 

 apice paullo attenuata; antherae ovatae iutrorsae, sub apice 



