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quoclam liuic generi peculiari praeditum. Ra^ 

 wfoppofiti, fubpatuli, teretes, congeneribus 

 cradiores, virides, verrucis fubfufcis undique 

 adfperfi. Famuti ramis conformes ad nodos 

 annulati, c viridi vix purpurafcentes. Turio- 

 nes purpurafcentes notati maculis linearibus 

 fufco purpurafcentibus. 



l^b//'^ oppofita, petiolata; fubrotunda, acumina- 

 ta , integra feu fubintegra , nervofa , nervis 

 femiconcentricis , infra prominentibus fupra 

 exaratis; virentia, fubtus pubefcentia glauca, 

 petentia, plana, 4. pollic. long. & lat. ^uniO' 

 ra fubtus tomentofa. 



Petioli foliis quater breviores , hinc tcretes , inde 

 canaliculati , definentes in annulum amplexi- 

 caulem, more turionum macuiati. 



Cymae terminales, folitariae, pedunculatae, ere- 

 dae , absque involucro, tri- quinquepartitae, 

 pubefcentes, 3. poll. lat. 



Flores finguli pedicellati, erecfli, albi, 5. lin. lat. 



Corona germinis demum pofl: anthefin vix pur- 

 purafcens. 



Peduncuii terctes , e braB^eis minutis fubulatis ia- 

 xis caducis tuberculati, uti turiones & petioli 

 maculati. Pedicelli purpureo-pundati. 



Calyx. Involucrum nullum, cujus loco in non- 

 nullis cymis bra^ea diphylla, oppofita, fubu- 

 lata, pedunculo adnata, decurrens, reflcxa. 



Pericanthium proprium fuperum audum , qua- 

 dridentatum, eredlum, minutiffimum, perfifiens. 



Corolla. Petala quatuor, epigyna, lineari-lan- 

 ceolata , acuta , patentia , mox reflexa, feffi- 

 lia, infra coronam gcrminis inferta. 



