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ramosus, tomentosus pilis crispis, irregulariter insertis; rami erecti, 

 subalati. Folia tenuia opposita, oiagna, rotundata, superiora ovata, 

 omnia basi attenuata, late auriculata amplexicaulia ; dentata vel 

 crenulata dentis obtusis + mucronatis. Limbus usque ad 5 cm. longus, 



3 x j-> lalns. Iiiiliiiiiriihiin foliorum irregularc, non densum nisi nervis 

 longitrorsum, pili longiores in medio limbo; bre\ issimi, îdest glandulis 

 sessilibus similes, ad margïiiein. Inllorescentia' densse, spiciformes 

 breviter conicse, post anthesin elongatae. Bracteol^e florales verticillatœ 

 sat, lal;r, loi i ïs superioribus similes nisi longius subulatae. Flores 



Fie. 33. — C. Stemodia pilcomayensis ; Ci, Stemodia orbiculata; C 5 , Stemodia 

 hyptoides ; Cs, Stemodia stricta : Fr., fruit encore surmonté du style. Voir en outre 

 fie. 1. Fh. 



bracteas paulo superantes. Calyx bibracteolatus, braeteolis sepalis 

 triplo augustioribus paulo brevioribus. Sepalis basi latiusculis dein 

 sensim augustatis. Corolla basi subglobosa, iu medio tubo leviter 

 constricta dein in labia lata expansa labiis iisdem Stemodix hyptoidis 

 similibus. Stamina antica posticis duplo longiora; postica paulo altius 

 inserta. Ovarium ovatum. Stylus rectus basi crassior usque ad médium 

 attenuatum, dein breviter in stigma spathulatum latum explanatum. 



