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utrinque quam internervia pallidiores, intermedius basin versus supra 

 utrinsecus Jinea atra nolatus, laterales utrinsecus ca. 6, quorum basales 

 3 utrinsecus una e petiolo oriunlur; paris infimi nervi 2 in lobos basales 

 recurvi, paris secundi transverse divaricati, ceteri angulo acuto erecto- 

 palentes, omnes apice procurvi, extrorsum semipinnato-ramosi commis- 

 surisque intramarginalibus numerosis sertis valde arcuatis inier se con- 

 juncli; flores speciosi, lilacini, axillares, solitarii, vel in cincinnis axilla- 

 ribus solitariis pauciîloris; pedunculus brevis, leres, viridis, nitidus, 

 muricatus, ramis similis, sed multo crassior; pedicellus prse anlhesin 

 erectus, in anlhesi horizontalis, brevis, herbaceo-viridis, nitidus, crassus, 

 carnosus, clavatus, sub calyce iterum conslrictus et inter sepala nectariis 

 5 minutis punclatus, succo copioso lacleo foetus, post anthesin cernuus, 

 verticalis, fructu maturescente valde incrassatus, obconicus, viridis, sicut 

 sepala pruina cerea abstergibili glaucus, opacus, succo lacteo destitulus, 

 saccharo parco subdulcis; sepala prse anthesin ovata, crassa, carnosa, 

 glabra, tuberculo dorsali basali tumida. dorso carinata herbaceo-viridia, 

 marginibus pallida membranacea pellucida, ad 3 A imbricata, exteriora 3 

 in aristam longam carnosam erecto-patentem elongata, interiora 2 mi- 

 nora, arista breviore ereclo-incurva terminata; corolla pree anthesin 

 extus pallide et sordide viridis, nitida, e tubo longo cylindrico fusiformis, 

 suturis 5 dextrorsum contortis lineata, sub vesperum sese subito plicis 

 5 explanatis aperiens. glabra, e tubo longo angusto sensim in limbum 

 infundibuliformem 5-lobum expansa, lobis mesopelalis; corollae fascise 

 5 mesopelalse subtiliter mullinerves nervisque bims crassioribus tumidis 

 ab areis commissuralibus distincte limita lae; sepala capsulae matures- 

 centis valde aucla, aristis incurvis nunc patulis nunc capsulam unguium 

 instar arcle amplexis; capsula malurescens pallide ochraceo-viridis, 

 acute globoso-ovoidea, suturis 4 longiludinalibus tnigrescentibus quadrata 

 et obscure sulcata, inier suturas mulice quadrangula, mucrone crasso 

 longo recto apicata, sseptis 2 accessoriis incompletis 2-locularis, 4-sperma; 

 semin a leevia, trigona, dorso convexa, laleribus plana, introrsum prope 

 basin grosse umbilicala; embryonis cotyledones plicaUe, in sectione 

 transversa figuram co-formem praebentes. 



Herb. Mon. spécimen Schrebeiïanum : Rami verrucosi; filamenta 

 longa, normalia, vix exserta; anlherse magnse, longse, introrsse, basi 

 cordatse; pollen ut in Ipomœis, globosus, undique spinosus et porosus; 

 discus humilis, cupularis, obscure 5-lobus; ovarium glabrum, 2-locu- 

 lare, 4-ovulatum; Stylus integer, paulo exsertus; stigma magnum, 

 biglobulare; semina (specim. alius) atra, opaca. 



