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hrnlis , ciilycis conimimls sqn.'iini.s l.ijiccolalis 

 glabris, it'ccj)lacuIo squamoso s. palcacco. 



Hab. in Brasilia: D. Freyrkis. — Ti. 



Jlcrba. Bddia: fihrosH: fibris niolliLus, jiiihc- 

 rrcnlibiis. l'\>fia omiiia radicalia, disLicha iil in 

 ]i idibns, liiicaii-cn.silorniia, aciila, se.ssilia, crccla, 

 jntegcrrima, ulrinqiie Jiir.siila, l.ilcribus conipres- 

 M.s, snrpe spilhanica, iiicdio (ros Jincas lalu, in- 

 tonsc viiidia. Scapi inLia iVilia \aginajilia cgic- 

 flientcs, crccli, incvidcntcr angulati, pauci, 3 

 1.4, infcrnc birsiiti, snrsum !qlaI)raLi, ina'<piab.'.s, 

 5i'"po pcdaics, l)asi v;iginali: vagma aiii^ida- 

 ta, hlisula, a{)ice bifidä, polliccm panlJo ion- 

 qiorf. C(tj)ilulnin \\\ apice scapi tcmiinab', soli- 

 larJum, seniiglobosiini, albidun] , subniLens, ma- 

 gni tudine pisi. Calyx commiinis c squamis laii- 

 <H'olatis, obtiisiiiscnlis, iiiibricatis, phiiibus, gla- 

 bris, albidis, sn])nitcnliJ)ti.s, liiicam fcrc longis 

 flimidiamqijc latis. B.eceptacuiuni floribus avcle 

 congeslis, iiiiTncrosis, ocido arinalo dislingiicndis, 

 Tiionoicis obsitiiin, pilosuni, squamosum s. pa- 

 leaceiim : sqiiainis obovatis 1. lanceolatis, obtusis," 

 intcgenimis, pclkicidis-, eadem naliirä ac squamae 

 calycis comninjiis, glabiis J. rarius teniiissime 

 piibcsceiitibr.s. FhresmascuH oX feiiiinei per omne 

 jTCcptacnbim niixti. Caly.T proprhcs siiperus, 

 tripbyllijs: fcJioIis lancioJalis obovatisvc, iuteger- 

 rimis, glabris, albidis. Corolla calyce brevior, 

 lid>idosa, trifida, gla bra : /rtr;//?//.) iiiinulis, bmcco- 

 lalis, obLusiusculis, connivenlibn.s. Stamniiiin fi- 

 iameiita Iria, b'mJio corolia" longiora, erccta , al- 

 ba; anthcrcu o vata?, biloculai es, fubca?, Sljius 

 Jrilkius; sti^j/iata tria, liiiearia, cxserla. 



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