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36. E. Mertcnsiana Wendl, Mspt, Foliis terms — quater- 



Knis liuearibus, subglabris, acutis; floribus terininali- 

 ^ bus, teruis, pedicellatls; corollis clavatis, rectis, gla- 

 ■I bris; sepalls ovatis, acumiuatis, piirpureo-virescenti- 



bus, pubenilis; bracteis a calyce subremotisj liueari- 

 bus, sessilibus, acutis, puberulis; pedicellis pubeni- 

 lis; antheris exsertis, brevi-aristatis; stigmatibus obtn- 

 sis; germiuibus octosulcatis, elliptieis, serieeis. 

 E, Mertensiaua Wendl. Mspt. in cujus Herb, spccimina ex 

 lortis aiiglicauis lecta adsuiit. 



Nomen in honorem cl. Hertens , horti regii Hcnenhusani 

 uspcctoris, 



Caulis erectus, subramosus, bipedalis. Rami ramnliquc 

 mbernll, rufescentcs, subbreves. Folia terna — quaterna, linea- 

 ia, stricta, subglabra, margine scabra, erecto - patentia, acu- 

 a^ supra plana, subtus convexa linea lougitudinali snlcata, 

 I — 4 lin. longa. Florcs terminales, crecti, pedicellati. Co- 

 olla clavata, reeta, glabra, sanguinea subtilisslme costata, 

 ) lln. longa, limbo brevi, obtuso, creuulato, erecto, conco- 

 ore. Sepala late ovata, acumiuata, pnrpurascente - Tiridia, 

 juberula, superue carinata, 2 lin. longa. Bracteae lineares, 

 lesslles, pubescentes, acutae, quarum duae superiores oppo- 

 iitae, a calyce minus remotae. Pedicelli puberuli, 2V2 — 5 

 In. longi. Antherae exsertae , aristatae, atro - piirpurea'e." 

 Ippendices filiformes breves, lilameutaque glabra. Styll gla- 

 )ri ad basin non incrassatl. Stigmata atro - purpurea heihi- 

 iphaerica. Germen octosulcalumj seiüceum, subpyriforme. 

 Prom. b. sp. (spec. in herb. Wendl. vidi.) 



B. antherae mttticae, 

 Foliis ternis, quaternisve. 

 Bracteis calyci approximatls. 

 Corollis glabris. 



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