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viridis ('t pilis valdc dispersis, (jiiani in reliqiia plaiita Inii- 

 gioribiis instriieta oeleriiiu laevis, siibtiis jilanra glabra 

 laevisqiio , cieljcnimis iKMvis (oniiibiis, ijitor quos in >i(ro- 

 quc laleic circ. 3 pauliiliiiu vnlidiores nniinadvcitiindir per- 

 enrsa, inarii,inc lonnis.sinio scirnlalo srahra, maxima 2 

 poll. longa, 8 — 10 lin. lata, siiporionim liaiid nmllo hrc- 

 vior scd aiij;iislior. Inilorrscc/ilia (oriiiinalis 2 — 5 poll. 

 longa e raniis solifariis goniinisvo lui'vibiüs scnindis coin- 

 ponitui", qiii lami inlViiio iiilrrnodiis rarliis snnt lirevioreSj 

 snperins aeqiinles vol iis longinrcs, iiimqnani 9 linoarnni 

 Jongitndinoin siiporaiites , plorumqiie hreviores, scd liaiid 

 ninltnni decrcsroiiles, di'planaii snbliiieart's Icvilcr flcxnosi, 

 slriati , spicnlis podicollalis secundis alteniis, c pediceJlo 

 linoa paiillo longioribns. Podicellns ci-ccüis jiixta bractPo- 

 Jattt nascitnr solitariam spiculamve abortivaui e plnribns 

 ghimis oonslantein, (qnae aliis in speciebiis evoliita spifii- 

 lani exhibet sossilom pertoffani nun pediceliata consocia- 

 tam), qnod rndiniendini pcdicelio snbaeqnale voi paullo lon- 

 gins ex nna ailorave angnstc lanceolata acnaiinala glnma, 

 exterioriqne abbreviata snbveniente eomponihir. Spicula 

 ex cllipsoidoo-arnniinata. Ghinia spalhaiea infora ovalis 

 acumiiiata toitiani spicnlao parleni vix siiporal, viridis, 

 iinincrvis, margine infrro paleiitim sparse ciliato, altera 

 spathacpa spicnlan» fero aeqnans la(o ovalis acniniiiata tenni- 

 ter trinervia, mcmbranarca, dorso »onvßxa , margine ciliafa, 

 minnte pnbernla. Flos iicnlor biglnniis, gjnina exterior 

 spathacea inlcriori siinillima, paulnlnni major et insignis 

 pnuctis diiobns orbicularibiis elevafis liitescentibtis, singnlo 

 jiixta nervnm medium ad dnas tertias altitndinis glnmae 

 partes sito, interior tertia parte brcvior, angiistior, acnta, 

 tota hyalina binervis. Flos fertilis bivalvis, pallidns, mi- 

 nor qnam glnma floris nentrius interior, dimidia linca pau- 



