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lelis, epldermide pallida iiUldula, intcrnodiis 2 — 3-poHi- 

 carlbus. Folia elliptico-lanceolata, iiliinque acuta; pagina 

 supera in noslris speciminibus fere laevis, in bahiensi sca- 

 brida; infera in nostris in rete vasculoso tenuiler hirtella, 

 in illo nudiuscula, scabrida; nervo venisque primariis utrin- 

 secus circiter 11 leviter arcuaiis obllquis sublus prominu- 

 11s, venulls tenuiter reliculalis; ubi lamina in pelioluni 

 abit foveola mellillua oblonga juxta coslam utrinsecus la- 

 teralis, Costa ibidem nonnunquam tumescenle; rarius de- 

 sunt hae foveolae. Longitudo foliorum 5 — 6-pollicaris, 

 lalitudine 1| — 2i.polIicari , pcliolo circiter semipollicari. 

 Kamuli pseudo-verliclllali lerni opposilive, perlurbata lege 

 saepe alterni, basi dense foliosi in paniculam abeunt 

 ereclam, pedalem majoremque, divitem , ramo centrali 

 maxinie elongato, collaleralibus numerosis verlicillatis ter- 

 nis opposllis alternisque commilalo, inlimos folia sufful- 

 ciunt rameis similia,superlores foliola minora. llachis an- 

 gulata, striata, ut ramulus tenuiter hirtella vix scabrida. 

 Mores saepius alterni, sparsi, nutantes, subsecundi, pedi- 

 cellis brevissimis, bracteolis squamiforniibus aculis pedicello 

 breviorlbus. Calyx urceolalo-obconicus, meinbranaceus, ex- 

 iiis scabrido-hirtellus, subqulnquenervius, irregulariler ob- 

 luse dentatus, tres fere lincas longiis. Corolla hypocrale- 

 liformis, lubo cyllndrico octo fere lineas longo, limbo subi 

 regubiri, patente dlamclro subsemipolllcari , quinque-lldo, 

 lacinils obovato-rotundalls; tubus intus ab inserlione sta- 

 inlnuin sursum paululnm piiosulus, corolla caelcrum exlns 

 et intus cum genllalibus glabra. Slanilna quinque medium 

 occupantia tubum, inaequalia, quatuor didynam;», quinliim 

 inier inferiora intimum ; tilamcnta brevia; antberae lineares, 

 erectac, filamento longiores. Germen obovafum; Stylus 

 tra^siuscnlus, brevis, calyce brevior. sligm.ilf' apicali «Ic- 

 j)ic.ss«»-capIlellalo. Fruclus (e specimliio b.diipnsi): «Inipa 

 obovata, axi subsemipolllcari, diamelto 4-liiioari, calyce 



