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plicalus, cornpressus, anguIJs pllosis, antice (a rachlde 

 aversa parle) fissus, llssura circiter sesquilineari, ipse cir- 

 citcr noveni- linearis. Corolla curvula subinfundibuliformis 

 gencris, maxima, subbipollicaris imo duobus pollicibus 

 lalis long.or, extus glabra vel inferius rarifcr tenuiter pu- 

 berula, mlus inferiori tubo et fauce, ubi staminifer, villosa, 

 ex s.ccs rubra, coccinea? Slamina fertilla dno; antherae 

 lineares, filamenlis brevissimls medlo dorso affixae. Abor- 

 tiva anlica duo altius sIta, dlfficiles visu, nos effugere, 

 (confer. inira St. Pohliana). Stylus filiformis, (in alaba- 

 stro) polhcaris, stigmate peltalo obliquo. Fruclus-lineari 

 cylmdraceus, acute rostralus, 8 circiter lineas longus, sul- ' 

 catus, brnnneus, dispcrmus, sua sponte bipartibilis. 



4. Stachy-tarpiieta ^csnerioides N. caule herbaceo 

 erecto simplici tetragono, inferne - suberoso - alato. nilis 

 ereclo-palulis dense obsito, foliis ellipticis oblusis crenatis 

 integerrima basi productis (acuminatis cuneatisve) sessili- 

 bus, subtus lomenlosis, supra calvescentibus, snica termi- 

 nah slncla elongata tereti undique imbricala; bracleis li- 

 nean lanceolatis acuminatis cuspidatis pllosis ciliatis, in- 

 fenonbus calyce brevioribus, superioribus eodem longiori- 

 bus, calycibus ereclis adpressis („ec rachidi immersis) 

 i^ Brasilia misit Sellow. 



^ Speclmina: pedalis bipedalisve caulium supera pars, 

 spicam pede longiorem subtripednlemque extollens. Facies 

 cauhs crassloris plus duobus lineis latae, a lolils deorsum 

 decurrentes nonnunquam calvescere videnfur, alternae 

 dension hirsulie vel tomento donatae. Alac inferiorls 

 cauhs sioberosae insignes in superiori canles evnnescunt. 

 Internod,a subblpollicaria. Folia erecio - palula, firmia, 

 venosa,^ vems^ ulrinsecus subseplenis; rellculato-venosa, 

 levi er mlerdum rugosa, rete vasculoso supra impresso, 

 subtus prommulo; maxima cmn acumine baseos 5 p 9 1 



