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nequalesque, crcctl, laxl, paululum interdum ad nodos 

 flexuosi, inlernodiis polHcaribus sesqulpollicarlbusque , pi- 

 lis brevlssimis relvorsis inconspicue viscidulo - pubescen- 

 Ics. Folia pseudoopposllaj opposita; inferiora imperfecte 

 evoluta brcviora, latiora, oblusiora; medil caulis patula, 

 lanceolata, acuta, basi integerrima in peliolum brevissi- 

 mum allenuala, a terlio vel a medio sursum grosse pro- 

 funde serrala, serraturis utrinscens 5 — 9 acuminatis aculis, 

 acumine saepe retrorso; glabra sunt margine setis brevi- 

 bus antrorsis munita et scabra, nervo venis primariis 

 utrinsecus circiter 5 valde obliquls venuHsque reticulatis 

 subtus prominulis; ad duos poUices et ultra elonganlur, 

 pellolo sesqullinearl, latitudlne 10 lineavum; superiora 

 sensim decrescunt, angusllora aculioraque, magls scabra, 

 In nervo et venis setulis patulis munila. Inflorescentia: 

 racemi abbreviati pauci- (bi-) flori, axillares, opposili, Acri- 

 bus longe pndlcellafls sub anthesi creclls, fructu nutante. 

 Pedunculus biflorus, sesqui — bilinearis; pedicelli tri — 

 quinquelineares, bracteolae selaceae minutae, altera videtur 

 pedicellum floris prlmegini suffulcire, altera pauIo altius 

 pedicellum alterius floris, inflorescentiae racemosae testis. 

 Calyx aequalis, sub anthesi, öplicatus, tubulosus, tres fere 

 lineas longus, quinquenervis, quinque dentatus, dehtibus 

 late trlangularibus acutls, nervo excurrenie cuspidatis; ner- 

 vis cuspidibusque (sie ut etlam bracleae) setulis patulis 

 albis munitis cilialisque. Corolla cum genitalibus glabra, 

 calyce ter fere longior, tubo brevissimo, limbo infundlbu^ 

 liformi aniplo. Slamina didynarna, minula, lllamentis bre- 

 vibuS;, in tubo vel fauce corollae intra calycem latentia. 

 Stylus brevis cum stigmate capitato longitudine staminum. 

 Bacca cxsucca calyce persistente vestlta, lurbiuato-obcor- 

 data, rugoso -grosse reticulata et angulala. 



2. CassElia chamaedryfoUa N. Foliis ex ovato cllip* 

 ticis profunde serratis, serraturis clliplicls, cuneata basi 



