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siibglobosls , bractels covollas subaequanllbus undique Im- 

 bricatis, calyclbus villosls. 



E Brusilia mcrldiunali Scllowlus niisit pliirlbus locls 

 lectam. 



Bipcdalis qiiinque pedr.lisque. Caules scu raml subradl- 

 cales basl crassille ad suinumm pennae coivluac, sursum at- 

 tenuali, ierclluscull, niida praeseiilm paile slriali et bisulcali, 

 inferne füllorum paribus ornall saepius trlbus, infinio quarlo 

 sub anthesi jaiii deficlenle. FoIIa Irlplinervia venosaque, 

 numero venarum varlablli, internodlls nunc longlora nunc 

 breviora ; inlerlora nilnora, laliora bvevloraque, exinuus 

 Iriplinervia; intermedia niaxlma; supcrlora angusllora; 

 specirainum claUoruni granditolloruni ad qnlnque polüces 

 usque elongata, scsquipollice laliora; spcciminum niino- 

 rum parvitoliüiuin stibblpollicarla. Scapitormis niaxlma 

 supera caulis pars foliolorum niagis braclelformium pari 

 uno alterove nunc ornala, nunc ad inflorescentlam us- 

 que nuda. Inflorcsccnlia in speciminibus macilcnlis 3- 

 5-spIcata, coulracla; in vcgelloribus elongata, internodlis 

 inferiorlbus clongalis, superiorlbus dccrescenlibus. ßracteae 

 angnste lanccolatae aculae patentes, vlx unquam senii- 

 poHicares, pedunculos sulTulcIunt pari vel paulo majori 

 longltudinis, nunc solltarios, nunc ranio exterlori tardius 

 evoluto comilalos. Rami infioroscentlae elongati, stricti, 

 raccniiferi, inlernodlo semper breviorcs, Capltulum sub 

 anlbi-sl globosuni, bracleis undlque Imbrlcalum ovato-lan- 

 ceolalis acuminatis aculls birtis corollas subaequanlibus, 

 niagnliudine semlnis Ciccris arieliiii vel majus; fructlferum 

 ovoidenni axi subseiulpoUIrari, Calyx parvus villoslssi- 

 ums, villis (In siccis griseis) longis crectls dimidiam co-. 

 rollam circiter acqnanlibus, facile in folia secedens duo 

 latcralia, carina seu dorso maxime vlllosa; fructifer fruclura 

 includens alque ves'Iens, subadbacrens. Corolla extus et 

 iulus pubesccns, vlx sesquillneam longa, tubo clavalo, 



