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Caconapea grntlololdes. N. 



Palustris vidclur esse herba sesqul- et tripedalls, gla- 



bra vel pracscrllin in carina marginlbusque seniiamplcxi- 



caulibus foliorum inconspicue pilosula. Caulis inferne sub- 



sJmplex, denudalus, crassitie calami scriptorii, obsolete 



telragonus, purpurascens, lacvls, minus conspicuc quam 



lülia glanduloso-punclulatus, fislulosus, crcbre nodosus, in- 



■ lernodils 3 lin. — pollicem longis, ad duos polllccs rarlus 



elongalis. Folia deciissala, patentia, saepe complicata et 



Icviter recurva, semiainplexicaulia, llnearia s. linearl-Ian- 



j. ceolala, angnstata, acuta, internodiis longiora, subblpolli- 



caria, duas clrciter lineas lata, ci'cbre glandnloso-pellucldo- 



I punctulata, punctis utrinque conspicuis; marglne scabra; 



Costa marginibusquc leviter vufescenlibus; nervo utrinsccus 



fiaccessorio venisque paucis lenuibus su])immersls. Supera 



caulis pars follis suis ornata, ramique foliosi inflorcscentiis 



e quovis nodo evolulis decorantur; divlliores et depaupe- 



ralae in aliis speciminibus occurrunt cymae axillares, mul- 



tiflorae et subtridorae. Pedicelli calyce ter quaterque bre- 



'viores. Bracteae setaceae, una in utroque calycis lafcre, 



dimidiae circltcr longitudlnis ejusdcm. Calyx tres lineas 



longus vel paulo longlor, quinqiicpartllus, irrcgularls, la- 



cinla dorsali lallori et longiori subquinquenervla, laterallbus 



jangustloribus unlncrviis, anteriorlbus subirincrviis, Omnibus 



I lanceolatis acuminatis aculisslmls, marginlbus membranaceo- 



ipellücidls scabrido-cillolatls, persistens. Corolla decldua, 



calycom paulo superans, tubuloso-bllabiata, ringens, llmbo 



quadrifido, lobis obtusls; labli superiorls latiorl, pauliilum 



jbreviori, emarginalo; exlus est glabra ; intus ab insertione 



slaminum deorsum dense vlllosa, vlllis sursum sparslni od 



llnibum usquc cxcurreutibus; villis pluribus apice clavalls. 



jStamina didynama inclusa, medio tubo inserta, majora 



jsinus llmbi attingenlia; filamenia fillformia; anlhcrae sub- 



irolundac, basi emarglnatac, dorso aflixae. bilocularcs, locu 



