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p. 95, cnpsiila uniloculari, rcccptaculo tereli, non pularet 

 divcrsam? 



1. Ranakia monnierioidcs N. Hcrba pusilla, pcrcnnis 

 in inundalis replans, glabra. Caulis annollnus dccumbens, 

 crassiuscule filiformis, teres vcl saltem oblusangulus, in- 

 Icrnodils semipoliicaribus, vix nolllcaribus, e quoqnc nodo 

 fasciculum radicularum liliformiurn pallidarum dcmllleiis 

 simplicissimumque adscendenlem exlollens ramum s. cau- 

 lem ad sumimim qualuor polHces altum. Folia scniiam. 

 plexicaulia nee connata, ex ovala vix subcordafa basi an- 

 gustala, obtusinscula, carnosula, subencrvia aveniaquc, 

 cximie pellucido-pnnclata, inlcrnodiis breviora, ad snmraum 

 5 llneas longa, 2 lata. Flores pseudo-verticillati, in ulra- 

 quc axilla faseiculati 2 — 4, pediccllis brcvissimis. Calyx 

 lineam circiter longus, quinqueparlitus; laciniis ut lolia 

 eximiepellucido-punclatls, aeqnilongis; cxterioribns Irlbns 

 ovato-lanceolatls, obtusiuscnlis, trinerviis; interioribus duo- 

 bus Janceolatis, carinatis, acntis; bibracteolatns, bracleolls 

 mlnimJs, lacinüs calycinis interioribus oppositis; persistens 

 nee in fructu anctus. Corolla ventricoso-tnbulosa, tubo 

 longitudine calycis, limbo parvo palulo qtiadrifido sub- 

 aequali, lobis rotnndatls paucicrenalis; glabra inlus et 

 exlus. Slamina quatuor didynama, in tertia circiter coroL 

 lae altilndinc nna serle inserla, filnmenlis subreclls, an- 

 theris sagitiatis obtusis, loculis clllpticis basi discrelis; 

 pollora faucem aequanlia, anlberis majoribus, scquiora vix 

 breviora anlberis minoribus. Germen globosum, disco hy- 

 pogyno conspicuo nullo coronaque nulla; Stylus sub an^ 

 Ibesi a crassiori basi attenuatus, rectus, stigmale terminall 

 eap.lellalo cmarginato, longitudine circiter staminum; sub 

 grossihcalione basi bulbosus, apice deorsum curvalus, 

 bulbo diutius persistente. Capsula calyce inimutalo paulo 

 brevior, lanceolato-elHpsoidea, acuta, tenuiter membrana- 

 cca, a seminibus proluberanlibus levitcr tessellata, caclerum 



