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prostrala, radicans, crebre nodosa ramosaquc; nodis follo 

 riim dcfunclorum pctiolari parle diuliiis inslruclis lumidii 

 lis, inlcrnodlls scmi — scsquilinearlbus , rarlus ad Ircs 

 llncas clongatls. Apices ramlquc adsceiidcntes subpolllca 

 res dcnse follosi. Folia crccto-palula, inlcmodla supe- 

 ran[la, vix duas lincas longa, lanceolala, obtusiuscula, basi 

 angiislala; subpelit)lari parle dorso gibba, marglnibus dila- 

 talis per paria subconiiata, siilco a sinn dcorsum in ramum 

 dccnrrcnle. Pcduncnli iereles, firmi, ercclo-palull, sub- 

 scmipoUicarcs , allenil ramonim apices ornanl superantcpie. 

 Florcs pro ralione planlulae majiisculi, illis H, tcucUac 

 noslrac aeqniparandi. Calyx duas lineas longus, quinque 

 parlilus, ovoidcus, aculus, marginibus cxlcriorum lacinia- 

 rurn reficxis angulaUis et qnasi alalus, unibraclcalus, laci- 

 niae indolc et subslantia foliorum, laiiludine inaeqwalcs, 

 dorsalls lalior, Ires exlerlorcs ovalac aculac, inlerlorcs 

 coUalcrales duae ex angiislius ovala basi lanccolalac, scu 

 lalcribiis excisis longlns acuminalae, aculae; canim una 

 braclcola sclacca brcvi basi inslrucla, allera nuda; bra 

 ctcola inlerdum di^ficerc videtur. Corolla brcvilcr lubu 

 losa, limbo ampliori qulnqucfido, laciniis subaeqnibmgis 

 inacquilalis obtusis; inliis faucc et superiori lubo villosa. 

 Slaniina qiialuor didynania inchisa; fdamcnla sclacca rccia, 

 anihcrae didyniae, bicidls brevilcr clllpsoideis discreliF. 

 Ccrmcn cllipsoidcuin glabriun; discns hypogynus vel nul- 

 Ins, vei incüiKspicuus; slylus brcvis, sursiim incrassalus, 

 sligmale dilalalo-capllalo Icrnjinalus. Fructus malurus 

 desidcralur. 



Brasilia. Sellovv. 



4. Herpestes herniariokles N. Glabra; caulihus licr- 

 baccis lelragonis ramosissimis humifusis radicanlibus; foliis 

 ovalis grosse paucicrenatis oblusis, in pcliolum anguslalis, 

 peliolis connaiis, floribiis axillaribus sparsis brevilcr pe- 

 dunciilatJs: ( *Hce ebraclealo, Ihiclifero auclo laxo capsu- 



