lam valvls intcgiis bivnlvcm non siiporanlc, lacinlls oIjIu 

 siusculis, cxlcriorihus ovato-Ianccolatis. 



Radix subligncsccnS;, snbslmplcx, dcsccndcns, lonj^i- 

 luSlnc fcrc caulium, crassilic majori, cacspitcm rosacoisiu 

 vlx semipcdalcm cxpandcns caulium fililormlum huml 

 Stratorum, infcrne saltcm ramosissiniorum, ramls saepissimc 

 alternis, rarius ex codem nodo opposlll.s. Caulium l'acies 

 a dorso follorum deorsum dccurrcntium convcxac, altcrnae 

 profunde sulcatac scu cnnallculatac. Inicrnodia sesqui — - 

 trillnearla. Folia internodlum majus acquantia, brevius 

 supcrantia, ovala et ex ovalo lanccolata, brevitcr peliolu- 

 lala, uninervIa; crenis seu serraturis oblusis profundlorlbus 

 obsolelioribusve ulrinsccus 1 — 3 incisa. Pcdunculus vcl 

 folio brcvior, vcl illud subacquans, florem subbilinearcm 

 gcrens. Calyx sollto more quinqucparlllus, lacinlis i'olla- 

 ceis unincrvlls obtusiusculls, cxlcrlorlbus ovalo -lanceolalls, 

 Iiilcriorlbus llncarlbus, iructifer auclus laxus, iico capsulam 

 acqullongam arclc vcsllcns. Corolla calycem modo supc- 

 raus lobis limbi quinquefidl aequilongis pauIo Inacqui- 

 latls oblusis. Slamiiia qualuor didynama inclusa; filamenia 

 sclacca rccta, una seric inleriori lubo inserta, Gcrmen 

 ovoidcum, acutum; Stylus brcvis; sligma capilalum. Cap- 

 sula ovoidca acuta, axi iere Irillncari, tciiuiter mcmbrnna- 

 cca, bllocularis, bivalvis, septifrage dehiscens; valvis iutc- 

 gris, nee blfidis, marginibus paululum inflexis; disscps 

 nicnto ovato-lanceolato demum libero, in utraque lacic 

 placcnta conformi carnosa adnata opacalo, semina crc- 

 berrlma. 



Brasilia. Scllovi'. 



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