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coiiaceis crassinervlis tenullci' leliciilalo - venosis, venls 

 pilrnariis utrinsccus 5 — 8 inlra marglncm anaslomosanli 

 biis, marglne tenultcr nervoso subreflexo, racemis slrictis 

 i'olla iilplurimum supcrantibus. 



Kami rugosi, Icnlicellis adspersl, foliis clelapsis ramu- 

 lis ornali axillaribus abbrevialis dense loliosis ulpliuiinuni 

 fcrtilibus. Ochrea, pars sallcni illlus inlrapetiolaris ligw 

 Jaclormis sacpius a ramulo, quem iovebat, perforala super- 

 sles. Ilamulus unguicularis pollicarlsvc oclirels dcnsc quasi 

 ramcnlacco-imbrioatus, foliis 3 — 6. Folia circiler quin- 

 quepolllcaria, lalitudinc bipollicari, pcllolo 9 liucas longo. 

 Racemus lermlnalis, scssilis, slrictus, simplex, raiius basi 

 vcsligiis ramuli aborlivi aucLus ; racbis, prolongalio ramuli, 

 quem basi crassIUe aequat, angulalus et profunde sulcalus. 

 Flores solilarii glomerulalique sparsi, subsessiles, hracleo 

 lis s. squamulls raraenlaceis pluribus foli pedicellos aequan- 

 übus vel superanlibus; minuli, sesquilincam circiler me- 

 lientes, quinquelidi, oclandri, Irigyni. Laciniae perianthii 

 ovalae, obtusae, concavae. Stamina lacinias aequantia vel 

 paulo superantia, filamentis basi laciniarum insertis, glan 

 (Ullis s. plicis carnosis interjaccntibus subconnalis, tere- 

 libus, a crassiori basi sursum allenuatis acuiis; anlhcrls 

 brevibus bilocularibus. Feminea inelusa; g^rmen liberum, 

 pyramidaluiu , gracile, stylos Ires gerens minulos slamini- 

 bus muito brcviores. Fruclus ovoideus (obsolelissime ob- 

 scure Irigonus), acutus, laciniis perianibii connivenlibus 

 apiculalus, axi scmlpolllcari, diametro quadrilineari; pedi- 

 cello insidens incrassato elongaloque pafculo tres lineas 

 longo. Perianthium carnoso-incrassaium achacnium con- 

 forme arcle includcns , illi adliaercns, illiusque summum 

 apiceni subliberum laciniis suis tegens. Acliaenium ovoi- 

 deum, acutum, obsolete obscurc Irigonum, laeve, pallidum; 

 scmi-sex-locularc; tcsla consislcntia plusquam cbarlacea 

 subtrivalvis ; dissepimenlis dimidiatis, basilari parle lalio- 



