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fieri solet m basi plantae sunt minora, quorum maxima 

 ad 4 el 5 polllces sese extendunt et latitudine 18 — 21- 

 lineari gaudent. Peliolus semipollicaris eadem pube ac 

 caulis teclus. Racemus in caule ramisque terminalis ple- 

 rumque solllarlus, in minoribus individuis pauciflorus, in 

 majorlbus multiflorus, florlbus ad 25 usque numeratis. 

 Pedicellus brevis, billnearis, fructiger patens, cum racbide 

 Uli caulis pubescens, pone basin bracteola minula instru- 

 ctus. Calyx 3 — 4 lin. longus urceolato-iubulosus 5-den- 

 tatus, denlibus in frucligero saltem connivenlibus acutis; 

 öplicatus s. penlaptero-pentagonus, alis s. plicis e sinu- 

 bus inter denies orienlibus. Corolla tubulosa bilabiata 

 azurea, lubus semipollicaris, cylindraceus, aequilatus^ lim- 

 bus valde inaequaüler bilabiatus, labio superiori 4-lineari 

 rotundato inlegerrimo porrecto^ lablo inferlori trilobo brevi 

 vix lineam superanle. Stamina qualuor subaequalia, a 

 medio tubo libera ejusque orificium vix attingentia, anthe- 

 ris per parla approximatis bilocularlbus dorso affixis. 

 Pistillum basi disco angusto glanduloso cinctum, longilu- 

 dine slamina haud aequans, stylo reclo, sligmate subcapi- 

 tato truncato. Capsula elliplica ulrinque paululum atte- 

 uuata, calyce brevior, bilinearis circiler, stylo superata, 

 membranacea, 1-locularis, bivalvis, valvula utraque sper- 

 mophora duo gerente longitudlnaliter in media decurrentia 

 lamelllformla sibi invicem anguloacutojuncla. Semina nume- 

 rosa, elliptica, ulrinque obtusa, fusca, nitidula, longiludi- 

 naliter leviter sulcata et transversim rugulosa. Planta 

 leviter inspecla primo intuitu Cupbeam refert v. c. spica- 

 tam similemve mox vero dlfferenliam manifeslat. — Plan- 

 tam leneram gracilem 'yXavxoo:xov dileclissimae in honorem 

 diximus uxoris e gente Klug pafrisque ejus celebcrrimi 

 enlomologi Fr. Klug Med. Dr., Prof. exlr., Musei zoologici 

 ^\r. secund., consil. med, int, Eq, etc. 



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