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petiolns communis e semitereti compressiis, ^npra plus minus 

 canalicnlatus , infima basi incrassatus , pube brevissima tectus, 

 2 — 3"longiis, infia jiiga circ. 6'"; pinuae 4 — 5-jngae, op- 

 positae, c, petiolo commimi articnlatae , circ. pollicem lon- 

 gae, brevissime pubesceutes, apice in setnlani acutam elon- 

 gatae; foliola parva, 9 — 14i-juga, opposita, sessilia, in 

 articnlatione glandnlosa^ ovato-oblonga, apIce plus minus 

 acuta, basi rotnndata, inaequilatcra, subtus et imprimis mar- 

 gine pilis singulis albidis adspersa, supra glabra sublaevia, 

 subtus nervo medio prominente rugosa glandulis nigris no- 

 tata, utrinque laete viridia, circ. 2'" longa, et 1'" lata. 

 Racerai simplices terminales: rhacliis subangulosa, hinc ihde 

 nigro-glandulosa, pnbescens; pcdicelli basi bracteati, bra- 

 ctea fugaci, sparsi, approximati, patenti-erecti vel adscen- 

 dentes, subteretes, puberuli, subsemipollicares, hinc inde 

 glandulosi. Calyx in pedicelli apicc distiucte articulatns sub- 

 rnbicundo-fucatus (e sicco): tubus brevis basi acutus, stria- 

 tus; laciniae membranaceae, subaequiiongae ut tubus extus 

 nigro-glandulosae: 2 superioribus acqualibns linearibus acu- 

 tis plauis, 2 laleralibus similil)us parum latioribus, intimo 

 latiore oblongo complicato. Corolla calycem parum supcrans, 

 semipollicaris, (e sicco) rubicunda , pracflorationc carinali; 

 pctala patula : 2 infima obovato - oblonga, basi obliqua, in 

 stipitem attcnuata, apice rotnndata, cetcris longiora: 2 late- 

 ralia ovali - oblonga inaequilatcra j unguiculato - stipitata: 

 summum oblongum, basi vix attenuatum, coraplicatura, ceteris 

 minus, extus glandulis nigris dense obsitum. Stamina peta- 

 ' lis minora, filamcntis albide lacerato-fimbriatis, Ovarium 

 sericeo- pnbescens et pilis ramosis tectum, insuper hinc inde 

 glandulosum, circ. 12-ovHlatum, apice in stvluni attenuatum; 

 Stylus basi pilosus, compressus, erectus, deindc adscendens, 

 apice Uunido - ampliatns , ibique uncinato - iucnrvns ; Stigma 

 truncatnm perforatum, firabriis (primo) clausura deindc ciiia- j 



