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IoDg:o-oTata aeqoilatera aUennato-acominatissima, ima basi 

 supra petiolum in lamioam plus minus triangulärem pro- 

 tracta, membranacea, in sicco hand nitida, subtus pallida^ 

 e nervo mcdio tenuiter nervosa, nervis palulo- adscendentibns, 

 qnibnsdam fortiusculis per intervalla, tenuibus reliquis inter- 

 positis, glabra vel nascentia snb fortiore lente hie illic prae- 

 sertim in nervo medio rarissimis pilis tenerrimis iuspersa, 

 statim glabrata, infima 25 cent. longa ^ 12 lata, snprema 12 

 — 16 longa, 5 — 6 lata. Injiorescentia terminalis dichoto- 

 me ramosa, divaricata, ad nodos vaginis aphjllis linearibus 

 instructa, vaginis inferioribus majoribus quibusdam petioli 

 Tel laminae rudimento terminatis, snmmis acutis qnandoque 

 patulis* Aares glabri. Pedicelli gemini divaricati, nnus 

 (florens) rectiusculus 2 mm., alter apice incrassato curvatus 

 1 — l^/a cent. longus, uterqiie post florescentiam increscens. 

 Sepala pallide viridia glabra membranacea marginibus sub- 

 scariosa nervulosa linearia acutiuscula vol fere obtusa, 7 mm, 

 longa, IY2 circiter lata. Ovarium albo - pubescens pilis 

 appressis. Corolla 16 — 18 mm. longa (alba?), tubo fili- 

 formi siirsum parum incrassato 1 cent. longo , segmentis ex- 

 terioribus lanccolatis acutiuscnlis; interiora haec snperantia. 

 Stylus trigono-compressus marginibus duabus extenuatis fere 

 bialatus anlice canaliculatus, revolutns, stigmate trilobulato, 

 Capsula immatura viridis glabriuscula submembranacea, el- 

 liptico-ovata trigoua sepalis latitudine auctis coronata. Se- 

 men nnicum trigonnm, acutum, testa (immatura) subviola- 

 ceo-fusca, basi ad hilum latum arillo viridi plicato-rugoso 

 demum soluto appendiculata. Albumen subalbicans farino- 

 sum^ Iccticulis embrjonalibus uncinatis duobus, nno em~ 

 brj/onetn vermicularem unciuatum includeute, altero sterili 

 materie pulveracea fusca repleto. 



