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Diactts carnosus deprcsso - placontiformis, lotum floris 

 ftindiira occiipans, ccntro tuiiiidulus, margine oxteiniato sinu« 

 bus 4 vel 5 angnlisfjne totidem obliisis liaiid profiindis tarnen 

 et post florcscentiam qnodaminodo difformibiis cxsectns, per- 

 sislciis fnicliunque sii(fiileiciis. 



Stamina 4 vel 6 pctalis opposita, iutorque ca et sinns 

 disci iascrta h} pogyna , praefloratione erecto-couniventia, 

 siib aiitliesl crecta pclalonira faciei intcrnae appressa, ca 

 siibacqnantia, decldna. Filamenla pptalis Va Ijrcviora, iu- 

 fcrne panimper incrassala et snbteretiaj siipcnie atteniiata et 

 in connectivtim mombranaceiim terminata. Antherae bilo- 

 ciliares, dorso pariira supra basiu inscrtae (lociilis eiira fila- 

 mento coiitiiiuis) ereotae, locidis oblongis, sursiira altemiatis, 

 dorso arctissime connexis, aiitice versus basin dislanlibus, 

 ima Hberis, ad Y2 ^^^' coiineclivo piano diremtis, sursiim 

 connectivo delifescente conniventibtis, aiitlierara ovatam cor- 

 datam apice leviter eraarginatam sistcntibus. Loculis riraa 

 lougitudiuali antice deliiscentibus, eorum niargines interni sibi 

 approxitnati connectiviiin oblcguut. Pollinis graniila citriua 

 globosa laevia i/go ^"^- '" A\sim. 



Ovarium cxigiiuin disco carnoso inulxum et juventiile 

 pro parte iinmersura, dein magis exsiirgons et post florescen- 

 tiain oninino libernm siiperura, ovato -snbglobosiim , siiperne 

 in stj/lutn brovissimiim , in excrescente ovario obsoleliim, at- 

 Icnuatnm. Stigma capitellalnm triincatiiin indivisiiin, qnando- 

 qjie siilco transverso subdivisura, niinsite papillosiim deci- 

 diiiiin. Ovarii locuU duo, dissepiraento crassinsciilo e mar- 

 ginibus foliorum carpellariiim introflcxis collateralibiis conua- 

 tis orto , scd iis ovarii cenlrum haud oinnino attingcntibus, 

 ideoquc nnoc nonduin contiguis septum haud plane coinple- 

 nm conslitueutibus , localis singulis paricle secnudiira ner- 

 vum nicdiiiin folii carpcllaris inlrollcxo (dissepimento spnrio) 



