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sunt, pcdiiuciilo loreli liliformi plorumquc 3-floro foliuin circ. 

 dimidimii ;ipqiian(o; coiujinsiti sacju' ruiu raiiio ex eadeiu axilla 

 oriiintiir foliimi p.liiries supcrantcs. Plciiiinfnjo basi tantiim 1 

 ramnni jicniut, qni racomus siinplrx ost ; prdiinculiis coiiiiini- 

 nis ramis siinillimus siihsomipcdalis. Bractoa ovata, . miuiita, 

 ucrvoso - slriala, plornmq(ie pubcscciis, uou raro iiupriniis 

 niarjjiiio piloso-hispida, vix liiipam longa, pcrsistons. Pedi- 

 cclli tcrctcs, liliformes, I usquc Z'" 1;;. Piaclrolac prrsisttMi- 

 tes, obloiigo-lauccolalae, aciimiaatap, uervoso-striatac, mi- 

 niilac, vix linca longloros, piiboscoiitps et hispldo-ciliatae. 

 Calyx: campaiuilalus, siibbilahiatns, liispido -pubcsccns, bra- 

 ctcolas panim siipcraiis ; labiiim suporins bi-, inferins tri- 

 partiliim lobis omuibus aciitis iiifiino parum prodiieto. Cotolla 

 calj'cpm siibtriplo siipöraiis. Ycxilliim erectnm, slipitatiiin, 

 obovatiiin , rubro -sdiatiini, oxtiis pubcsfons, reliqiia petnla 

 parum suporans; alae stipitatae , ercctae, obovatae, apice ro- 

 tnndathc. Carina stipitato-bipes, potalis angnstis fere angnlo 

 rccto anlicc ciirvatis, apire subroluiuli?. Stamiunni vagiua in 

 alabastro iuferne tantnm fissa, deiude utrinqiio rupta. Ova- 

 rium brcvissimc stipitaJum, angustissimo- lineare, albido hir- 

 sutum ; Stylus filiforniis, glaber. Legumen longe sfipitatura, 

 subfalcatum, 6 — O-articiiiatum, styli basi apiciilafnm , douse 

 pubesrens, siue stipitc 1"' Iü;.; stipes flliforniis , erectus, pa- 

 teiitim pilosus, basi filamcittis calvee et bracteolis i>ersistcn- 

 tibus circnmdatus , cire. 4'" lg.; arliiiili dorso rotundi il>i«juo 

 d«»hiBcciites, usque ad suturam superiorem pnrtiti, marginibus 

 sibi 5iicurahentes, vaivis membranaeeis utriuque rouvcxis, l''' 

 longi' <?t lt. Funiculus üiiCormis brcvis. Semen lenticulari- 

 compre^sum, subrolmidum, articulis parum minus; cotvlcdo- 

 iies subdliliiii'inc, e^tns eonvcxae, crassiusculac : radicnla in- 

 flexa. t<j<l'i 



Hbt. In Brasil, morid. ; Sellow leg. inter Campos et 

 Victoria. 



