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sc inaoqii.illbns, tcnnitcr mombranaccis, inacqullateralibus, 

 iutcgerrimis ; lloribus in cymas cor} rabosve axillares tcrmina- 

 Icsve dispositis; calyx carapaniilatus mfimbraaaccus S-iicrvius, 

 dontibus 4 brevibus, pcrsisteiis , liber, Corolla 4-petala. Sta- 

 jniua 8 disparia antheris uniporosis, 4 dentibus calycinis op- 

 posita majora calcare cloiigato cuneifornü snbbilobo, 4 mi- 

 nora calcare abbreviato glaudiilacforrai ; ovarlum circa stjlL 

 basia siraplici Serie setularum brevium iustructiim; Stylus 

 brcvis stigmate capitato. Capsula libera mcrabranacea, qua- 

 drilocularis loculicide - qnadrivalvis, axi cum epermophoris 

 domum libcro. Semina numerosa subelliptica echinata, Liio 

 tcrminali punctiformi. 



Rh» { Plagiopht/Umn n. gen.) grandifolia n. sp. — 

 Cncsta graude de Chiconquiaco, Sept. fruct. (Schiede). — Prac- 

 cedente major, foliis multotics majoribus, floribus triclioto- 

 me eorymbosis, deutibus calycis obtusis. Planta suffruticosa, 

 11/2 — 2-pedalis, ramis paucis nunc oppositis, caule hinc 

 tricliotome diviso nunc allcro minus evolulo subalternis, ju- 

 nioribus tctragonis, angulis prominulis, subglabris, inflorrs- 

 ceutiac vero pilis parvis apice glaudulifcris adspcrsis. Folia 

 brcvissimc pctiolata, sibi opposlta valde inaequalia, altero 

 maximo interdum seraipedali l^/^ p. lato, inacquilatera, ob- 

 longe -lanccolata utrinquc acute acuminata, 3-iiervia (super- 

 vcniente nervo marginali in latere latiore, hinc igitur 4-ncr- 

 Tia), venis obliquis (augulo acuto dccedentibus) et nonnisi 

 ramulis terminalibus ncrvura proximum attingenlibus, margi- 

 ne ciliato, snperficic viridi pilis parvis adpressis adspersa, 

 pagina aversa pallidiore glaucescente, solis in nervis venisquo 

 paucos pilos adpressos minutosque gereute. Corymbus termi- 

 nalis plurics di-ct trichotomc ramosus, fastigiatus, fruitifor 

 apliyllus et ebractcalus. Calyx sab anlhcsi tctragono-campa^ 

 nulatus, sub llmbo, in 4, lobos brovcs obtusos ciliolalos parti- 

 tn, paululum coustrictus, dein capsulam iucludeus 4 lin. allus 



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