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In regno Mexicano, Cavan. Hegewiscli. (v. s. sp. in 

 Herb. Acad, Gott.) Rami laevisusculi, deuse foliati, iiifernc 

 glahri , snperne rufo - liirsutinscuH. Folia opposita, summa 

 sparsa, iutcrnodiis lougiora, paleiitia, crassluscula, brcvissi- 

 me petiolata, ovata vei ovato-oblonga, basi suhcordata, in 

 petiolum brevissime aiigustata, obtiisa , snraraa acutiiisciila, 

 plana, penuinervia, reticulato- venosa, veuis primariis patu- 

 lis marginem versus adscendeuti-iucurvis , supra obscure viri- 

 dia glaucedlne vaga suffusa, subtus pallide viridi - glauca, 

 circ. sesquipollicem longa, supra basin 8 — 14 lin. lata. 

 Glandula laminae margini inserta utriuque solitaria, a petiolo 

 1 — 2 lin. rcmota, persistcns, e stipite brevissimo snbtnrbi- 

 nala, disco orbiculari concavo. Pctioli 1 — 3 lin. long!, 

 crassi, exlus couvexi, vagina slipulari mcmbranacea brcvissi- 

 ma juncti, juniores pllis aliquot rufis adspersi, adulli glabri, 

 Stipulac basi adnatae, subulato-setacoae, potioliim acqiiau- 

 tos, persistentes. — Flores numerosi, in racemos densos col- 

 Iccti. Racemus priraarius tcrminalis rectus, sesquidigitalis ; 

 sccundarii aliquot ex axillis follorum sunimornm, ercctinsculi, 

 primario duplo triplove breviores , omnes breviter ei Yix di- 

 stincte pedunculati. Rhachides obtuso angulatac, rufo-liirsu- 

 tae, Pedicelli sparsi, divergentes, filiformes, rufo-hirsutin- 

 scuü, supra basin nodoso - articulati, infra articnlationcni 

 bracteolis dnabus minutis subulatis instruiti. Bracteac subu- 

 latae 1 — 2 lin, longae. Alabastra ovata, apicc purpurea. 

 Cal)'x glaber, viridis, segmentis lineari-oblongis, obtnsis, 

 iiitegerrirais, margine sul)meinbranaceis, lin. longis. Petala 

 palentissiiaa, aurea; unguibus caljcc paiilo brcvioribua, linca- 

 rlbus, canalicnlatis j saepc piirpurcis; laminis nngne triplo 

 longioribns, ovatis, obtnsis, basi in ungucni brevissime an- 

 gustatis, planis, margine deuticulatis: siipromum reliquis pa- 

 rnm latius et paulo longins unguicnlatnm. Staiuina erccla, 

 calycc vix triplo longiora, altcrua paulo brcviora. Filaiucnla 



