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dio brcviora (1 — 2 lin. long^a, 1/3 — 'Ya ''"• ^^^^)' Flores 

 fero onincs vere axillares , oppositi v. sparsi , uunquam non 

 solltarii, bracteolis 2 iutraaxillarlbns laterallbus folio sinii- 

 libiig sed plcrumqiic minoribns stipati , rubolii, dimidio circ. 

 minores quam Passerinae filiformis^ extus ubique glaberrimi, 

 intus ad fancem tantura pube brevi alba squamas fere occul- 

 tante parce barbati, tubo snpra germen constricto (nee sen- 

 sim in limbum expanso). 



Facies potins Passerinae filiformis v. cricoidis, scd 

 certe Lachnacac species, florum structura proximc affinis Li» 

 gracili^ qua magna sua affinitate cum L, diosmoide vin- 

 culnm sistit species genuinas s. typicas (capituHfloras) cum 

 desciscentibus (singulifloris) arctc connectens. 



•Lachnaeac sp. auct. , nobis vcl dubia est: 

 Id, conglomcrata , Linu. (Cfr. supra adnot. IL sub L. dios- 

 moide.) 



GNIDIA, L. — Endl. gen. n. 2100. 



Flores hermaphroditl. Calfjjc coloratus, iiifundihulifor- 

 mis V. tubulosus, tubo ovarium pliiries siiperante inferne de- 

 mum circnmscisso dcciduo, limbo 4-rarius 5-fido. Squamae 

 (nectaria v. petala auct.) 4 v. 5 petaloidoao, rarius subcar- 

 nosae, integrae v. trifidae, fauci v. limbo inscrtae hujusquc 

 lobis alternae, exserlae, basi sctulis nullis v. obsoletissimis 

 cinctae. Stamina 8 v. 10, dupllci serie fauci inscrta; an- 

 therae sessiles v. subsessiles, inferiores inclusac, snperiores 

 limbi lobis oppositae, plus minus c fauee exserlae aut rarius 

 dcficientcs (cfr. G. Harvci/ana et anomala.) Ovarium gla- 

 brum, ovoideum. Stylus lateralis , filiformis; Stigma capi- 

 tatura hispiduluui. Ni/a: cnlycis basi persistoule (ccla. 



