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glandulosus aut parce v. densiuscule glanduloso-hirtus ; rami, ubi adsunt, gracilea 

 patuli. 



Folia basilaria longissime petiolata 3-20 cm. longa ; petioli basi in vaginam 

 lanceolatam membranaceam 3-7 mm. longam et pro ratione petioli brevissimam 

 convergentim nervosam dilatati, basi breviter canaliculati subteretes, 2—14 cm. longi, 

 0'5-l - 5 mm. crassitudine, subglabri v. pilosuli v. parce glanduloso-hirti ; lamina 

 ternata v. biternata, foliolis biternatorum subdistantibus ; petioluli primarii tenues 

 leviter sulcati, terminalis 2—45, saepius 5-15 mm. longus, laminae aequilongus v. ea 

 manifesto longior, laterales terminali aut aequilongi aut subduplo breviores ; foliola 

 textura firmiora, aut parte utraque glabra aut supra glabra infra puberula v. plus 

 minus glandulosa aut utrinque glanduloso-pubescentia infra pallidiora ; foliolum 

 terminale foliorum biternatorum brevissime petiolulatum v. subsessile, triangulare 

 cuneato-obovatum, (5—) 9—20 (—25) mm. longum, versus basim acutam v. obtusius- 

 culam insigniter cuneatum, latitudine ■ § — £ — \ longitudinis, apice vix ad tertiam partem 

 v. paullo ultra medium trilobum v. trifidum, lobo medio subquadrato v. lineari-ob- 

 longo apice crenis tribus obtusis v. rotundatis inciso, lateralibus breviter semi-ob- 

 ovatis v. lineari-ablongis integerrimis v. crenis binis inaequaliter incisis ; foliola 

 lateralia subsessilia v. piano sessilia asymmetrice obovata rarius subtrapezoidea 

 inaequaliter biloba v. rarius bisecta,lobo interno subobovato trifido v. saepissime 

 crenis term's subinaequalibus inciso, lobo externo bifido v. saepissime integerrimo 

 bicrcnatove ; foliola foliorum basilarium ternatorum subreniformia v. semiorbi- 

 cularia, basi truncata v. subcordata, ad duas partes v. fere ad basim palmatim tri- 

 partita partitiono media cuneato-obovata lateralibus oblique obovatis, omnibus 

 crenatis v. crcnato-lobatis. 



Folium caulinum infimum interdum foliis basilaribus conforme v. saepius ternatum 

 foliolis segmentisve lanceolatis v. oblanceolatis interdum longissime cuneatis, aut 

 integerrimis apice obtusis, aut incisis ; folia intermedia subsessilia, petiolo ad vagi- 

 nam reducto, trifoliolata, foliolis breviter petiolutatis, aut integerrimis atque oblanceo- 

 latis apico rotundatis obtusis acutisve, aut rarius basilaribus conformibus sed minori- 

 bus, aut parce incisis ; folia summa bracteiformia saepissime integra lanceolato- 

 linearia 3-14 mm. longa. 



Flores parvuli solitarii v. 2—5-10 in racemum paniculamve subcorymbosam 

 laxissimam dispositi, nutantes v. suberecti, caerulei v. violacei ; ramis laterales in- 

 florescentiae gracilibus infimo interdum 20 cm. longo. Pedunculi apice dense viscoso- 

 birti. Sepala elliptico-oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuto breviter acuminata, 

 basi in unguem brevem constricta, 14-27 mm. longa, latitudine f-f longitudinis, 

 glabra v. dorso vix puberula, petala 3-14 mm. superantia. Petalorum lamina obovato, 

 apice saepissime rotundata rarissime rotundato-subtruncata ; calcar subulatum 

 apice nectarifero capitatum, rectum v. manifesto incurvum neque tamen uncina- 

 tum quam lamina 2 mm. longius vel 1-16 mm. brevius, |-£ laminae longitudine. 

 Stamina numerosa inaequalia, limbo petalorum 2-6 mm. breviora, glabra ; filamenta 

 a basi modice dilatata in apicem filiformem angustata ; antberae oblongo-ellipsoideae 

 circa 1'5 mm. lon^ae muticae v. distincte apiculatae flavae. Parastemones lanceolati 

 6-7 mm. longi apice acuti, plus minus undulati, ovaria superantes. Pistilla 5-6 

 erecta, 7-10 mm. longa ; ovaria cylindrica dense birta ; styli filiformes, apice recti 

 V. ad ultimum recurvi, infra hirti, ovario subaequilongi. 



Folliculi 5-6, cylindrici, patuli, apice rotundato obliquo, stylo persistenti filifonni 

 4-6 mm. longo rostrati, nervoso-reticulati, 12-15 mm. longi, pilosuli v. glanduloso- 

 hirti. 



