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gis radiis medullaribus in (6) cuneos diviso, externe suberosus subere ri- 

 moso pro caulis diametro crasso (suberis duplex crassities ligni diametrum 

 sequat vel superat), gracilis, m ,003-0 ,n ,0035 diametro aequans in parte 

 inferiore crassissima ; pars caulis foliifera, viridis, herbacea, gracillima, 

 0"',001 vel paulo ultra crassa, superficie quasi irregulariter verrucoso- 

 rugosa, teres vel obscure angulata, glabra. 



Folia numerosa, in génère minima, petiolata, estipulata. Petiolus gra- 

 cillimus, a basi ad apicem attenuatus , ssepe post limbi lapsum aculeum 

 gracile recurvum quodammodo referens , flexuosus , glaber , explanato- 

 subcanaliculatus , n, ,005 longus, Limbus exacte ellipticus vel oblongo- 

 ellipticus , apice basique rotundatus obtusissimus quandoque mucro- 

 nulatus, margine integerrimo revolutus, trinervius costa média inferne 

 prominente nervis duobus lateralibus minimis parum perspicuis cœteris 

 evanidis , utraque pagina glaber inferiore pallidus sub lente tenuissime 

 punctulatus, m ,015-0 m ,002 longus m ,006-0' n ,008 latus (in uno speci- 

 mine herbarii Delessert ex herbario Lambert proveniente subduplo major). 



Flores parvi, axillares, solitarii, ebracteati, longe pedunculati, tota su- 

 perficie externa maculati maculis parvis irregularibus saîpissime inter 

 nervos seriatis atro-purpureis. 



Pedunculus filiformis. striatus, glaber, folio œquilongus vel paulo 

 longior. 



Ovarium in pedunculo rectum, gracile, elongatum, basi apiceque atte- 

 nuatum unde subfusiforme , 6-costatum , glabrum , plus minusve ar- 

 cuatum. 



Calyx ovario recta insidens collo basilari brevissimo angustoque, inferne 

 tumens in utriculum globoso-obconicum subdepressum a^quilaterum 

 m ,007 longum totidemque latum, e cujus vertice assurgit tubus basi an- 

 gustus sensim ampliatus recurvus ni v 012 circiter longus, apice abrupte 

 expansus in limbum m ,02 longum unilabiatum complicatum e basi lata 

 paululum angustatum incle apice spathulato-emarginatum ibique interne 

 gerentem papillas prominentes oblongas pubescentes. 



Columna stipitata, subobconica, superne ad tertiam usque longitudinis 

 partem fissa in 6 lobos rectos latos crassos obtusos externe insculptos de- 

 pressione triangulari marginata lineis stigmatosis strictis inferne inter sta- 

 minum apices confluentibus, hexandra antheris ovato-rectangulis basi tan- 

 tum contiguis inde distantibus, dithecis thecis contiguis. 



Fructus ovoideo-hexagonus costis mediis valvarum valde prominentibus, 

 transverse irregulariter rugosus, apice obtusus subumbonatus(si quid con- 

 jectare fas est de forma ex inspectione valvarum disjiinctarum), a basi 



