KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 34. \:o 7. 19 



5,5 — 7, ö( — 10) cm. longa, (1,75 — )2,r> — 4( — 5) cm. lata, basi cordata, sinn lato, apertissimo, 

 haud profundo, apice acuminata, raro acuta, supra + obscure viridia el pilis sal bn 

 bus, + adpressis, sal crebris v. sparsis pubescentia, subtus multo pallidiora el pilis 

 erebrioribus, patentibus v. patentissimis subtomentosa v. pubescentia; nervis primario e1 

 secundariis subtus nonnihil emersis, saepe paullulum purpurascentibus. Inflorescentise 



extraaxillares, alternae, pauciflorae, corymbiformes; ped :ulus brevis, 1 •"> cm. longus; 



pedicelli pedunculo breviores, quoad longitudinem valde variabiles, vulgo 0,5 — 1,5 cm, 

 longi, leque ac pedunculus dense breviterque tomentosi, bracteis bracteolisque filiformibus, 

 quoad longitudinem \ .-i l<lc variabilibus, usque ad 5 mm. Iongis, caducis. Flores in 

 genere magni; alabastra adulta usque ad 2 cm. longa, acuta. Calycis lobi faucem (seu 

 basin loborum corollae) attingentes v. vulgo nonnihil breviores, e basi usque ad 1,5 min. 

 lata sensira angustati, 5 — 6 min. longi, acuti, extus (dorso) et marginibus pilis sal Iongis, 

 mollibus, patentissimis v. patentibus tomentosi, intus pilis brevibus puberuli v. basin 

 versus subglabri; glandulse calycinae ovoideo-fusiformes v. ovoideo-ellipsoideae, sal minutge, 

 singulae v. terna 1 . Corollae tubus in genere longus, campanulatus, extus luteo-viridis v. 

 dilute viridis, tomentosus, intus prassertim superne leviter pubescens, albus v. albo-viridis ; 

 lobi carnosuli, erecto-patentes, e basi circiter G mm. lata sensim angustati v. paullulum 

 acuminati, i|>so apice obtusiusculi, usque ad 20 mm. longi, marginibus revolutis, apice 

 leviter spiraliter torto, extus (dorso) pubescenti-tomentosi, intus glabri, leviter verruculosi, 

 viridi-lutei v. prsesertim basin versus + in dilute sanguineum abeuntes. Coronse squamae 

 carnosulse, albaa v. inferne luteolas, ima basi tubo corollse et tubo stamineo adnatae, late 

 ovali-rectangulares, circiter 3 mm. longse, 2,25 — 2,5 mm. lato3, apice rotundatae e1 non- 

 nihil recurvatae, marginibus paullulum revolutae, intus parte dimidia inferiore caruncula 

 mediana haud multum prominente et ima basi carunculis minutis binis ornatae. Stamina 

 vix 2,;. mm. longa, filamentis subnullis, membranis apicalibus antherarum late subtrian- 

 gularibus, circiter 1,5 mm. Iongis, l,i mm. latis, basi cordatis v. sagittato-cordatis, apice 

 acuminatis, dorso carina alba, lata, obtusa, in acumen excurrente munitis. Retinaculum 

 sublineare v. apicem versus paullulum dilatatum, 0,9 — 0,95 mm. longum, 0,12— 0,u mm. 

 latuin, apice obtusum v. rotundatum, superne utroque latere appendice membranacea, 

 semiorbiculari, circiter 0,5 mm. longa, 0,2 mm. lata ornatum. Caudiculse 0,4 — 0,45 111111. 

 longa', infra medium dente circiter 0,36 longo, apice obtuso longe libero, ceterum ope 

 membramc ferrugineo-subhyalinae cum parte inferiore retinaculi conjuncto munitse. Pollinia 

 oblonga, utroque apice obtusa. 0,6 — 0,7 mm. longa, circiter 0,24 mm. crassa. Rostrum 

 styli vinosum v. atrosanguineum, circiter 10 mm. longum, e basi tenui, circiter 0,75 mm. 

 crassa sensim paullulum incrassatum, usque ad 1,25 mm. crassum, apice + profunde bilo- 

 bum, ramis subteretibus, subulatis, parallelis v. leviter divergentibus. Folliculi ovoideo- 

 fusiformes, usque ad 8 cm. longi, acuminati, lseves, tomentosi. Semina numerosissima, 

 umbrino-castanea, tenuia, ovata, circiter 6 mm. longa, 3 — 3,5 mm. lata, et dorso et ventre 

 verruculosa, conspicue marginata, margine sat angusto tenuique, prsesertim basin seminis 

 versus crebre crenato-dentato ; coma candida, 3 — 3,5 mm. longa. 



K. Sv. Vet. Akad. Hamll. Band 34. N:o 7. 



