218 I. C. Scnavzn; 
corymbosi. 4flabastra oboviformia. Flores magni, fragrantes. Bra- 
cteolae liberae, diaphano-membranaceae, virentes, cucullato - conca- 
vae, muticae, dorso rotundato punctis resinosis conspersae, cito deci- 
duae. Calycis xabus obconicus, 10- costatus, basi hispidulus, reliquis 
partibus glaber, omnino velatus squamulis 9, imo margini externo 
loborum limbi adnatis, supra tubum reclinatis, superne multifido-plu- 
mosis, plumulis compactis et sursum reversis coma arrecta albo - seri- 
cea quasi indutis, contiguis, ad tubi basin pedunculi margine compre- 
hensis. Limbi lobi profunde palmatifissi in lobulos 7—9, prope basin 
divisos in lacinulas tenuissimas, imberbes, mollissimas, sordide albi- 
das, iterumque pinnatifidas, rhachin integram lineari-subulatam basi 
fuscescentem aequantes. Petala subscariosa, obovata, concava, mar- 
gine superiori inaequaliter fimbriato-laciniata, basi testaceo- brunnea 
(recentia forte rosacea), circumferentia flavescentia, lobis calycis haud 
multo breviora. Andronitis brevi spatio monadelpha, corolla longe 
brevior; staminodia ligulaeformia latiuscula, triangulari-acuminata, 
margine lacerato-fimbriata, conniventia, sinubus angustissimis fila- 
menfa exserentia subulato-filiformia, ipsis conspicue longiora, prae 
anthesi introflexa. | 4nthera magna globosa, bilocellata, circumcirca, 
excepta fronte, connectivo glandula terminato amplificato innata, lo- 
cellis poris dehiscentibus glandulae terminali subiectis, dein in rimu- 
lam transversam confluentibus. Ovarium vertice emergens, subsemi- 
superum, uniloculare. Qvula in placenta brevi gemina, apposita, ere- 
cta, anatropa. Stylus robustus, filiformi-subulatus, curvatus rectusve, 
imberbis, stigmate capitato terminatus. 
43. NWerticordia HFioéi XEmdl. 
V. corymbo simplici, tubo calycis turbinato inferne piloso - hispi- 
dulo, toto abscondito sub involucro reverso pentaphyllo comato, lobis 
multifidis, lobulis lineari-subulatis plumoso-pinnatifidis, petalis sub- 
