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sus, adultus glaber, c. 0.8 — 1.4 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae 

 axillares et laterales, subsessiles, abbreviato-racemosae, fasci- 

 culiformes, c. 3— 6-florae, basi squamis parvis densis imbricatis 

 late ovato-triangulis subfimbriato-ciliatis concavis donatae. 

 Bracteae parvae, orbiculari-ovatae, fimbriatulae, concavae. 

 Flores pedicellati, magni, pulcherrimi, phoenicei, pedicello 

 tereti, subovario articulato, apicem versus incrassato, glabro 

 c. 2.25 — 2.5 cm. longo, supra basin bracteolis 2 approximatis 

 ovato-triangulis plus minusve subulato-acuminatis concavis 

 carinatis fimbriatulis c. 0.2 cm. longis instructo. Calyx brevis, 

 cupuliformis, brevissime repando 5-lobulus, lobulis interdum 

 minute apiculatis, irregulariter marginatis, glaber, c. 0.27 cm. 

 altus, 1 cm. diam. Corolla magna, late infundibuliformi-campa- 

 nulata, fere ad medium 5-fida, obtuse quinquangulata, basi 

 contracta, utrinque glabra, tenuiuscule carnosa, c. 2.9—3.1 cm. 

 longa, laciniis late ovali-ovatis, obtusis vel obtusiusculis, apice 

 recurvis, c. 1.3 — 1.5 cm. longis et fere aequilatis. Stamina 10, 

 dimorpha, ecalcarata. Stamina majora c. 1.1 — 1.2 cm. longa; 

 filamentum late lineare, sigmoideum, interne dilatatum, intus 

 concavum et glabrum, parte superiore villosulum, c. 0.5 cm. 

 longum, 0.275 cm. latum ; anthera magna, c. 0.2 cm. supra 

 basin dorsifixa, leviter sigmoidea, Y-formis, interne angustata 

 et parte libera incurva retusaque, glabra, sulcis 2 parallelis, 

 superne in tubulos 2 divergentes oblongos acutos pachydermos 

 auriformes poro rimiformi magno lato longitudinali introrso 

 sinum paulum superante hiantes exeuns, connectivo dorso 

 angulato-convexo, superne bifido, glabro, interne margine piloso, 

 tubulis breviore, utrinque in dentum minutum execute, tota 

 c. 0.775 cm. longa, ad apicem tubulorum 0.35 cm. lata, tubulis 

 0.3 cm. longis. Stamina minora c. 0.93 cm. longa; filamentum 

 late lineare, leviter undatum, interne glabrum, ceterum pubes- 

 cens, c. 0.5 cm. longum, 0.13 cm. latum; anthera curvata, c. 

 0.17 cm. supra basin dorsifixa, ambitu lanceolata, basi libera 

 incurva et breviter acuminata, apice acute bidentata, glabra, 

 thecis antice sulco separatis, sulco longitudinali instructis, poris 

 magnis, rimiformibus, obliquis, longitudinalibus, antice ad basin 



