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applanatus, basi incrassatus, supra ad basin laminae acutan- 

 gulo-excavatus, circ. 2.5 — 5 cm. longus. Monochasia raeemosa, 

 axillaria, sessilia, densissima, valde multiflora, diu florentia, 

 glabra, rachide ad circ. 2 cm. longa. Bracteae vagae, dense 

 imbricatae, triangulae, acutae, carinatae, purpureae, mox exares- 

 ceotes, circ. 0.3 cm. longae. Flores pedicellati, circ. 1.1 — 1.35 cm. 

 diam., nitidi, atropurpurei, sepalis petalisque basi erectis sub- 

 campanulato-conniventibus, medio arcuato-revolutis, pseudo- 

 pedicello circ. 0.75 — 0.85 cm. maturo ad 1.1 cm. longo, parte 

 inforiore [rachide] 0.3 cm. longa, tenui, semitereti, intus appla- 

 nata, parte superiore [peclicello vero] tereti apicem versus 

 incrassata, sordide viridi. Sepala 2, angnste ovato-lanceolata, 

 acute mucronato-acumiuata, convexa, basi leviter concava, 

 dorso sordide virescentia, circ. 1.2 cna. longa, 0.35 cm. lata. 

 Petala ovato-lanceolata, mucronato-acuminata, convexa, basi 

 concava, costa media extus prominenti intus sulcata, circ. 

 1.2 cm. longa, 0.43 cm. lata. Stamina 4, erecta, atropurpurea, 

 fere 1 cm. longa, filamentis brevibus interne in tubum cylin- 

 dricum circ. 0.06 cm. longum ovarium includentem connatis, 

 filamentorum partibus liberis circ. 0.04 cm. longis, anthera 

 tota circ. 0.9 cm. longa, connectivo magno utrinque dilatato 

 carnoso lanceolato circ. 0.125 cm. lato, dorso plano, intus inter 

 loculos carinato, inde carnoso 3-alato, marginibus subrepandis, 

 apice in pugionem erectum circ. 0.63 cm. longum basi circ. 

 0.25 cm. longa a dorso compressa superne triquetrum acutum 

 saepe plusminus liexuosum, excurrente, tbecis circ. 0.25 cm. 

 lougis a connectivi carina separatis parallelis anguste linearibus 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus apice supra carinam in unam 

 appendicem subulatum introrsam antice sulcatam albam circ. 

 0.2 cm. longam excurrentibus, appendiculis conniventibus. 

 Granae pollinis ellipsoideae, trigonae, albae. Pistillum minimum, 

 bisulcatum, pallide viride, bicarpellatum circ. 0.16 cm. longum, 

 e basi subglobosa contractum, obtusum, uniloculare, ovulis circ. 

 4 — 5 e basi erectis oblique ovato-oblongis circ. 0.06 cm. longis, 

 stigmate sessili. Capsula pendula, compressa, ovato-oblonga, 

 acuminata, lateribus convexis, sulcis longitudinalibus levibus 



