i? 6% . 0&. Nov. Dec. 343 
öro - patcntia 5 bafi vaginantia:. vagina concava 5 
albida, margine teneriorc membranaceo^ omnia 
radicalia. Flores diclini, in vaginis foliorum ex- 
tcriortrm axillares, aggregati} MASCULT pe- 
dunculati. Pedunculus C lcapus fubulatus, teres^ 
glaber, pollicaris, ere£his. Braäea ovata, ob- 
tufiufcula, amplexicäulis, tenera, membranacea, 
eivfta, parva, mcdio circiter pedunculi annexa. 
Squanidi 4, lincares, actttse^ rtierpbranacex , dia* 
phanse, ereftx , bafi * infima pedunculum ful* 
oicntes. CALYX. Perianthium quadripartitum: fo- 
Holis lanceolatis , obtufiufculis, coricaviufculis , 
carinatis: carina^bidh-n^argrne -utrinque mem- 
branaceo-diaphaho, apice fiibpubefcentibus, e- 
rectis, requalibus onarcelcens. COROLLA mono* 
petala, calyce paulo lojrigior , infundibuliformis, 
albo-purpurea ; Tabus cylindricus, calyce paulo 
brevior *, Limbus quadripartitus : laciniis- ovato- 
oblongis, acutiufculis, ereftis \ marcefpens. STA* 
MINA. Filamerita 4, omnium longiffima, albida, 
filiformi-lincaria, membranacea, erecta, perafta 
antheli dependentia, rcccptaculo inferta. Anthe* 
r<e cordatae, obtufe, comp^ffae, fulcö iongi- 
tudinali, margine utrinque dehifcentes, lutear. 
PISTILLI rudimentum bafi rotundatum, fupefne 
acutum, marcefcens. FEMINET flores Sjnit 
plerumque terni, feffiles, in una axilla cum pe- 
dunculo mafculi aggregat i . CALYX nullus . Squa~> 
?fhc z fingulum florern obvolven.tes, ereétre, di- 
aphanx> quarum una fiori fubjeäta, oblonga; 
ftitera tripartita, laciniis linearibus, acutis. CO- 
ROLL A monopetala, conica, fumme 'diaphapa, 
fquamis duplo longior: ore minutifllmo, obfole- 
re tridentato; perfiftens. STAMINA nulla* Pir, 
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