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OBSERVATIONES BOTANICAE. 
exceptis nuculis , quae in nostra apice puberulae evadunt. — C. cordata 
Bnth. DC. 1. c. 1 diflert: foliis crenatis minoribus , verticillastris pau- 
cifloris secundis, calyce campanulato et corrolla multo majoribus ; — C. 
mexicana Bnth. 1. c. 2 difFert : habitu altiori , verticillastris laxis , infe- 
rioribus longe pedimculatis , corolla calyce triplo longiori, faucibus 
vix dilatatis; — C. pallida Lindl. DC. 1. c. 406.3: foliis obtusis snbtus 
pubescentibus , verticillastris in racemum interruptum dispositis. 
DiAGNOs. Herbacea humilis erecta suaveolens, foliis petiolatis e basi lata 
profunde cordata deltoideis , ovatis s. ovata-oblongis, subtus glandulos- 
is, acuminatis, crenato-dentatis , dentibus rotmidatis, verticillastris mul - 
tifloris, in racenum spicaeformem vix interruptum approximatis , ca- 
lyce tubuloso, limbo oblique lilacino. — Hahit. Japoniam. 
Descript. Perennis; cauUs 0.25 — 0.3 longus, simplex, vix apice 
ramosus, inferne tetragonus , superne 4-angularis, laete viridis , den- 
se minuteque puberulus. PetioU oppositi, 0.02 — 0.017 longi , paten- 
tes, semiteretes, superne canaliculati , pariter uti caulis minutissi- 
me puberuli. FoUa basi 0.018—0.05 lata, 0.025—0.065 longa, her- 
bacea flaccida, supra intense viridia glabra , in nervis exarata, 
subtus glaucescentia , glanduloso-punctulata , in nervis eorumque re- 
ticulatione prominulis minute puberula; fioralia valde diminuta, brac- 
teaeformia subsessilia , subrotunda acuminata, diametro transver- 
sali 0.003, superiora aut potius bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, longiter 
acuminatae, ciliolatae. Verticillastra 12 — multiflora, breviter peduncu- 
lata, pedunculis inferiorum vix 0.002 longis , dense bracteolata, race- 
mum spicaeformem, basi vix interruptum, 0.05 longum , 0.015 cras- 
sum formantia , suavissime redolentia. Bracteolae copiosae lineari-subu- 
latae adpressae, pallide virides, puberulae et ciliolatae, minutae, 0.002 — 
0.001 longae. Pedicelü breves erecti virides teretes, 0.001 longi. Ca- 
hjx tubulosus subcampanulatus , obsolete 10-nervosus, basi albidus 
angustatus, fauces versus viridis, minutissime puberulus , 0.003 longus , 
nitidulus; limbus erectus lilacinus , subobliquus , inaequaliter 5-fidus; 
laciniae omnes e basi lata acuminatae, inferiores minores, erectae, mi- 
