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46. S. anemoniflora spec. nov. 
Nom. vern. : Dharwa 
Herba crasso-carnosa , succosa, glaberrima, glaucescens, 
pumila, surculoso-caespitosa ; cailles ascendentes, ramosi, basi 
radicantes; rami articulati, clavati, obsolète 4-goni, aphylli, 
faciebus tumidis, albo-punctatis, angulis obtusis, aculeis pa- 
tulis brevibus, mollibus, remote echinatis; flores majusculi, 
figura eas Anemonae sylvestris referentes, apiee ramorum vel 
ad faciès latérales saepius geminati, cernui, pedunculo com- 
nuini (emendatius axi inflorescentiae cymosae) brevissimo, 
crasso, pedicellis elongatis, teretibus, carnosis, bracteâ setaceâ 
minimâ stipatis; calyx herbaceus, alte 5-fidus eglandulosus, 
corollâ 4 — 5-plo brevior, tubo brevissimo, lobis lineari-lanceo- 
latis acutis; corolla late campanulata, 5-partita, sinubus eden- 
tulis acutis, segmentis aestivatione valvatis, oblongo-lanceo- 
latis, pallide violaceis, venis lougitudinalibiis 10, prominulis, 
coloratis dorso-notatis, facie intima, praesertim secus margines, 
ad dimidiam partem inferiorem pilis longis, lamellatis, cuneatis, 
purpura scentibus onustâ; corona duplex : exterior basi corollae 
aftixa, brevissima, cupuliformis, margine integra; interioris 
. squamae tubo stamineo adnatae, radiantes, carnosulae, superne 
liberae, iofiexae, in dentem antherâ incumbentem eâque cir- 
citer aequilongum productae, dorso gibbosae et in calcarem 
brevem, obtusum, porrectum incrassatae; antherae stigmati 
incumbentes, connectivo membranaceo, breviter acuminato; 
pollinia ovata; folliculi ignoti. — 2;. 
Gaules vix digiti crassitie, 2 — 6 centimetr. long.; peduncul. 
3 — 4 mill.; pedicelli 2 1 / 2 — 3 cent.; calyx 5 — 6 mill.; coroll. 
lob. fere 3 cent.; gynosteg. 5 — 6 mill. long. 
Species insignis, e specimine unico, in spiritu servato de- 
scripta et depicta. Caules dicuntur edules. 
