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Rami dicliotoiuo-ramosi, iiotlosi, terctcs, striali; ramuli 
suLtüItcr liirtelli. Folla alterna, petiolata, siibaequilatcra, 
obloiiga, aciimiiiata, basi iiiaequallter rotuiidata vel cordata, 
reticulato - yenosa, nervo medio venisque primarlis siibtus 
promiiieutlbus^ membraiiacea, siipra glabra, subtiis pallldiora 
in nervo et veiiis densc hirtella, epuiictulata, opaca, SYs — 
4Y^ polL longa, 18 — 19 liiicas lata. Petioli 1 — 2 liiieas 
loiigi, iindi, iiirtelli. Stipiilae in apice ramiilornm convolw- 
tae, siibiilatae, ciirvatae, liirtellae, 2Ya lineas longae. Ra- 
cemi opposilifolll, solitarii, pedniicnlati ; fructiferi lY-i — 2- 
pollicares, patentissirai ; pedniiculo 1 — 3 lineas longo, liir- 
tello ; rliacbi angiilata, pilis snbtilissimis pnnctiiliformibns 
obsita; racemi juveniles parvi, cylindracei, 2 — 2Ya lineas 
longi; bracteis dense per qnincnnces dispositis. Friictns 
louge pedlcellati patentissimi , elliptico - snbrotniuli , sulcato- 
tetraquetri, angnlis obtusis, sljlo brevissimo stigmatibus 4 
brevibus reenrvatis terminato coronati, filamentis 4 brevibiis, 
apice pariim incrassatis patentissimis sufFulti, siiblilissime 
foveolato-punetiilati, glabriuscnli , magnitindine grani majorls 
papaveris; pedicello liirtello, friictn dnplo longlore, sesqui- 
lineam longo, ad basin bractea iniiinta petiolata, apice sac- 
cato-galeata externe basin versus hirtella patentissirao - sub-^ 
reflexa instmeto. Pericarpiuin crassiuscnlum. Semen siibro- 
tnudo - elliptieum , tetraqnetrum , angiilis obtusis, acutinscu- 
liim, basi impresso - cmarginatiim, subtilissimc rcticulato- 
scrobiculatnm , laete fusenra. 
In aliis specimiiiibus folia 5 Ya- pol^^caria, racemi qna- 
dripollicares, 
3. Ottonia padifolia^ 
Ramis leviter striatulis, rainiilis , petiolis foliisqne nt'rFn- 
que glabris; bis inaeqnilateris , oblongis, aenminatis, hast 
iiiaeqiialibus vel acqualibus, leviter cordatis, membraiiaces, 
