Ekicaceae, 
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[wscc suhmiu'kulato-puheacenii deinde plus minusve glahmta. Bracteae 
caducae, siibspaihulaio ohlongae^ ohtusae^ valde concavac^ ciliolatae, c. 0.4 
cm. longae. Flores pclicellatl, pedlccllo tenui., sub ovaria ariiculalo^ c. 
0 3 — 0.55 cm. longo. Calgx cnpuliformisj in sicco saepe undulatiiSy 
breviter vel brevissimc ödentatus vel interdum subinteger., diliite viriclis^ 
dentibus breviter et late triangulis^ hand vel vix ciliolatis, ad c. 0.07 cm. 
Jongis., 0.175 cm. lalis. Corolla ovoideo-cglindrico-urceolata, apice con- 
tracla, 5loba, glabra, albida vel alba et plus minusve praesertim ad 
npicem roseo tincta vel rosea c 0.6 — 1 cm. longa., 0.4—0.55 cm. diam., 
lobis 7'ecurvis, plus minusve triangulo-semiorbicularibus, oblusis, convexis, 
c. 0.075 — 0.16 cm. longis, 0.13 — 0.225 cm. latis. Stamina 10,alterna- 
tim paido longiora et breviora, minora e. 0.4—0.575 cm., tnajot'a c 
0.45 — 0.6 cm. longa; filamentum curvatum, lineare, supra basin dilata- 
tiirn et extus convexum, dense superne parcius pilosum., inferne purpu- 
reum, superne ochraccum; anlhera dorsifixa, introrsa, sigmoidca, tota c. 
0.17- 0.275 cm. longa, parte mferiora ovali vel oblonga hasi oblusissima 
papillosa fusco fiava vel flava c. 0.075 — 0.13 cm. longa, dorso calcaribus 
2 brevibus erectis .divergentibus subulatis c. 0.025 — 0.04 cm. longis in- 
structa, thecis siilco separalis, impressione longitiidinali obliqna laterali 
instructis, tubulis longis, parallel is ^ erectis, incurvis, teretibus, ochraceis, 
c. 0.1— 0.2 cm. longis, poro obliquo margine plerumque subulis 2 munito 
hianiibus. Ovarium semiglobosum, glabriim, viride, c. 0.175—0.2 cm. 
longum, 0.225-0.3 cm. diam., ölocnlare, loculis costa longitudinali sub- 
bilocellatis ; stglus rectus, teres, apicem versus leviter atlenuatus et qiapil- 
losus, glaber, viresce^iH-cdbus vel roseo-Hu'-tus, c. 0.575 — 0.9 cm. longlis, 
stigmate parvo, ölobidato, dilute viridi. Discus pulvinifornii-cmnulai'is, 
subsemiglobosus, medio excavatus, exterius plus minusve lOlobulalus, 
glaber, pcülide viridi- flavus vel dilide ochraceus, c. 0.175 — 0.25 cm. diam. 
1). Vaceillium lauritblium Miq. F1. Ind. Bat. II, 1061. — V, 
Teysmanni Miq ! 1. c. 1062; Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 38 (pp.) ; 
Kds. Exkursionsfl. III, 14 (excl. ayn. pp.). ^ — ? V. floribundum 
Fl. Ind. Bat. II, 1060. — V. Zollingeri Miq. ! 1. c. 1061. — V. ellip- 
ticum Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 39 (pp.). — Thihaudia 
laurifolia Bl. Bijdr, 859. — Th. rosea JuxGii. ! in Nat. geneesk. 
Arch. II (1845), 35; Hassk. in Flora V (1847), 524; in Walp. 
Ann. I (1848-~’49), 475. — Agapetes rosea Jungii. ! in Nat. geneesk. 
Arcb, ]. c. — A. laurifolia Gr. Don, Gen. syst. III, 862 ; in Dc, 
