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3 . O. Sellowiana Zuccar. 
O. acaulis, bulbis aggregatis, densissime fulvo - lanatis, foliis ter- 
natis uti reliquae plantae partes canescenti-hirtis, foliolis obcordatis 
subtus glanduloso-punctatis, lobis rotundatis angulo acuto, peduncu- 
lis unifloris folia superantibus sub flore bibracteatis, sepalis lanceola- 
tis, glanduloso-pictis, petalis rotundatis multoties brevioribus, sta- 
minibus glabris edentulis, longioribus stylos superantibus. 
Bulbus magnitudine nucis regiae vel pomi minoris, compositus 
e bulbillis ovatis acutiusculis nucem Avellanae aequantibus; squamae 
numerosissimae, imbricatae, externae lineares acuminatae, 3 — 5 -nerves, 
membrana inter nervös expansa tenuissima irregulariter rumpenda, 
margine lana densa, e filis tenerrimis fulvis facta munitae eaque to- 
tum bulbum obvolventes; internae lanceolatae, acuminatae, glabrae, 
carnosae , albidae. Folia e quovis bulbillo 11— 10, radicalia, petio- 
lata, ternata; petioli circiter 2— 3-pollicares, a basi ultra medium 
usque dilatati, compresso - canaliculati, subpellucidi, glabri, inde 
apicem versus teretes, hirti-, foliola sessilia, e basi cuneata obovato- 
obcordata lobis rotundatis angulo acuto, integerrima, 4 — 5 //y longa 
totidemque lata, subtus pilis adpressis rigidiusculis sericeo-hirta glan- 
dulisque minutis miniatis dense adspersa, supra glabra, vel basi et 
margine tantum hirta. Stipulae nullae (vel potius earum loco pe¬ 
tioli margo membranaceus). Pedunculi radicales uniflori, circiter 
3 - pollicares, erecti, basi glabri, sursum hirti, supra medium brac- 
teis duabus linearibus acutis oppositis hirtis muniti. Calycis foliola 
subinaequalia, lanceolata, acuta, apicem versus glandulis pluribus 
miniatis obsita, extus dense hirta, ciliata, intus glabra, persistentia. 
Corolla quam in O. Acetoselia triplo major, calycem multoties su- 
perans; petala e basi cuneata obovato-rotundata, tenera, integer¬ 
rima, marginem versus soepius glandulis minutis croceis punctata, 
latere exteriori pubescentia. Stamina monadelpha, alterna duplo 
breviora; ßlamenta tota glabra, breviora compressiuscula acuta, 
