PLANTES DU BRÉSIL 
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Plàntæ sociatim nascentes. Radix repens, gracilis, sæpiiis èbasi 
emittens surculos. Caulis erectus, 3-i2 pol. longus, latiusculus, an- 
gulatus, striatus, glaber. Folia approximata, cum petiolo circiter 3-5 
pol. longa, 9-181. lata, lanceolata, acuta, dentata, inpetiolum decur- 
rentia, mollia, glabra, clemùm deflexa; nervo medio venisque late- 
ralibus parallelis proeminentibus : petiolus latiusculus, 6—15 1. 
longus, glaber. Stipulæ circiter 6-9 1. longæ , oblongo-lanceolatæ, 
acutæ, inciso-ciliatæ, basi subauriculatæ, in apice caulis imbri- 
catæ , glabræ. Pedunculus axillaris, solitarius, fil i for mis, supra 
medium 2-bracteatus, glaber, folio brevior aut quandoquè longior, 
persistens, demiim deflexus: bracteæ longiusculæ, lineares, acutis- 
simæ , glabræ. Flores pedunculo apice curvato cernui. Calyx 
5-partitus, glaber, sæpiiis rubescens; laciniis lanceoîato-linearibus, 
longe acuminatis, falcatis, obsoletè trinerviis, dimidiis petalis 
longioribus, plané solutis et infra basin inæqualiter productis. 
Petala 5 , hypogyna , glabra, violacea ; infimum basi saccato- 
calcaratum, superiùs Jatè lineare, canaliculatum, apice sublatiore 
rotundo-ovatum , cuspidatum; lateralia2, sublinearia, obtusissima, 
fa le a ta; superiora 2 lineari-obovata, obtusissima. Antheræ 5, hy- 
pogynæ, cum petalis alternantes, sessiles , ereclæ, conniventes, 
latè lineares, complanatæ, glabræ, albæ, supernè subcoalitæ, in 
piocessum membranaceum apice desinentes, anticæ, longitrorsùm 
déhiscentes : inferiores 2; connectivo basi appendiculato, appendice 
descendente brevi latiusculâ obtusâ in calcare reconditâ ; pro- 
cessu terminal! hinc primùm recurvo, apice subulato, ascendente: 
superiores 3, absque appendice; processu cordato-triangulari, 
fulvo, antherâ dimidio breviore. Stylus subulatus, incurvus, gla¬ 
ber, persistens. Stigma terminale, parvum, truncatum, subexcava- 
tum, summo stylo xix latius. Oyarium oblongum, triangulaire, 
circiter 9-spermum. Capsula vestita calycepersistente, ovato-oblonga, 
3-loba, glabra, i-loc., circiter 9-sperma. Semina ovato-globosa, utrin- 
que attenuata, bine linea longitudinal! eleyata (raphe). Integumentum 
