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sifloro, parum elongato (florigero c. 6, fructifero c. 12 cen- 
tim. longo) terminati* bracteæ ovatæ, pedicellum florigerum 
subæquantes eove parum breviores, demum reflexæ; pedi- 
celli fructiferi vix aucti, c. l 1 / 2 mm longi; petala 2 superiora 
(b) 8-9-partita, laciniis subæquilongis, interraedia latiore, 
reliquis sensim angustioribus , spathulatis , obtusissimis, 
basi valde attenuatis et papilloso-ciliatis; appendix ungvi- 
cularis subtrigono-obovatus, pallide cereo-hyalinus, margine 
papilloso-ciliatus, ad laminæ basin in marginem latam in- 
flexam sublobatam dense ciliatam dilatatus; petala lateralia (I) 
4-5-partita, inferum (m) subsimplex; tubus stamineus (i) 
leviter papillosus, apice circumcirca, imprimis latere supe- 
riore, in discum subcarnosum papillosum productus; sta- 
mina (i) 12—14, filamenla (n) e basi latiore subulata, papil- 
loso-asperula, antheras (n) ovales, obtuse apiculatas basi 
sagittatas subduplo superantia ; ovaria et capsula (o-p) fere ut in 
A. sesamoide, dorso basin versus papilloso-glandulosa, apice 
obtusissima, styli lateralis fere longitudine, semina (q) 
ovalia, leviter tuberculata. 
In ericetis prope urbem Santiago de Compostela, 18 Aug. 
c. fl. et fr.! 
Obs. Species hæc, obiter inspecta, multis rationibus cum A. 
Clusii convenit, quare ejusdem specimina nomine A. Clusii 
var. olim amicis communicavi. Sed ulterius observata et 
cum descriplione accuratissima Asterocarporum cel. J. Mul¬ 
leri (monogr. Resed. p. 218) comparata tantas præbet diffe- 
rentias, ul optime dislinctam eandem censeam. Differt enim 
trunco ramisque lignosis, fobis luteo- (nec cæsio-) viridibus, 
emarcidis anni præcedenlis persistentibus, racemis minus 
elongatis ramulos tertii v. quarti (nec secundi) ordinis ter- 
minantibus, pedicellis longioribus, fructiferis vix incrassatis, 
petalis 8-9-fidis, laciniis basi ciliatis magisque angustatis, 
appendice leviter colorato, ciliato (nec albo, glaberrimo), an- 
theris apice integris, apiculatis, basi sagittatis (nec utrinque 
