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PLANTVE JAVANICtE RARI0RES. 583

pollices longum 2^ — 3 pollices latum, membranaceum, viricle, subtus palliclius, in cujus ala rudimentum minutum gemma) foliacese: alterum nanum stipuliforme sessile reniforme latius qiiam longum integerrimum, e cujus ala pedunculus folio majore brevior, nano ipso multoties lon- gior. Racemus subbifidns, ramis 3 — -5-floris, bracteis subulatis. Calyx 5-pariitus : lacinice lanceolatse acumi- natse herbacese pilosae pilis crebris articulatis acutis patulis, longitudine sequales, duae laterales superiorum pauliim an- gustiores, trinervise, sestivatione valvata alabastro ovato acuminata, acuminum apicibus distinctis. Corolla mono- petala bilabiata, calyce pariim longior, glabra ; tubo veil- cioc tricoso calyce breviore ; fame aperta inferne barbata ; labia superior e semi bin* do piano, lobis obtusis ; infer lore pro- fundi trifido, lobis obtusiusculis integerrimis, medio paulo longiore. Stamina antherifera quatuor didynama exserta limbo tamen breviora. Filamenta subulata conniventia glabra, duo inferiora longiora. Anthera conformes per paria approximate et leviter cohocrentes, imberbes, reni- formes, loculis divaricatis apice confluentibus medio antice longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pollen subglobosum. Ru- dimentum staminis quinti brevissiraum absque antherae simulacro. Ovarium liberum sessile ovatuni glaberrimum disco annulari angustissimo imberbi basi cinctum, iirii- loculare, placentis duabus parietalibus bificlis lobis divari- catissimis planis utrinque ovuliferis. Stylus eylindraceus glaber longitudine circiter staminum. Stigma obtusum papillosum obsolete bilobum stylo parum crassius. Cap- sula ovata cuspidata membranacea calyce persistenti brevior unilocularis bivalvis, cuspide bipartibili ; valvulae medio placentiferae ; placenta singula utrinque dilatata in laminam rectam marginibus utrinque seminiferis. Semina numero- sissima minuta obovata sessilia, saepe angulata mutua pres- sione, castanea : testa membranacea tenax : membrana interna tenuissima albumini parco v. parcissimo adhaerens. Embryo rectus aqueo-palliclus subovatus, cotyledonibus brevissimis.

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