ber magnutn , craffumque , informe, anfrafhiofo - cavernofum, extus nigro
fufcum, fibras agens craffas, & teretes, velut totidem ramos, fetofis prsce-
dentium annorum foliorum petiolis coronatum, radicis iili eft loco, novos
quotannis repullulafcens caules. Folia tam radicis, quam eaulis, longiufeule
petiolata, ampla, palmata, profunde quinque - aut tripartita, lobis magnis,
löngis, fublanceolatis, a medio ad apieem la xe , nec minus profunde ineifo-
dentatis, dentibus acutis. Sunt ea folia fuperne faturate nigro - viridia,
fubtus aquofe albido - virefcentia; utrinque, magis tarnen fuperne, & per
eras, hirfuta, villis albidis, decunibentibus, per statein magna ex parte
evanefcentibus. Eorumdem petiolus , fupra canaliculate , fubtus ftriatus,
magisque, quam, vel folia ipfa> hirfutus, villis longiufculis, albis, deciduis!
Flores in fpica terminali, longa, fat denfata, elegantiflima, undique fparfi,
longius pedunculati, fimpliciffimi, ad angulum acutum ereclo r patentes. Pe-
dunculi teretes, primum albo - villo fi, demum decalvati; infimorum triumJ
quatuorve florum etiam bipollicares ex axilla folii majufeuli fubfeffilis lanceo-
la tiin ordin ate & profunde incifo - dentati; feliquorum ex ala braftes, an-
gufhffims, feffilis, lineari - lanceolate, albo - pilofe , pedunculo fubsqua-
lis. Calyx nullus; ejus tarnen loco brafteolas d u s , oppofite, anguftiffims,
lineari-fubulate, e re fts, corolls latera ftipantes. Corolla magna, elegan-
tiflime, & faturate azureo - csru le a, irregularis , pentapetala, fubnutans;
petalo fupremo reliqms paulo majore, ovato - lanceolate, -antrorfum concav
e , poftice in cornu five calcar longiufculum, tubulofumy inane, tereti-
attenuatuin, rugolum, apice ineurvum, & obtufum, oblique adfeendens,
protenfum. Lateralibus binis, binisque infimis oblongo - ovalibus, intror-
fi.m obtufe concavis;, his tarnen tantillu brevioribus, latioribus, obtufiori-
busqne, quam illis. Csterum pmnia haecce petala externe nonnihil rpgofula,
& exigua primum pube adfperfa font, intus laevigata magis, & velut nitentia.
Ne<3a-
Feftarium intra çoncavitatem corolls, füb petalo fupremo, eodem duplo
liumilius fitum; quatuor confiât foliolis, quorum bina luperiora, inferioribus
longiora, inter fe squalia, plana fubparallelogrammica, apice rotunda ta , &
integra, ad receptaculum normalia funt, medio longitudinaliter diluta fiifce-
dine infumata, margine toto exalbida; h sc baft ad angulum obtufum infracts,
in calcar atro - violaceum femiteretiufculum, canali interne excifum, e s tera
oblique reftum, fubulatum, atque apice ineurvum elongantur, obverfo-
quemutuo, & ad invicem connivente utriusque mellifluo canali, intra cal-
careatum petali fupremi cornu, occultata demerguntur, inftar unius calcaris,
vaginati ab eo , petali. Bina contra neftarii foliola inferiora, quæ labella
Linnoeus vocat, fat alis Phacæ auftralis fimilia, nempe ovata, plana, apice
bifida, faturate nigro - violacea, fuperne in centro difei, turn omnem per
marginem pilis longiufculis flavis, nitentibus barbata, infidentia fub angulo
fere refto ungui longo, piano, lenfim attenuate, albo, medio longitudinaliter
iufeefeente. Receptaculum hemifphsncum. Germina tria ovato - fubu-
lata, bafin vetfus connata; ftyli très, pars fcilicet iubulata germinum ; ftig-
mata fimplicia, in unum velut inflexa. Stamina, circum germina in orbem ,
plurima, receptaculo affixa, filamentis albis, planis, bafin verfus latiuCcu-
lis, inde fubulatis, deflexis, ac verfus petalum fuperius inclinatis. Anthers
fubcordafo - ovate, ex viridi tandem csrulefcentes. Capfuls très, oblongo
- fubovats, apice ex ftylo permanente fubulats ; bafin verfus interne
connats, univalves, a fumnio deorfum, introrfum dehifeentes, polyfperms.
Odor nullus.
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