Pedunculi comprefli fulculo profundiori diuifi vtrinque ad apices obtufi, medio
anguftiori cum articulatione a foliis diitincti , breucs.
Scapi ad balm bulborum pronati folitarii, eredbiufculi bafi propria parum craft»
et quafi bulbo vaginati; vagina folitaria, fcariofa, albicanti, breues fili-
formes, teretiufculi, kues articulis duobus, interdum tribus, notati, vagi-
nisque breuibus ad articulationes oualibus, fcariofis, membranaceis, femi-
vaginati, vix pedem longiores, oblcure virides, intra flores ftexuoii,-an-
gulofi,
Racemus (implex fubfpicatus,
Flores numerofi >8 ad 30*® pediccllati-remoti, inferiores remotiores, fummi ma-
gis approximati (inferius polliccm vel magis diibantes, fuperiores-vix lon-
gitudine florum inuicem remoti, alterni.
Pedicefli cum genuine recuruato denticulo pedunculo communi adnati, teretes
glabri, parum colorati, bafi bracbeati, germine infero. vix longiores..
Bradbea folitaria bafi pedicello adnata, adpreffa, cerdata, acuta, meffibranacea,
alba, parua, przter has fpathz feu calyces nulk.
Corolla petala exteriora 4°r patentiffima, quorum inferius et fuperius linearia
acuta, apiceparumincuruata, concaua, difco later'alislatiora, ad apices
rotundata, concaua, magis colorata purpurea, omnia longitudinetEqualia,
fubcarnofa, ad apices purpurea; reliqua pars albicans.
Limbus interior feu nedbarii proftratus, ball tubulofus, inflatus, latere fu-
periori planus, dorfo feu latere inferiori conuexus, poftea contracHor. ad
medium lacinia erecla, bafi parum cum canicula adfcendens obuerfe cor-
data, plana ex finu, lobus ereclus, lanceolatus, planus vix inferiori kuior,
verfus bafin lobi fuperioris et finum in difco carinuk geminz, femi-.cordate,
approximate, lohgitudiilaliter decurrentes,' pfominuk, coloratz,
purpurez, vt reliqua pars difci. Continuatio limbi Canalieulata, ac a Lacinia
priori parum remota, glanduk ex Imarginibus limbi canaliculatae,
vtrinque pronatz, erecbz, flriatz, geminz, pedicellate,. clauate,. teretes,
kues, bafi fufco-purpurez, apicibus flauicantibus callolz, lacinia adicen-
denti 3>iae partis breuiores, poftea c'anali-quja parum prolongata in lacinulas
duas approximatas eredbas, acutas', albicantcs, glandulisque pedicellatis,
parum breuioribus diuifa.
Canalicula jam defcripta, rigida, caflbfa,'fuico-purpurea, tubum ftyli includens.
Corpus truncatUm vix vl-lum,- nifiritdimentUra-, bujus loco carnicula eredba, intra
glandulas et lacinias apicis difco canaliculi adnata, eredba, comprefln,
acuta, apice incuruata (verfus apicis lacinias), rigida, alba, antice fulco
foramineque intranti diuiia, laciniis apicis vix breuior.
Stamen filamehtufn nullum nifi pedicellus capillaceUS, tenerrimtis, albus, peb
lucidus, globulo minimo albo intra 'apicem cariiicuk incumbens vix ad-
fixuS altero apifce intra lacinias apicis, canaliculi glandulas geminas anthe-
riferas lanceolato- oblongas, acutas, comprellas, approximatas, callofas,
flauas, -termiuatas (vt in congeneribus). ^
Anthera membrana calyptrzformis ante efflorefcentiam tedba, poftea ela-
ftice membrana exiiliens, fzpius cum anthera [initio conglutinata, &
maturitate elaftice feparantes, nifi quod pedicellus cornu adhzrens im-
pedimentum produisit.
Calyptra obliqua conica interior diflepimentulo notata luteo-albicans minima
pedicello tenuiffimo rudimento nedbarii adfixa fragili pedicellata.
Stylus nullus nifi conicula totius nedbarii.
Stigma rimula cum foueola intra cornu defcriptdm.
Pericarpium. Siliqua obuerfe ouata, obfolete triquetra, fulcisque tribus notata,
fubglabra, pollice breuior.
Obf. Habitat intra axillas ramorum arborum, Therocarpo, aliisque arboribus
' minus frequens.
No. 22.
E p id en d r t tm C a l c e o la r ia e .
T e r r e f t r e FI. N iu eo .
Radices infra humum repentes, horizontales teretes cingulis annularibus remo-
tis cindbz, albz, craffitie pennx cygni. Fibras ad articulationes numero-
fas filiformes, fimpliciifimas, flexuofas, fafciculatim emittentes craffitie
fili groifioris.
Caules plurimi remotiusfculi, fimplices, eredbi, teretes, fupra radices et port
medinm; vaginati, comprefliufculi, kues, artieulati, interftitiis folio dimi-
dio breuioribus 3 ad tetrapedales longi et pennæ anferinz dimidio tenuiores.
Folia patentia, bifaria, feflilia in vaginis definentia, oblongo-lanceolata, inte-
gerrima, apice parum oblique -emarginata ; pagina fuperiori kuia, nitida,
inferiori glabra, neruis 9 vel 14 ftriata, rigida, inferiora, breuia, latiora,
fuperiora interdum palrna longiora, vix pollicém lata.
Vaginz caulem ardbe obuoluentes articulis adnatz, inde membranacez, ftriatz,
vtrinque carinulis decurrentibus dorfo folio et latere oppofito notatz, ore
obtufo, denticuloque folio oppofito folitario margine obtufiufculo denticulate.
Interftitiis articulorum parum breuiores. Vaginz radicales et
infra medium caulium, poftea vsqite Verlus apices foliis deftitutz ori femi-
ouatz, apiceque dorfo carina terminate. Reliqua pars priorum fimiliima.
Flores terminales fpadicibus 2bus vel 31™ alternis compreftis marginibus bifarie
denticulatis, flexuofis, nudis, (feu fpathis deftitutis) cum germine adnati.
Denticuli prominentes, acuti, concaui, marginati, marginibus fpa-
dicem lateraliter fuperincludentibus, membranaceis, breuiliimis.
Calyx przter denticulos nullus.
Corolla petala 6, quorum quinque exteriora lanceolata, acuta, integerrima, eredba,
longitudinezqualia, exhis3a: exteriora pagina extcriofïminus niuea, 20
infra bafin nedbarii adnata, magis niuea, neruoque femipellucido notata,
tenuiora vix minora.
Petalum nedbarii oppofitum 6tum interius feu limbus nedbarii, latum, apice
3fidum, difco ad bafin inflatum, carnofum, ad apicem feu lacinia intermedia
difco rugofa, carnofaj flauo.O
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