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ciliatis, subinde lacinia baseos profunda, suboppositis,superioribus cuneato-decurrentibus, impari trifida, pri-mordialia minima prae reliquis, inferiora petiolata, pe-tiolo basi in vaginam angustam , margine albo-mem-branaceam expanso, plus minus hispidulo, reliqua suf-fulta vagina petiolari simili pro petiolo . Umbellae so-litariae, terminales, et laterales oppositifoliae, bi-quin-queradiat® , plus minus longe pedunculat®. Pedunculicrassi, striati , hispidi . Involucrum universale di-pen-taphyllum, umbella multo brevius, foliolis oblongo-lan-ceolatis, acutis, vel obtusis, albo-marginatis , subin®-qualibus. Umbell» radii longi, crassi, striati, hispidi,scabri, subsquales . Involucella pentaphylla, flores nonradiantes sub®quantia, aut breviora, foliolis ovatis, velovato-oblongis, acutis, aut obtusis, late albo-margina-tis, et ciliatis, nervis dorsalibus hispidulis . Marginiscalycinalis lacini® latae, ovat®, breves . Coroll® passimludunt alb®,vel rubra. Petala radiantia grandiuscula,biloba, lobis subrotundis; reliqua obcordata . Diache-nium ovoideum, breve, turgidum, dorso valde conve-xum, e latere commissurali compressum, facie commis-surali angustata , costis armatum aculeis subulatis ,retrorsum aculeolato-scaberrimis, apice glochidatis, veluncinatis, latitudine fructus brevioribus, maturum s®perubens. Vallecul® tuberculato-muricat®, tuberculis pro-pe margines commissurarum plerumque paulo majori-bus . Carpophorum filiforme bipartitum, demum libe-rum , acheniis pendulis.
TORILIS.
Adans. Famill. des pl. tom. %.p. gg. Spr.Prodr. p. 2.4.,et in Rom. et Schult.Syst. veg. 6. p.XLI. Gcertn.De fruct. et semin. 1. p. 82. tab. 20. Smith. Engl.FI. 2. p. 42. De Cand.Prodr.^.p. 218. Koch.Syn.FI. Germ. et Helo. 1. p. 3 i 3 .
Umbella composita. Flores fere omnes fertiles. In-volucrum universale mono-polyphyllum, vel nul-lum . Involucella pentaphylla. Margo calycinalisliber quinquepartitus, persistens. Coroll® in um-bella extern® parviradiantes, rarius ®quales. Sta-mina corollam sub®quantia. Anther® subrotund®,