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CONORIA. 38? 



Frutices vel arbores. Folia alterna , rarius opposita , stipulacea , integra, 

 dentata vel serrata. Flores axillares et terminales, fasciculati, aut sfepius 

 racemosi vel paniculati, bractcati. 





1. CONORIA ulmifolia. f Tab. CCCCLXXXXL 



C. fohisgcminis vel ternis in apice ramulorum,suboppositis, oblongis, acuminatis, dentatis, 

 glabns, nervo venisque puberulis, supra nitidis; racemis terminalibus, solitariis, ramosis, folio 

 duplo triplove brevioribus; capsulis trispermis. 



Crescit in Begno Novo- Granatensi, ad ripam fluminis Magdalena-, juxta La Bocca de 

 San Bartholome. £ Floret AprilL 



Frutex ramis teretibus, la-vibus, glabris, altcmis (rectius oppositis, altcro constanter abortientc?). Folia 

 gemina aut terna in apice ramulorum approximata, subopposita , breviter petiolata, oblonga, acuminata, 

 basi obtusa ct ina:qualia, margine dentata, reticulato-vcnosa, vcnis primariis ncrvoque medio subtus 

 promincntibus, mcmbranacea, utrinque glabra, nervo vcnisque primariis puberulis, supra nitida, subtus 

 pallidiora, 3-/j-polIicaria, 12-17 hneas lata ; juniora ulrinque pubescenti-pilosa. Petioli 1-2 lineas longi , 

 semiteretes, puberuli. Stipul* in apice ramulorum axillares, lanceolata;, subulato-convoluta:, rigida?, 

 glabra:, fcrruginca:, petiolo parum longiores. Racemi in apice ramulorum solitarii, ramosi, reflexi (?). 

 folio duplo triplove breviores, bracteati ; ramis alternis, brevibus, paucifloris, pedicellis rhachique tereti 

 pubcscentibus. Flores(/j£. 1.2.) pedicellati, duplomajorcsquam in Cynancho Vincctoxico;pediccIlis lineam 

 longis, fructiferis duplo longioribus. Bracte.e lanceolatx, carinata:, rigidiusculx, glabra;, basim versus 

 puberulaj. Calyx profundc quinquepartitus, persistens; foliolis (Jig. 4.) lanceolatis, acutiusculis, trinerviis, 

 ciliatis, axpialibus. Petala (Jig. 3.) quinque, hypogyna, cum foliolis calycinis alternantia iisque duplo 

 triplovc longiora, oblonga, acutiuscula, venosa, venis subparallelis, plana, membranacea, albida, glabra, 

 aqualia, patula, pcrsistcntia. Stamina (fig. 6. 7.) 5, hypogyna (jig. 5.), cum petalis alternantia iisque 

 breviora, a:qualia , erecta , persistentia. Filamenta brevissima, libcra , glabra. Antiibr£ ovato-oblonga:, 

 obtusat, basi affixx et cum filamento haud articulata;, complanata: , apice mcmbranacea: , biloculares 

 interne ad utrumque latus longitudinaliter dchisccntes, glabra;, aiquales, liberx ; proccssus terminales subro- 

 tundi, diaphani, albidi, loculis vix longiores, ad utrumque antheras latus decurrentes. Squam* hypogynx nulla?. 

 Ovarium (fig. 0. 10.) supcrum, sessilc, subrotundum, triquetrum, pilosum, uniloculare (fig. 8.), trisper- 

 mum; ovula lenticularia, glabra, angulis medium versus affixa. Stylus filiformis, glaber, subuncinato- 

 reflexus. Stigma simplex. Capscla (fig. 11. 12.) coriacca, subrotundo-obovata, triquetra, ad basim calyce 

 corolla et staminibus pcrsistentibus cincta, fusca,glabra autapicepilosiuscula, styIoterminata,uniIocularis 

 trivalvis, trispcrma, magnitudine pisimajoris; va]vis(/i£. i3- /5.) compresso- navicularibus, medio placen- 

 tiferis; placentis filiformibus (fig. 16. 17.). Semina (fig. i8-2i.)placcntis medium versusaffixa, subglobosa, 

 lateribus vix comprcssiuscula, la^via, glabra. hinc, ab hilo ad fovcolam hilo oppositam, per sulcum longi- 

 tudinalcm notata; suppctcntia vacua. 









