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Diagnosis emendanda et amplificanda.)- — Ramulis petiolisque gla- 

 bris; stipalis spinescentibus rectis brevfssimis; foliolis obliqoe ova- 

 tis V. obovatis obtusis, superioribas obliqae ovalilanceolatis, utrin- 

 qae glaberrimis, supra nitidulis} spicis a^illaribus terminalibusqne 

 pedunculatis brevibas cylindraceo-oblongis; floribns parvis; calycibus 

 trancatis obsolete 5 — 6-denticulatis; corollis adpresse pubescentibos 

 infandibuliformibas 5— 6-dentatis; ovario glaberrimo; leguQiioibas 

 compressis coriaceis , contortis sanguineis ; seminibus compressis, 

 fnnicnlo craSsissimo in^arillum cupuiiformem carnosam ampliato saf- 

 fiiUis. — Ramali glaberrimi, minute tnberculati, lineis albis a folio 

 ad folium decurrentibus sulcati; stipu!ae acute pnngentes 1—2 lin. 

 longae; petjoli Va — l-pollicares semiteretes canalicnlati, glandula 

 Gupulaeformis sessilifi jngalis ; petioli 3 — 6 Hd. long! semiteretes 

 glabri canaliculati, glanduia intrafoiiolarl sessili; foliola majora bi- 

 poUicaria, pollicem lata inaequilatera, basi obliqna ovali-oblonga ob- 

 tusa V. acuminulata, foliorum superiornm foliola sesquipollicaria 9 lio. 

 lata V. admodum minora, pbliqae ovali-lanceolata acuta v. obtosa. 

 Spicae pedunculatae axillares solitariae v. racemosae semipoUicares^ 

 peduoculo Va — 1-pollicari; bracteae brevissimae persistentes acutae; 

 corolla calyce triple longior vix sesquilinearis infnndibuliformis, pro- 

 fande5~6'fida; stamina basi monadelpha 4 — 5 lin. longa; legnmina 

 6 — S-sperma chartacea cochleatim contorta glaberrima sanguinea, in- 

 ter semina panllo contracta; semina atra nitida compresso-pyriformia, 

 arillo carnoso semiimmersa. — Habitat in isthmo Panamensi. 



30. JPHheeoMobinMW% (Afiaremotemon §. 1^) HrongnU 



Cirf«1»ucli»S0. A Vk'lprs. mss. — Kamulis peduncnlisquevix 

 tenuissime pubernlis (partibns nascentibus ferrugineo - tomentosis), 

 ramis glabris; foliis bipinnatis, pinnis 4— 6-jugis, foliolis pinnaruffl 

 iufimarom 3 — 4-jugis, superiorum 8 — 12-jugis e basi valde obliqua 

 rbombeo-ellipticis, margine inferior! rotundatis, utrinque glaberrimisi 

 infra glaucis; pednncalis axillaribiis soUtariis folium pauHo superan- 

 tibus monocephalis ; capitulis globosis multifloris; calycibus campa- 

 nulatis corollam dimidiam aequantibus brevissime pnberulis; legumi- 

 nibus late linearibus fuscis dehiscentibns, valvulis cochleatim con- 

 tortis intus splendidissime sanguineis ; seminibus ? — Proiii»« 



accedit species nostra ad P. trapezifolium Bth. (Wlprs. Reprt. V. 

 612. no. 22.) quod eximie diifert pinnis 2—4- (nee 4—6-) jag") ^^' 

 liolis jnnioribus subtus ferrugineo-tomentosis (nee utrinque glaberri- 

 mis infra glaucis) fioribusque ferrugineo -tomentosis (nee paberolis)' 

 RamuU teretes solcato-striatelli, jnniores ferrogineo-tomentelH 

 demum glabrati; stipulae brevissimae subulatae deciduae, ferrugin^®' 



