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petalis punctatis, phalangitis triandris calyce brevioribus, 

 stylis longis, foliis ellipticis nigro- punctatis, pilis sparsis* 

 • In' Brasilia . tropica collegit Sellow. ft. 

 Folia elliptica v. elliptieo-lanceolala, acuminata, sae- 

 plus in ovatam rarius in obovalam vergeniia formam, basi 

 subinde inaequali acuta vel rarius obtusa rotunda la, acu- 

 mine brevi subtrilineari saepe obliquo; submombranacea, 

 quam in congenerlbus jkullo teriuiora , subtus punctulata, 

 punch's" op a cis nigris prominentibus, obsitaque pilis Stella- 

 tis rufescentibus sparsisf maxima 4 poll, longa, 1|- lata, 

 petiolo semipollicari. Rami novelli cum petiolis, pani- 

 cnla alabastrisque tomento tenui rufo-canescente oblitte* 

 rante obducti. Panicula ■ multiflora , laxiflora , * quam in 

 congeneribus uberior, pyramid ata, e ramorum primariorum 

 paribus circiter sex constats, quam panicula Syringae 

 persicae paulo minor. — Flores brevissimc pcdicellati, 

 parvi, ; expansi 2 lin, circiter metientes. Laciniae calyci* 

 nae ellipticac, > obtusae, Hneam circiter longae, subpelluci- 

 dae, 3-^5 nerves, evitlatae,. nunc punctis resinosis pan- 

 cis (rarius 6), in aliis aliter dispositis, notatae, nunc om- 

 nino impunctatac. Petala elliptica, oblusa, calyce longiora, 

 inlus villis brevibus parce obsita, punctis resinosis irregu- 

 lariter adspersa. Staminum phalanges calyce breviores, 

 omniao glabrae, triandrae, filamento medio longiori supra 

 tertia parte Jibero. Squamae villosae, subspathulatae, 

 phalangibus paulo breviores, Germen glabrum. Styli 5 

 longiusculi, filiformes, e calyce demum exserti, stigmale 

 depresso-capitato. Fructus — ? 



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• HYPERICUM. 

 Sect, 1. Ascyr x eia, 



1, Hypericum grandifolium Chois, Pr* Hyp. p> & 

 *. 3., DC, Prdr, 1, p, 644, 



