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longa, \ poll, lata; inferiora obovato-spalbulata; superiora 

 angusliora lanceolala et basi angustata; omnia breviter 

 acuminata, acuta, supra plana, nervo crasso subtus promi- 

 nente in acumen excurrente; venis utrinsecus 3 subimmer- 

 sis; margin e cartilagineo acute et argutissime serrulato 

 scaberrimo; vaginis laevibus. Stipula membranacea, folia 

 connectens, laxe vaglnans, interfoliacea parte paululum 

 longiore, margine lacinulis 1 — 3 hirtellis ciliatisve fim- 

 briate, media production. Vagina 3 circiter lin. longa. 

 Flores et fructus per caulem ramosque in omni axilla so- 

 iitarii, calyce inter vaginam latente, corolla exserta. Co- 

 rot la 3 linearis, longe tubulosa, infundibuliformis , glabra; 

 staminibus exsertis; antheris oblongis versatilibus. 



* * * Jlores cymosi v. corymboso - cymosL 

 15, Borreria ericoides. N. 

 In Brasilia aequinoctiali legit Sellow. ft. 

 Calyx quadridentatus, dentes elliplici, obtusiuscuh > 

 genuine longiores, dimidiam aequantes capsulam. Capsula 

 cbartacea, subcylindracea , (post debiscentiam turbinata), 

 lateribus compressiusculis sulco levi exaratis-, bilocularis 

 bivalvis, septicide dehiscens, valvulis apice biantibus bftidis. 

 Semina matura non visa. 



Frutex laevls, praeler stipulas glaber, ericoides, ere- 

 ctus, spithamaeus, pedalis elaliorque. Caules crebre nodosi, 

 ramosi, deliquescentes , di-rarius trichotomi, infiorescentia 

 e terminal! alaris facta. Pars cauKura inferior denudata, 

 teretiuscula, nigrescens, crassitie ad summum pennae cor- 

 ■vinae. Apices dense foliosi, ramis tetragonis, ramulispui'- 

 purascentibus. Folia subcoriacea, patula, ramis axillaribus 

 haud evolutis pseudo-fascieulata, linearia vel lanceolate- 

 linearia, obtusiuscula , nervo supra impresso, subtus cum 

 marginibus revolutis prominentej maxima semipollicem 

 longa, semilinea vix latiora. Stipulas margo angustus no- 

 dum paululum incrassatum cingens, folia connectens, laci- 



