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Cesthum corymhosum, glabrum foliJs clliptico s. ob- 

 ovQto-lanceolatis basi cuncalis subcociaccis lucldulis brc- 

 viter petiolalis J corymbo lerminali subsessUij calycis sub- 

 glabri denlibus brevHer triangulis apice barbulatis, corolUs 

 glabris tubuloso - infundlbuUformibuis calyce sesies longio- 

 ribusj Umbx ladniis acutis brevissimis, filamends inferne 

 in tubo insertis Ibldemque villosis; baccis globosis. 

 In Brasilia legerunl Sellow et ab Oilers tt, 

 ^peciniiua nostra: Rami strioli, foliati, ramnlis ali- 

 quot simplicibus ) cortice ciuerascenle longitudinaliter ru- 

 guloso (exsiccationc?), apiee corymboso-iloriferi. Ramuli 

 juniores cum itiilorcscentiae ramificatione pube crispafa 

 sordide ferrugina scent c pavca vcstili. Folia 'sparsa", erecta 

 breviter pctiolata, subcon&cea, utrinque glabra et lueidula, 



obovata-v. elliptico-lanceolala, semper basi cuneala, apiee 

 nunc obtusa, nunc obtusiuscula, nunc acutiuscula^ c. petiolo 

 2—3. p. longa, O-^— 13 iin, lala, nervo venisque primanis 

 Titrinsecus 7—9 subtus prominulis , margine subreflexo, 

 Petiolus civciter bilineavis crassiusculus. Slipulae spuriac 

 xnterdum adsunt oblique obovalae obtusissimac saepius 

 emarginaiaej gemmae puberulae. Fiores in apieibus ra- 

 inulovum in corymbura multiflorum e foliisj ultimis vlx 

 emej^entem, breviter pedunculatum congest!, cujus rami 

 majores bractea parva lanceolata, angustiori latiorive, pu- 

 berula v. ciliolata suffulciunlar. Calyces sessiles, breviusve 

 pedicellali 1|- lin. longi, breviter dentati, glabri vel pube- 

 nili, dentium apicibus semper brevissime barbatis. Corolla 

 9—10 lin. longa glabra, e basi tubulosa scnsira ampliata, 

 sub fauce leviler inilataj sub limbo constiicta; limbo brevi 

 vix lincari, dentibus margine fomcntosis ovalis acutis* 

 Stamina in tcrtia infima corollac partae aflixa, filamentis 

 ad insertioncm inaignltcr villosis. Bacca subglobosa in 

 calyce conico paululum aucio, magniludine majoris pisij 

 bilocularis, loculis subtrispcrmls. Scmina tribcdra, dorso 



