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•^8*phyiloi stainiuibus 6 — 8, anllidris basifixis, bilopuja- 

 ribnsi foeminei. axillares, gexam siiigulive e solis pi^tilli? 

 constautes, inter sect cum inyoliicrp. in iioiinDlIas lachuas 

 libferas apice parlito^ inferne valde compresso stipitiformi 

 (serins alam forraante parte) arcle.coiinati, stylis Iribus spa- 

 tliulatis, emargiuatis inliis canaliculatis et stigmalosls. Ova- 

 rium plura loeulameula haud circa axiii ceutralem sed juxta- 

 posifa contlnet. Fractus basi alatus, ala alteiinata basi sua 



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sessUis, mox dilatata altero margiu6 rcctitiscnlo, altero cur- 

 vato, abU taudcm la corpus crassiim sublignosnm^ apTC6 uc- 

 prcaso-planiusculum, a latcribus convexis compressum^ itiar- 

 gtnibus obtusis, iulus pitira locnlamoiita itiajora et Iniiiora 

 (qnae plernmqno semen non foycnt) frtictus diamelro 'trans- 

 verso minori parallela; Semina (imniatara tan turn visa) so- 

 litaria compressa, in fundo Jocnli ridentur affixa. 



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:, jy. adslringens, Crescit in resionilbvis. calidis IWiexici 

 ad S. Francisco Jctecala prope Mecatlan, ad Tlaquiltcnango 

 ubi legit beat, Scliiode fructiferam et iloriferam. 



Omiics formas ih Hnam contraliere speciem placet. Rami 

 iereles, meilalla ainpla fuscescente, ligno albido, cortice laevi 

 in adultis glabro, leutioellis orbicularibns elevatis flavis ad- 

 sperso. Apices versns rami exasperantur foliornm et inflo- 

 resccutiarnm cicatricibus prominentibos et exinde crassiores 

 Videntur, in snmmis apicibas snpervenit tomeulnm alfeidura 

 quod folia ct inflores^eritias qnoqae tegit, Fdiorum oiea*- 

 trices compressae, augnlis obtusis, latere iilferiore angulnm 

 deorsnm vcrsum formante, pars inferjor persisiens tereti- 

 compressa iu0orescentiae s, fracfns illis longius prominef, 

 i;pUaramo,r9m sterilium inter se longins distantia, /lisposi- 

 im^'^l^ petiolata, imparl- pinuata, foliola 5 — 7, subses-- 

 ^illft,)P?r p^ria opposita, obovata, abrupte subcaudato- acute 

 achmiuataj b^si^iacBmineque integerrima, ceteruin oblusiusc^ia 



