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TASSADIA Decaisne m fla Prodr, Vllt 



CConf. Tab. 11-) 

 3, Tassadia Decaisneana, Ramis glabratis^ ramiilis (prae- 



sertim inflorescentiae) uno latere snliretrorse birteUelis, fo- 

 liia iauceolatia rel eflipttco'IauGeoiatis easpidato-mucrona- 

 Us^ sopra in nerro medio tenerrime hirt«llis> sablns obsole-- 

 tUsime puberoHs g;labrattsqney peduacults nuUis,' pediccllis 

 c tuh^rcnio bractpato fascicnlalis plerumque fiuateruis, co- 

 roUae laciniis liuearibus intas incauo- papilloaia, coronae 

 slaniineae phyllis truacalis (subinvolutis) obsolete trideutica- 

 laUsj stigmate planiusculo centra apiGuIato-sublobalato, am- 

 bita dentibos corneis cincto, follicnlis stipitatis pleramq 

 gprninatia. 



Habitat Sarinami, supra Crescentiam Cujcte^ ad plan- 

 lationem JagUnst. Flores aibi, (H. G, Focke,) 



Tassadiac Uptobotr^ae ei T* propinquae Decaisn* 

 ^m DC. JVodr. VIII. p^ 579. accedeas^ sed pube^ corol- 

 lae latimis et coronae atamineae fabriea fadllsejifotia discer* 

 nenda* 



FriUex Tolubilis; rami peDuam columbinam vcl passerU 

 nam rrassi, leretinsculi striolati glabrati. Ratnuli oppositi 

 patented^ foliati, ultimi sarsnni aphjlli floreutes. Folia op^ 

 posita tenniter coriacea, enbtns in sicco faira marginibosqne 

 revotnta, nerro medio pcrcnrrente prominente, Tennlis erecto* 

 patalis obsoletis (solammodo in foliis Inci obversis conspt* 

 m\s)j majora 6 y^ cent, fonga^ 2 lata, snperiora doplo iL'- 

 nora et mnlto angnstiora, PetioU antJce canalicnlati, sparse 



birteUi 1— »/» <=™*- *<»"?'• Bami Jioriferi patentw ramosi 

 paniculacformes , rams inferne fotiati, «« latere hirleUi. 

 Pedunculi uolli vel raro ad floram fMeicBlnm pedunculua 

 aotitarins. Fhrum fasciculi e taberealo bractcato (bracteis 

 nfttifl concafis miniilis) pleronqve seeos infloresceatiae raao» 



