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Ramis ierc(iljii9 rnmutisquc juvenrlibns y\x compressis, in- 

 (ernodiis singulis supra baslu slipnlis binis latis deDtiformi* 

 bus, iiislnicliSj foliis opposilis breTiasime pctiolalis ellipticifl 

 vcl Lito-cliipticis acuraioatia basi attennatis, nerro media 

 usque ad '/^ alt, Tenuloso, epicis axillaribna 1 — 3, plerom- 



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qn? V^rticiltatid subsessilibns, folio brevioribus, aliquando 

 loDgioribiis J 5 — 6—13- articulalis, vagiDis bidentatis, . flo- 

 ribiis (fcm.) quadiiseriatis , calyce Irifido^ baccis ellipticis. 



Species nt vidotur Snriuami in Citris Aurantiis viiU 

 garis et varlls anni leinporibus fniclificans, Affinis yldclnr 

 r. piperoidi DC. Prodr. IV. p. 28 K 



Rami teretes gtriolatt g;lAbri aliquando sabcoRsperst^ no- 

 dosi^ fragilcs; iutcrnodia xUrinquc iucrassata, prfipc basin 

 stipuliA brevis adoatis dealiformibos iuslructa^ aetate pro- 

 yectiore craaescenlibos et marginem cicatrisatum reJin^Deoti- 

 bug. JFolia brevissime pcliolata vcl eobscaailia (peiiQl$3 ]a(o-> 

 caualiculatis iiodos marginantibns) pjernnique iafo-efiiptica 

 aequilalera tcI parumpcr obliqua^ apice sttlioblique acami- 

 nata actiminc utplnrimum oblusiusctiia, basi ciineatim al(e- 

 unata vol acuia, in sioco inarginibiis subuiidulata, iu spcci- 

 inunbus ycgetioribus parce Oorcutibiis 9 — 11 cent* loaga, 



*Va^ — ^ ^^^^y '"^ *'^^"^ uberrima spittiferis Va minora^ id sicca 

 sordidc fusca^ adspectii uec.re yera lepidola, nerro medio 



erassioscDio iilrinqiie e basi et supra cam nsqne ad Va *lt- 

 ooslnlas venosas promiiiiiias 2 — 3 exserenle, SBrsamfve 

 alias tcnuiores magis obsolctas. Spicae froctifa'ae pfernm- 

 qoc Torticillalae, raro solitariae, subscssiles re! bmrissime 

 poduncnlatac 4 — G cent,, aliquando mnlta Joapdrea. Arti- 

 calornm vaginae bidcntafae, denlibns lalis at!«li»- fiores 

 /emmet (etraslichi , alvcolis oblonjis inaixi, cajj/cis irifidi 

 lobis triaugularibos in sicco Havia. Baccae juvcuilcs raljcc 

 rlauso coronalac cliipticac sabaognlosac 3 — 4 mm, lougae. 



