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elliptiea ulrinquf^ obliiaa^ omuia in sicco nigfietmtM^ janiora 

 margiQtbus lepidofa^ pracsertim prope ba^u lange rennlosa, 

 veanlia in pagina sQperiorc visibilibos, Spicae axiltarcs 8<h 

 lilariae vol 2 — 3, sessilesj foJio breviores, ly^ — ^Yacen^ 

 iongae, ad ramoram apieeg subpajnicolatae, ^oribua tetra- 

 fitichia decQssatis, alveolia iiDmcraia. Bracteae snb 8iQgalci 

 flore, nasceutcs imbricaUe latae acotioacalae^ adaltao fere 

 toUe praeter inarginem lato - truncalnm adnatae, huic fere 

 obsoletae. Scpala 6^ liiiearia libera, basi calyculo brcvi 

 repando " truucato sustenta. ^iafnina sepalis adaata, Jila- 

 mentis brevissimis , antheris ovatia 3Dbbasi£xis. Stylus te- 

 reliusculus, stamiDa fere acqnans, sltgmatc capilellato sub-- 

 irregiilari miauLe papilioso. Baccae oboTato-elJipticae trun-t 

 cato-calvae semi-immersae, latesceiilea, 



•2* LiOrantkus surinamensis, Parce ramosus ramis infprne 



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tereti- tetragoaiSj supcrne Ictra^onis, nascentibus ielrag&no^ 

 aiicipitibos, ad ang;alQ3 lepidotis^ Itnea aci), lepidola e ncrro 

 iiK^dio jnxta dorsum pctioH in ramtim desceadeate, foliis 

 soboppoeitis brcvitcr pedolatisj iflferioribus cIonji;a(o- tcI si»b- 

 spathulato-elliplicis, smnrais mlnoribus olliptlcis vv\ subro- 

 tunjo- ellipticis, ominbns obtiisis j iiervo medio perciirrcntc 

 versus basin vcnnloso, spicis axiliaribus eoiitariig fo!fo brc- 

 vioriboSj floribna tetrasllchis decussatis immersifl^ bractea 

 $ub(ruDcafa marginibus palola sostentid, sepalis 6, calyeolo 

 repaudo- traneato, baccis cylmdrico-urccolatia tmncato-cica- 

 trisal!3. 



Parasiticus in arborc aooDyma^ et mNerto Oteamdro, 

 prope Paramaribo, in. Sept. et Nov. Fiores nbeUl^ 



Pracccdenii omnibus parlibus miaor, (eflerior, foliornm 

 forma et Icpidum distnbnlione Btatim dignosccndiis, 



Fruticuius radicans, radice nt Tidotur sub cortico prr- 

 que ejus rimas proserpeatc, raAioaa^ lignosa^ rigida. Rami 



