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^tr»('tura Aft Sph^erostaehyiem et ^mJam Jhltmtkt^^ft^ 



1:109 Mcrdpns, orario nQtem et stig^matibas Pellobfyo afliie. 

 1* N^matanthera guiakensh Miq. — Creseit in SaitftC^ 

 mo intoriora (Kappler PU Surin. exsire, |[. b, I438,)« 



Fmiex dirhotame rftmosn-v. Ramuli ang;nlosi ftnlcati 

 jnikiores strialt tenniter subrecarvo-hirtelli sensJni glabratn 

 Pctioli semiteretps hirtello - pubesconte?^ basi dilaiati, stipu^ 

 ItM petiolaribus iude ab initio dclilescentibns, 5 — 6 mm. 

 longi. Folia Uuuiter membranacea, glaadnlis parcis opa- 

 cis inspcrsa, supra atroriridia praeler nervnm mediiim tener- 

 rime pubemlum cito glabratiiiu glaberrimay subtns pallida 

 in nerTo venisque te&niter pnberiilaj oblonga Tel ovaU-ob- 

 loDga inacqnilatera oblifjue et acute acuminata, basi inaequali 

 (latere scil. latpriorc prDfiindius decurrente) rotondala, infe- 

 riora snbcordata lobo majore peliolam trgentc^ superiwa 

 magis a(teBaa(a^ latere extcriore semper ralde oonrexo, in- 

 Mriore partim oonrexo, partim snperm vel iDferne ' eoficarata, 

 9 — 12 cent, longa, 4^^ — 5 lata, coslnlis TeHoloais ulrin- 

 qae ad ^/^ alt. 5 — 6 painlo-adscendentibus, aliisqne magia 

 palnlis versus apict^m omnibus reticulata - anastomosantibus 

 snbtus prominulis, Slipula oppositrfolm e basi snbauricn- 

 latim dilalata lauceolata subcomplicata puberula 3 mm, loaga 

 etto decidua. Amenla oppositifolia patentia demnm recar- 

 Tala, pedunculis Jtliformibus sursum pararoper incraesatis^ 

 fiuleatis, miuutissiitie puberulig cito glabris, 1 — 2 cent, lon- 

 gis snstenta, cjliudrica obtnsa recta vel Icviler curvata ^^ 

 — 1^3 cent* longa^ florcutia antheris exsertia sabcrinito- 

 ^cbinata. Flores deusi qniuqnuociales. Bracteae carnosae 

 conchaeformes inferue conlraciae hine subpeltatae, dorso con- 

 Texae, renire ronca?ae, basi piljs arlicnlalis lirtellae, Tcr- 

 tiee irnncato angnsle seiathinari glabra marginibus minute 

 lacero-ciliolalae, persislentes. Ovarium ovatnm, caruo$o* 

 sneeiileiilam , naromlatami Higmatibus Irtbus ret raro dno- 



