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pubernlis, utringue glandulose punctatis, senescentibus hinc 
asperiusculis, oblougis breviter acuminatis vel apicnlatis, basi 
rotendatis vel ima aculisseulis sabennealisve, costis niringne 
10 — 13, amentis maturis inerassatis eylindrieis reetis obtu- 
sis pedunculo duplo longioribus, baceis obovatis telra- vel 
trigonis, bracteis pedicellato - peltatis eiliatis deeidnis. 
In sylvis ad Ega et Maribi jaxta N. Japara Prov. Rio 
Negro, Nov, et Dec. (Mart.) 
Habitu Artanthem amplam refert. Endem videtar quam 
ia Syst, Pip, ex Hb. Brasil, ad P. attenuatum retnli, cwi 
 proxime aceedit. 
Internodie teretia striata glabra, juniora nno laiere 
sulcata vel compressa, zascentia subtiliter pubernla. Pe- 
tieli Y/,— U cent, fere longi semiteretes submarginati. Folia 
in sicco nigrieantia 1% —22 cent. longa, 6—8 lata, veinsta 
praesertim supra taclu snbasperula, subtus fnscescentia suh- 
nitidula, oblonga vix ovato-oblonga, acumine Acutiasenlo; 
costae erecio-patnlae sublus prominulae, anastomoses fere 
ohsoletae, Stipula oppositifolia orato-oblanga acuta can- 
volnta dorso appresse subsericeo - pubescens (qua nota a P. 
ultenuato statim Jiguoscitur) 2 cent. longa vel longior. Pe- 
dunculus maturns 2 cent., amentum A—6 ceut. longum ni- 
gricans 1%/, crassum, patens, nascens erectum ochracenm. 
Bracteae peltatae ciliolatae, centro orbienlari nudae, 
3. Peltobryon pubescens n. sp. Bamulis petiolis pedun- 
eulis foliisque subtns in nervis fnscescenti-hirtellis, his eras- 
sinsenle membranaceis snbepunetatis anguste sublanceolato - 
oblongis acaminatis, basi attennata subaequali plerumgne 
leviter exeisalis; costulis snbpatulis per telam longitudinem 
viringne circiter 12, petiolis pedunculem superantibus, amen- 
is ablıreviatis sabeoniris, brasteis eenebaeformihns dorse barc- 
eisqne puberulis, 
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