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liqua, rarins basi rotundafa v. levissime cordala, exsiccata 
fuscescentia, apieis acumine 2-—3 lin. longo aeute v. obluso 
v. nallo, venis primariis utrinsecas 7 — 10 prope marginem 
arcuatim anastomosantibns v. interdum deliguescentibns, ve- 
anlarum rei denso, Spicae erectae v. apice nutantes, 2— 
5-pollicares, fere a hasi floriferae, dam genuinae pedunenlo 
commani cire. pollicari ochreis nonnullis Jaxiusculis squamato 
suffultae, altera saepins vix pollicari, bracteis calyce vix 
1 lin. longo dimidio brevioribus, 
Proxime accedit ad €. Zeptostachyam Benth. in Bot. of 
the Salphur p. 159., qnae, ex -descriptione tantam nobis 
cognita, recedit petiolis ochreisqne paulo longioribns, foliis 
Iatioribns (2—21/, poll, latis) kaud nitidis, venis primariis 
Urinsecus tantum 4—6 et bracteis minorihus. Affinis que- 
que videtar ©. Zucidulue Benth. in Hook. Eond, Journ. 4. 
pP. 627., qnae differt petiolo vaginis breviore („raro 2 lia, 
longo”) racemis brevibus (112 -—2 poll. longis), nec non 0. 
niveae Jacq., quae abhorret fol. seripedalibus etc.) 
%. Coccoloba Schomburgkii nob., ramis striatis, ja- 
nioribus minntissime pubernlis, ochreis obligue truncatis die 
Persistentibus petiolo brevi suhlongioribus tomentoso -pubera- 
lis; foliis erasse coriaceis, glaberrimis, nitidulis, ovalibns 
oblongisre (rarius subrotundis) obtusissimis, basi plas minus 
eordalis, supra minute impresso-retioulatis, nervo medie ve- 
Disque primariis subtus modice prominentibns, versus margi- 
nes apicemque evanescentibus, venularam retieulo obsoleto v. 
plane inconspicro; spieis Jateralibus terminalibusque aubsoli- 
tarlis, subsessilibus, folium subaeqnantibus, densifloris, rha- 
chi braeleisgaue paberulis, floribus snbsessilibus, staminibus 
Ssubexsertis...... ö 
Roraima, Gnianae anglicae, Schomburgk coll. 1842 
—1843. n. 640! (v. s. in herb, Shattleworik, specim. pln- 
ra, sine fr.). 
