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suborbicularia, basi tnuicata, extus sericea, alba, %''' Ig. 

 Stamina alb;i , 2'" Ig. Stylus basi pilosnSj fere 2^^' Ig, Bacra 

 atrata (v. in herb. Rich.). 



An Myrcia crassinervia DC? 



Differt a Myrc, ferruginca: I'oliis inajoribiiSj abrupte 

 acnroinatis; pauicniis folio duplo brcvioribus. 



Habitat in sllvulis snbpratensibns Maooiiviac in Guyana 

 Gailica, floret Martio (L. CI. Rioh.). 



II. Tomentosae, 

 Linn. XXVII. p. 120. post no. 136. Myrciavi oocarpavi 

 addatnr : 



136. 6./^S6- Myrcia scrobicvJataBg,; ramuUs, petiolis, fo- 

 liis jnnioribns snbtns, adultis ibidem ad nervos, panicnlis, 

 a;erminibus dens*: ferrnginco-tomentosis; foliis breviter pctio- 

 lalis, rigide cbartaceis, ovali-oblongis , abrnptc angnsteqne 

 acnminatis, basi ohtnsis, creberrime pellncido-punctalis, supra 

 demum excoptis nervis glahris , scrobiculatis et irapresso -, 

 snbtns elevate -costatis, limbinerviis ; paniculis 1 — 3-nis, 

 axillaribns v. in raninlo axillari sulUerminrtlibus^ folium sub- 

 aeqnantihus; genuine bilociilnri; bacca ovali, sopalis rolnn- 

 datis, concavis, eonuivcntibns, velutinis roronata. 



Rami obtuse 4-goui5 anlrorsum eompressi. Folia oppo- 

 sita, juniora supra pubcscentia, nervis velutinis, demum sub- 

 glabrata, nilida, exacte crebcrrimcquc scrobiculata et in fuudo 

 scrobicnli glandnla oleifera instructa, snbtns pubcscentia, sub 

 lente verrnculosa, verrucnlis medio iinprcssis; peliolo validoj 

 2—4^'' Ig.; lamina 3 — 8" Ig. et ultra, 1% — 4'' h. ; uervo 

 medio vcnisque supra imprcssis, snbtns prominentibns, illo 

 incrassato, his subpalulis -, veunlis interjectis retienlatis, leiiuio- 

 ribns. Panicniae 3 — 6'^ Ig. , rhachide valida, ramis plerum- 

 qup ercctis. Alabastva vt^lutina, obovata^ 2"' Ig.; bracteolis 



