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Glaberrima rainis elevato- striatic, ramulis tcnuibuB 



coniprcssis; folia opposita ovali-oblonga cllipticave 4 — 

 6,5 em. longa, 1,5— 2,5 cm. lata plcraquc aplec emargi- 

 nata, in petiolum 0,3—0,5 em. longum angnstata, supra 

 lucidula , suhtus pallitliora opaca, in ranuilis novellis 

 rtenuitcr memhranacoa, demum firmiora, nervis paueis 

 tenuihus obliqufa vcnisquc cmbris anaytomosantihus rcti- 

 eulato- vcnosa; stipulae intrapctiolarcs sub 8 angulares ' 

 brevissimac deeiduae; florcs parvi breviter pcdiccllati in 

 panieulam tcrininalein dongifloram eompaetam dispositi, 

 pcdunculiB braeteatis, hraetcis hi cupulam eoiiiiatis ; caly- 

 ces 2 — a mm. longi basi minntissimc liirtelli: limhus brc 

 vissimus 5 ercnulataw siibtruHcatus; corolla pcntamera 

 cxtus glabriuscula: tubus calyce vix longior, fauec supra 

 genitalia villis clausa; limbi laciniac ohlongac vel obovato- 

 ohlongac ohtusiuseulae patiMites parcc htrtcllae contortae, 

 c, 3 mm. longae auperne v. 2 innu latac tubo vix brc- 

 viores; stamina summo corollac tubo inserta filamentia 

 brevissimig dorao affixac otdongae incurvac: discus parvus* 

 turaidus; stylus inelnsus apicc capitato - incraasatus gla- 

 briuBculus; ovarium 4 locularc, loeulia 1 — 3 sacpissimc 

 aborticntibus; ovula in lociilis aolitaria pcndnla anatropa 

 scpto supcrnc affixa; bacca piriformis apice areolata fc 

 costata ; scmina snbglobosa vel ellipsoidca testa coriacea; 

 albumen copiosum corncnm vix ruminatum; non eongruit 

 quidem cum char, gen. a cL Hooker fib dato, sed dc- 

 scriptio habitus nostram minis refert nee all nil eonvemt 

 genus in Benth. ct Hook, fil, gen. pi., in quo opcre jam 

 enumcrata esse debet 



Plantain iloriferam arhorem, frnctiferam berbain niin- 

 cupat Seb imperils! 



