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ellipticis v. ovatis, remotiuscule crenulato-serratis glabris; 
inflorescentiis folio pluries brevioribus semel v. bis dicho- 
tomis subcapituliformibus densissime pulvernlento- pube- 
rulis; bracteis in vertice saepe subinerassatis; sepalis 
apertis vel parum imbricatis; petalis tomentosis, ima basi 
tubo adnatis persistentibusque; antheris flamentorum ma- 
jorum lateralibus brevissime atipitatis loculis defieientibus, 
connecetivo intus parum convexo liguliformi; squamis eu- 
pulae hypogynae 10 plus minus connatis v. plane liberia 
bidentatis; ovario globoso acuto. 
Saccoglottis densiflora Urb. in Mart. Fler. Bras. 1. c. 
p- 485. 
Humirium ? densiflorum Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot, 
IL. 374. 
Arbor 20 m alta; ramuli hornotini striis obsoletis 
subangulati pube parca brevi in axillis foliorum prove- 
niente excepta glabri. — Folia disticha ovato-elliptiea v. 
ovata, majora 5—6 cm lata 12—15 cm longa (latı: 
long. =1:2—2,5) basi rotundata vel obtusa in petiolum 
contracta, petiolo 8—12 mm longo supra plano acutieque 
marginato v. lamina decurrente sursum curvata angu- 
stissime alato, breviter acuminata, acumine 5—8 mm longo 
obtuso plerumque minute emarginato, supra subnitida ad 
basin ufringue glandula subrotunda v. brevi-elliptica im- 
pressa, ad apicem glandulis rotundis perpaueis, nunc de- 
fieientibus, instructa, subtus juxta marginem remotiuseule 
crenulato-serrulatum subplanum glandulis impressis pareis 
ormata. — Inflorescentiae in ramulis hornotinis laterales 
folio pluries breviores 25—40 mm longae 50—100-forae 
superne subcapituliformi-cymosae, densissime pulverulento- 
puberulae; pedunculus compressiuseulus supra planior, sub- 
anceps v. biangulatus superne eXaote semel v. bis dieho- 
