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Vantanea Aubl. 
Aubl. Guian. 572; Benth. et Hook, Gen. I. 246, Urb. 
in Mart. Flor. Bres. I. ce. 9. 450. — Houmiri, sectio- 
nes Vantanea ei Vantaneoides Baill. in Adans. 
X. 368. 
1. V. parvillora Lam., foliis elliptieis vel obovatis glabris; 
infiorescentiis pseudoterminalibus corymbosis puberulis; 
pedicellis ad 2 mm longis; alabastris eylindrieis; ealyee 
obsolete 5-lobo dorso eglanduloso; petalis 9—10 mm 
longis, dense deorsum hirtellis; filamentis 100-—130, sta- 
minodüs nullis; cupula hypogyna breviter et densissime hir- 
tella, dentieulata; ovario 5-loculari villoso. 
V. parviflora Lam. in Journ. d’Hist. wat. L 144, lab. 7; 
Urb. in Bart, Fler. Bras. I. co. p. #54. 
V. Gwianensis Kunth, in Abhandl. d. Berl. Akad. 1832 
p. 55. tab. IL D; Baill. Hist. Plant. V. 5d. ic.? 
Rami lineis elevatis subarcuatis striati, hornotini striis 
angwlati vel subalati, superne compressiuseuli, glaberrimi. 
— Folia disticha elliptiea vel obovata, majora 4-5 em 
lata, 8—10 em long. (lat.: long.= 1:2), basi acuta in petio- 
lum contraeta, petiolo 10—12 mm longe lamina decurrente 
incurvata vel involuta anguste marginato supra concavo, 
apice rotundata v. plerumgue breviter acuminata, acumine 
obtuso subreeurvato perpaullum emarginato, glaberrima, 
supra nitida ad basin glandulis 4—6 impressis praedita, 
subtus juxta margirem integrum planum in nervis latera- 
libus anastomosantibus glandulis impressis subpareis or- 
nata. — Inflorescentiae in ramulis hornotinis ex axillis 
foliorum superiorum laterales et axe juxta inflorescentiam 
supremam callo vel gemma non evoluta terminato pseudo- 
terminales 3—5,5 em longae, 20—60-florae eymoso-corym- 
bosae pilis brevibus puberulae; pedunculus basi subincras- 
