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ribus paullo brevior, a basi ad apicem extenuatus vel 
subaequicrassus, basi ima villosus, caeterum glaber ruguloso- 
sulcatus ereeius; stigma eylindrieo-globulosum subintegrum. 
In Guiana Galliea: Melinon! 
2. V. minor Benth., foliis obovatis vel obovato-oblongis 
subsessilibus calyce breviter 5-Iobo; petalis 16-18 mm 
longis, glabris; cupula hypogyna integra; ovario glabro. 
V. minor Benth. in Hook. Kew Gard. Misc. V. 99; 
Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bras. I. c, p. 852. 
Glabra. — Folia vix 6 cm longa obtusa. — Caly- 
eis lobi orbieulato-truncati eiliolati. — Petala linearia albi- 
do-carnea. — Antherae parvae, loculis ad dimidium con- 
nectivi attingentibus. 
In Guiana Anglica: Rob. Schomburgk ex Benth. 
(Non vidi.) 
3. V. Guianensis Aubl., foliis ovalibus glabris; inflores- 
centiis pseudo-terminalibus corymbosis glaberrimis; pedi- 
cellis 3—-6 mm longis; alabastris lanceolato-linearibus; 
calyce tubiformi obsolete 5-dentato, denticulis dorso glan- 
dula semiimpressa incrassatis; petalis 26-28 mm longis 
glabris; filamentis 70—80 antheriferis, staminodiis tubo 
intus adnatis squamiformibus; cupula hypogyna glahra 
obsolete dentieulata; ovario B-locnlari, glabro. 
V. Guianensis Aubl. Guian. 572. tab. 229; Benth. in 
Hook. Kew Gard. Misc. V. 98; Urb. in Mart. Plor. 
Bras. I. c. p. 452, 
Arbor (ex Aubl. 6 m, ex Schomb. 24 m alta) ad 
summitaten valde ramosa. — Ramuli hornotini parum 
compressi angulato-striati glaberrimi. — Folia disticha 
ovalia, majora 6—7 cm lata, 11,5—13 cm longa (lat.: 
long. = 1:1,7—-2), basi plerumque rotundata vel subito in 
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