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peUHs albidis (schedul. Schomb.): at siccati flores rubri 



SUBt. 



Guiana anglica ; in sylvaticis juxta montes Roraima 

 (Rich* Schomburgk no. 912>). 



Burdachta Mart. — Adr. Jnss, 

 1. B. priismatocarpa Mart, — Adr. Juss. h c, p* 57, 



t, 4* f. 3. 



Brasilia borealis: ad fl. Amazonas (Poeppig no, 291L) 



Blepharandra Gr. 



Car. gw*. Calyx Sfidus, eglandulosus. Petala5, limbo 

 orbicularis Stamina 10, omnia fertilia, filamentis barbatis, 

 autheris exappendiculatis , ciliarnm loBgarum serie cinctis. 

 Ovarium triloculare, glabrum, carpophyllis connexis exappen- 

 diculatis* Styli 3 distinct!, apice attenuate aciiti. Frnctns 

 ignotiis. 



Arbor guiancnsis, foliis oppositis petiolatis coriaceis sub- 

 tns pruinosis, stipwlis axillaris mngms liberis ntrlnqne ge- 

 minatis. Raceroi terminates, slipulis basi involucrati, pedi- 

 cellis fasciculatis basi articulatis ct bracteolatis pcdwncwlo 

 communi breyi ab axi race mi distinctis. 



Genus uondnm satis notum, Coleostachydi soli eique 

 eximie stipularum indole, calyce et floris fabriea accedens, 

 distinctum tamen infloresceutia terminal*, stipulis discrelis et 

 charactere artificial! e stamiuibus petito. 



1. B* hypoleuca Gr. ramulis laevibus, foliis cordato- 

 ovatis apice rotundatis supra lucidis subtus crustaceo - albidis, 

 racemo rufo - tomentoso. 



Cohostacht/s hgpoleuca Bentb. t c. p. 125. n, 19# 



Arbor 30~40pedalis (ex schedul.), ramis strictis cylin- 

 dricis a(ro-cinereis pube brevi amissa laevibus, iaternodtis 

 SKbaequalibus i 1 /* — B" longis. Folia 5 — 3" longa, 3— 



