10 



A Sp. parvi/lora^Sert floribns decaudris, a Sp, per- 

 forata foliis non peHucido-punctatis, ab utratjue inflorcsceu- 



liae genere. 



Arbor 30 — 40-pedalis (ex seheditl*), ramis strictis pa- 



tentibus oppositis, juiuoribus rufo- viUosiifsculis, mox in lignum 

 excrescentibns , lignosis cylindraceis, cortice ruguloso, inter- 

 no diis i — 2" longis. Folia sub authesi ad ukiraos nodos 

 restricta \ x j% — 2" longa, 6 — 10"' lata, utrinque acutiuscula, 

 mucrone acuto terminata, membranacea > supra glabra nign- 

 cantia, subtus ferruginea pilis sparsis rufis evanidis in nerro 

 mediano diiitius persistentibus glabrata et sfiuamulis microsco- 

 picis albidis punctata glandulisqne binis juxta mediam partem 

 notata, petiolo rufo-villosiusculo % — V 94 longo, stipula axil- 

 lari superue libera acuta rufo-vUlosiuscula petiolo paullo bre- 

 yiori. Racerai penduli 3~— 4" longi, tomento denso rufo ob- 

 docti, mternodiis brevibus 2 — 3"' longis donsiftsri; nates se- 

 cnndarii refracti, 3 — 4'" Iongi, crassinscnli, supra basin 

 bractea miuuta stipati, nunc pedicellos simplices infra medium 

 articulatos et bibracteolatos, nunc saepius pedunculos commit* 

 nes ex articulo in pedicellos geminos divisos sisle»tes 5 pedi- 

 cello inferiori longiori et prius Govern eFolvenle, superior! ab- 

 breviate in gemmam floralem forsan abortivam excurrente; 

 braeteola inferiori in glandulam stipitatam mutata. Sepala 

 I" 1 longa, orata, obtusa, extus puberula, quatitor biglandu- 

 losa. Petala breviter nnguicnlata, limbo orbiciilari-obovato 

 1"' dianu Stamina subaequalia 3 dislincta, toro hispido in- 

 sertaj filamenta linearia antberaeque breviter oblongae gla- 

 brae. Ovarium biloeulare, glabrum, stylis 2 apice di?ergen- 

 tibus stamina aequantibus stigmate uncinate- truncato apice 

 brevissime bilobo. Fructus nou exstat. 



Guiana anglica: in ripa fl. Takutu, (Rich* Schom- 

 burgk no. 506.) 



