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Specimiua incompleta, quippe qnibus folia beterogenea 

 Hiraeae cujusdam apposita ewnt, foliis erol litis catent: tamen 

 summa affinitas cum B. teiocarpa Adr. Juss, perspicua est> 

 a gua friictns indole separantnr, 



Peruvia: iu nemoribus Andiiira (Ruiz), 

 5. B. cristata Gr. foliis oTatis breriter aciitatis subtus 

 puberulis membraiiaceis peiiolatiS;, petiolo ad mediam partem 

 biglaaduloso , umbellis 4floris sparsis, pedicellis basi articu- 

 latis tribracteolatis, calyce eglanduloso, petalis glabris fim- 

 briate -denticulatis hiteiSj antheris glabris, stylis iuferne pube 

 patula Mrsutis coufornubus, samarae utriuque cristis 3 paral- 

 lelis imbricatis auctae ala oblonga iatus ad basia appendice 

 obtusa instrncta* 



Samarae fabrica plane couvenit cum B. hcterostyla Adr# 

 Juss* (I. c. tab* 13), quae „pctiolo ad apicem biglanduloso, 

 petalis pubescentibaa et stylis difformibus*' distioguitur. Al- 

 ter! specie* eique minus notae 0* eglandulo&ae Adr. Jufifc 

 „folia basi acuta, petala pubescentia, styli toti hirsuti." 



Frotex rohtbUls (sefcedul), ramis vagis jnnioribns pube 

 sparsa .adpresso-puberulis mox glabratis, cortice lentieellis 

 mimitis notato rugiiloso. Folia 3 — 2" longa, 2— 1" lata, e 

 basi rotuudata ovata, in acumen brevissimura plerumque acu- 

 tissimum apicc abrupte acutata, subtus pilulis adpressis spar- 

 sis in. nervo mediauo coptosioribus subsericeis puberula, sup'* 

 giabrata, siccata nigricautia , tenuia, petiolo 3 — 4'" longo 

 pube rufa adpressa deusiori vestito> glaudulis miuutis w&*~ 

 cautibus, stipnlis mconspicnis. Umbellae subsolitariae, i» r&* 

 mulis brevissimis abortivis terminates, itaque respect u cauli* 

 laterales, pedieellis tenuibus puberulis 8'" ioagis,, quibnsda» 

 saepius abortientibus ? bract eolis miuutis. Sepala 1"' Ion$** 

 ovata > obtusa, extus puberula, genitalibus plus duplo sup«* 

 rata. Petala expanaa, limbo oyali-subrotuudo E — S'" long* 



