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seitsim breviorcs, in pamcuJam parvam collect! ; faseioulonim 

 pcdunciili 1 — 2"' loiigi, bracteam Jinoarem subacqiiantcs, pc- 

 dicrilis basi 1 — 2bracteolatis longiores. Calyx proftinde 5- 

 partitus, % M lojigns, segments oblongis obtushiscnlis subin- 

 aeqiialibus intus (sieut in ceteris spcciebus) coloratis glabris. 

 Fetala panim exserta, superins majus basi gibbosum ibiquc 

 iutiis zona pilorura longitudinal! notatum, lateralia et inferio- 

 ra nngnstiora. Stamina inonadelpha, infra ovarium inserta 

 ealycisque segments iatferiori opposita, filamentis 4 — 6 an- 

 theriferis. Glandiclae hypogyaa**, supra ovarium collocatae 

 petaloquc superiori oppositae* 4, suiuotinulae. Ovarium vil- 

 losum, stylo brevi iucurvo, stigmate capttato obscure trilobo. 

 Capsula non exstat, 



Brasilia: in prov. Bahia ad montes Serra Acurna (Blan- 

 che t ii. 2921), 



7. T. hypoleuca Gr # ramulis putiernlis caly rib usque ex- 

 tits iiicano-pubescentibiis, foliis ellipticis apiculatis petiolatis 

 supra glabris nitidis subtus adpressa lanttgine niveis, pnbe e 

 nervo venisque subtus prominulis reticulars evanida, floribus 

 faseii'iilatis ? fasciculis 3 — llloris iu race mum., raeemis in pa- 



niculam dispositis, pedicellts calycem subaequautibus bracteo- 

 las liiicares breves dtiplo superantibus, capsula — . 



Species foliis supra glaberriims subtus niveis a praece- 

 deutibus distiuetissima. Kami teretiusculi , raox glabrati, cor- 

 tice ftisco leuticellis mi nut is eopiosis exasperato, iuternodiis 

 1 Va ~ *" iongis sursum decrescentibus. Folia 5" louga, 

 2 1 /*" lata, superiora raiuora, bast rotandata et ex apiee sub- 

 aeqiiali hrevitec apiculato, apiculo tenui obtnsiuseulo 3'" fere 

 lougo* petiolo 3 — 4'" lougo cum nervo subtus fuscesceute 

 glabro, stipulis linearibus deciduis, cicatrice anttnlari intra- 

 peliolari persisteute. Panicula terminals, ramis ejus siv* 

 raeemis brevitcr stipitatis patentibus laxifloris, peduoculis 



