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fuscis 6 — 7 uirinqite percnrsa, '/ 2 — vulgo i — i'/a poll 

 longa, 3, vnlgo 5, raro 6 Hii. ad basin lata, marginibns snb- 

 rectis dentato-serrata sob fortiore lente dentibns tenerrime 

 sernilads. Folia Jloralia triplo minora. Stipulae lanceo- 

 iato-lmcares uninerves ciliatae, 2 tin, aequautes. Bracteae 

 ti hracteolae ih similes md itogustiores , ejusdem circiier 

 kngitodinis* Cahjx membranaceus glaber I at o - campanulas 

 brevis, acntc 5-dentatus* Gap&ula immatura stylis 5 gla- 

 bris coronata, matnra depresso-globosa p albescens, in semi- 

 coccos medio septiferos 8ecedens, valvis septiferis, colnmella 

 temii persistente. Semina ia quovis loculo vwlgo 1# — 



2. Melochia (Ried(eia) hypoleuca (n. sp.), fraticosa, 

 (oia steliato-tomentella, foliis mod ice petiolatb ovatis obtnsis 

 vel acutis ? duplicate- vei maequaliier serrato-dentatis, snb- 

 tas incanis yenisqiie utrinque 6 ■*- 7 patnle erectis parallels 

 prominentias, cymis umbelliformibus axillaribits pauciflons 

 mh anthesi petieliu* n*x B«p*ww*tifei*s 3 calyee ^-dentato to- 

 juentello > stylis 5 murisnlatis, eapeola avirta acffta pubescent* 

 loonlicide et septkide defciscente , semiriibn* in tecetdia sotita- 

 riis subglobosis. — Prope pL la Prosperity ': "Fo^ke. — 

 iiam^ teretes stricti, serins tan turn glabrescentes. Petioli 2 

 — 3 tin* longi, anticc canalicnlati patnli. Stipulae 'i 1 /*"" 

 2 Jim, aogustissimae , tamentellae pilis quibusdam sim^ioifcttS 

 ititomtxtra, pafemtes, caducae. Folia patulo-subdeflexa, Tar- 

 sus margiiws snbplicata WaMieriae more, pollicaria vel ali- 

 qnid loiigiara. Imfi&rescentia sub anthesi petiolum eirciter 

 aeqnans; cymeso-racemosa, hasi simplex ?el sfcatim ramosa 

 (tunc quasi plnres ^nftorescentias aggrsgatae) post aathes* 

 quidpiam elongata; Jiores pedicellatu Calyx bast nndns w* 

 ceolatus sinuato - acute - 6 - dentate*. Petala oblongo - spaftn- 

 lata glabra calycem duplo excedeatia. Stamina 8tyK» brt- 

 viora, Jii&nmnt u eomplanaiis, anther h oblong© -owrtte' 



