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Folia 3—6", lineari- v. ovato-oblonga, 

 obtusa, glaberrima. Panicula grisea, flo- 

 ribtis sparsis 7. L. heteromorpha. 



Folia 5 — 7", oblonga, obtusa, glaber- 

 rima. Panicula cinereo-fulva , floribus 

 fasciculatis 8. L. Benthami. 



Folia 5", oblonga, obtusa, superne ni- 

 tida, subtus dealbata. Panicula cinerea, 

 floribus fasciculatis 9. L. rigida. 



§. 2. EULICAMA. 



Petala 0. Stamina 3 — 6 (rarius 7 — 10), unilateralia , rarissime in 

 orbem disposita; filamentis basi remotis rarius submonadelphis. 



«. Calycis tubus intus lana araneosa intertexta indutus. 

 Folia 2", oblonga, acuminata, supra 



glabra subtus albo-lanata 10. L. dealbata. 



Folia 2 — 3", late obovato-rotundata, 



subtus Candida ILL. orbicularis. 



Folia 2 — 3", ovato-lanceolata, glabra, 

 nervis crassis, floribus paniculatis . . 12. L. crassivenia. 

 Folia oblongo-lanceolata subtus lanata, 



floribus gracile spicatis 13. L. incana. 



/?. Calycis tubus intus hirsutus v. tomentosus, lana araneosa 0. 

 * Flores ad apicem pedunculi communis 2 v. 3. 

 Folia 2 — 3", orbicularia v. late ob- 

 longa, subtus pallida. Panicula cinerea 14. L. emaroinata. 



Folia 3 — 4", oblongo-lanceolata, 

 subtus fulva v. dealbata. Panicula fulvo- 



tomentella 13. L. microcarpa. 



** Florus secus ramos primarios spicae v. paniculae sessiles. 

 •j* Flores spicati. 



Folia 3— 4", oblonga, caudata, gla- 

 berrima. Calyx urceolatus * . . . 16. L. i R< kolari.s. 



Folia 4", lanceolata, caudata, gla- 

 berrima. Calyx globosus . . . . 17. L. spicata. 



Folia 2 — 3", ovato- v. oblongo- 

 lanceolata, subtus dealbata ... 18. L. Kunthiana. 

 -J- -J- Flores paniculati; panicula brevis. 



Folia 3 — 4", late oblonga, subtus 

 dealbata. Panicula rufo-tomentosa . 19. L. hbbantha. 



Folia 2 — 3'/ 2 ", oblonga, obtusa, 

 nitida, subtus albo-tomentosa. Pani- 

 culae rami crassi 20. L. nitida. 



-J--J--J- Flores paniculati; panicula ampla. 

 Folia 6 — 9", oblonga, acuta, gla- 

 berrima. Panicula cinerea . . . 21. L. polita. 



Folia 4 — 6", oblonga , acuminata, 

 supra nitida, subtus appresse pubes- 



centia 22. L. micrantha. 



Folia 5 — 8", oblonga, acuminata, 

 supra nitida, subtus fulva . . . 23. L. triandra. 



Folia 2 — 4" , oblongo-lanceolata, 

 caudata, supra glabra subtus grisea 24. L. parviklora. 



Species dubiae affinitatis. 



Folia 2 — 3", obovato-oblonga, obtusa, 

 glaberrima 25. L. prismatocarpa. 



§. 1. HYMENOPUS Benth. 



Petala saepissime 5. Stamina 5 — 15, omnia fertilia v. non- 

 nulla ananthera, in orbem completum v. incompletum disposita. 



a. Calycis tubus intus velutinus v. tomentosus et lana araneosa 

 intertexta indutus. 



1. LICANIA MACROPHYLLA Benth. foliis magnis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis v. lineari-oblongis cuspidato-acuminatis concoloribus 

 glaberrimis, petiolo brevi crassissimo ; panicula canescenti-tomentosa. 



Tabula nostra J. 



Licania macrophylla Benth. in Kew-Journ. But. II. 240. 



Arbor magna, data, ramis patentibus, ramulis robustis gla- 

 berrimis. Folia 8—10 poll, longa, pro genere membranacea, basi 

 obtusa v. cordata, saepe obliqua, utrinque fusco-brunnea; costa 

 valida, nervis in utroque latere 10—12 supra tenuissimis, subtus 

 prominulis , nervulis transversis obscuris; petiolo % poll, longo, 

 crasso, rimoso. Stipulae pollicares, longe lanceolato-subulatae , diu 

 persistentes. Panicula 8 — 10 poll, longa, ampla; ramis brachiatis, 

 basi bracteatis, demum glabratis; ramulis compressis; bracteis ob- 

 longis, concavis. Flores y 6 poll, longi, solitarii v. fasciculati, bre- 

 viter pedicellati; bracteolae minutae. Calyx urceolatus; tubus 

 subsphaericus, subcostatus, extus pubescens, intus villosus et lana 

 farctus; dentibus 4 — 5. Petala 5 v. 6 minum, spathulata, pubes- 

 centia. Stamina 5 — 6, in orbem disposita , antheris (quarum non- 

 nullae iinperfectae), obtusis, breviter cxsertis ; filamentis obscure 

 connatis, villis intertextis deflexis opertis. Ovarium velutinum; 

 stylus lanuginosus. Drupa oblonga, pulposa, 1'/, poll, longa, 

 utrinque obtusa, ecostata. 



Habitat in Brasiliae burealis prov. Para ad Caripi: Spruce n. 

 139.; in Guyana gallica ad Karouany : Sayot; in Surinamo ad flumen 

 Marowyne: Wullschlaeyel. Najas et Extrabrasiliensis. 



2. LICANIA MOLLIS Benth. foliis oblongis ovato-oblongis 

 oblongo-lanceolatisve acuminatis, sublus molliter tomentosis fulvis 

 v. sordidis; panicula tomentosa parce ramosa. 



Licania mollis Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. II. 219. 



Arbor 40-pedalis (Spruce), ramulis fulvo-tomentosis. Folia dure 

 coriacea, 4— 6 poll, longa, superne siccitate pallide brunnea v. nigra, costa 

 pubescente excepta glaberrima, subnitida, nervis inconspicuis depressis; 

 subtus pallide fulva v. sordida, nervis utroque latere 10 — 12 costaque 

 prominentibus, nervulis transversis reticulatis; petiolo y A poll. Iongo, ro- 

 busto, molliter tomentoso. Stipulae parvae, lanceolatae, rectae v. falcatae, 

 petiolo adnatae, persistentes. Panicllae axillares et terminates, 3— 4 poll, 

 longae, uti folia subtus tomento^ae, ramis paucis robustis strictis. 

 Flores sessiles, non fasciculati, '/ s poll, longi. Calvx urceolatus; tubus 

 subglobosus, extus sericeo-tomentosus , intus lana araneosa parca farctus. 

 Petala 0. Stamina ad 10; filamentis brevi bus, varie connatis; an- 

 theris ad 8, obtusis. Ovarium longe dense strigosum; st\lus subelonga- 

 tus, lanuginosus. Fructus maguitudinc nucis Avellanae, subglobosus, in 

 stipitem brevem abrupte contractus, crasse et profunde sinuato-coslatus, 

 lignosus, extus ferrugineo-velutinus, intus villosus. 



Petal urn unicum minimum a Benthamio interdum defectum, a nobis 

 non visum fuit. 



Habitat in Brasilia bureali ad ripas fl. Negro: Schomburyk n. 

 910.; et ad flum. Cassiquiare , Vasiva et Pacimoni: Spruce n- 3314. 

 et 3441. Najas. 



@. Calycis tubus intus hirsutus v. tomentosus, lana araneosa 0. 

 Petala 5. 



3. LICANIA GLABRA Mart, foliis oblongis oblongo-obovatis 

 v. lanceolatis obtusis glaberrimis, nervis utrinque prominulis; pa- 

 nicula cano-pubescente; fructu 8 — 10-costalo. 



Licania glabra Mart. Herb. 

 Licania costata Spruce Mss. 



t 

 Arbor 20 — 60-ped. (Spruce); ramis glaberrimis; ramulis 



ultimis compressis. Folia 4—5 poll, lotfga, in petiolum angustata, 



siccitate utrinque luride brunnea non nitentia subtus pallidiora, 



undulata, nervis utroque latere ad 12 prominulis, nervulis trans 



versis reticulatis; petiolo brevissimo,«apicem versus saepissime 2- 



glanduloso. Stipulae non visae. Panicula ampla; ramis brachiatis, 



griseo-pubescentibus et sparse pilosis. Flores minuti, '/,., poll. 



longi, sessiles, sparsi solitarii v. bini. Calyx urceolatus; tubus 



