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obovatis, cunealis, antice rotundatis aut brevi obtu- 
saque cuspide; junioribus infra inflorescentiam non- 
nunquam spathulatis, versus apices ramulorum op- 
positorum aut subverticillatorum confertis, eglandu- 
losis; drupis pollicem longis oblongis acute penta- 
gonis vertice acute rostrati. — Folia fere uti in 
T. Tanibuca, ast rarius cuspidata. Crescit frequens 
in margine amnis Amazonum et Bolimo&s. Najas. 
Descriptio in loco natali exarata haec prodit: Arbor 
20—30 ped,, ramis altitudine 8—10 ped. exeunti- 
bus, late diffusis atque comam hemisphaericam con-” 
stituentibus. Folia in ramulis terminalibus teretibus 
obscaure cinerascentibus glabris conferta :4—8, obo- 
vata, obtusa, firmula, glabra, nervo subtus promi- 
nulo roseo, supra plano alba, petiolis breribus supra 
planis atque pubentibus. Racemi simplices, 1—2 
pol}. longi, nutantes, inter folia erumpentes, Rha- 
chis fusco-purpurascens, teres, pilis tenuissimis albis 
adpressis. Pedicelli breres, filiformes, cernui, fusco- 
purpurascentes. Calycis Jimbus hemisphacrico-ur- 
ceolatus, obiter 5-dentatus, extus glaber, fusco-pur- 
purascens, intus virescenti-purpurascens. Stamina 
10, 5 cum dentibus calycis alternantia e calycini limbi 
basi, 5 dentibus opposita e limbi medio. Filamenta 
brevia, flavida, recta. Antherae globosae, biloculares, 
erectae, flavae. Ovarium ovato-globosum, pilis albis 
pubens,. Stylus, 1, brevis, rectus, attenuatus, glaber, 
viridis. Stigma simplex. Drupacirciter pollicaris, cuse 
pide verticali aucta, sicca nitens, atrata. —T. glabres- 
censsupraNro, 183. synonyma est Chuncoas brasilienst 
S. Hil. Flor, Bras. II, 244. 
