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fasco-grisea. Periantliii fructet^coiitis tubus 4 niiiu long,, piiullo supra 



basin 2'5 mm. apice 5 mm, lut, ; hujus os 10 mm. diam.; ala sola 3 mm. 

 lat. 



Ill liabit and foliago vory like K, sj^ovgiosa, F. Mnell., but the description 

 of the fruit (Lliere is no Cruiting specimen in our Iierbaria) does not ;*gre(\ 

 The turbinate perianth-Uibo coupled with the absence of accessory wino-s 

 form the chief charactcj'istic of the species. 



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Anisacantiia nispiDA, sp. nov. Suffrntox humilis intricate ramosus; 



;labrls tandem cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum promi- 



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pilis griseis hispidu-villosis dlu persij^tenlibus prseditis ; _/>mm?//;?o urceolato 

 spinis 4 ina}qualibus munito lobis 4 abbreviatis deltoideis villosulisj stamhnhus 



(anne semper ?) 



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aplce truncate villosnloque spinis divtincatis 4 (quorum extant 2 elongatse, 



Mulline ; A. 

 Folia + 4 

 pcrplurimi. 



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nn. 1 



Stjii 



ong., primo ascent 



Ic^ntia. den 



mm paten tia. Fiores 



rami infcrne breviter barbeilati, fere 1 mm. lonu'. 



Friictus 1 mm. long, ot lat. ; spini longiores 5-7 mm. long ; spina inler- 



modia recta vel uncinata, circa 2 mm. long. ; minima debilisj incurvus, 

 clrcltor '5 nnn. ]on£. 



A very distinct species, known from its congeners by means of the hispid- 

 villous foliaiie. 



• PHYTOLACCA CEiE. 



Gyrostemox BnowNiT, sp. nov. Frutex glaber habitu fastigiaio ; ramidis 

 gracilibns angulosis foliosis ; foliis scssilibiis subforetibus angnstissime 



linearil)iis apice mucronulatis; stipulis 



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Ivx 



racomos paucifloros foliis eortc breviorlbus digostis ; jtWa'c;ZZa qiiam 

 longioribiis minute bractratis ; perianfhio breviter 5-lobo microscopice fari- 

 nose lobis rotiindatis ; ftl. masc. staniinibus 7-8 nniseriatis disfeum sat 

 eniiiicns apico truncatum breviterque 5-lobum cingentibus ; JlLfem. carpollis 

 4-5 ovoideis obtusis scabriusculis; stylis brevibus late subulatis crassiusculis 

 columnge centrali brevi affixis ; frxictu 



Bruce Rockj Stoward, 70-1 {S), 745 ( ? ). 



Folio +15 nun. long., circa '5 mm. lat., in sicco 



tea)) 



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longit. 1 nun. nunquaui oxcedentes. Racemi' adusqun 



5-G mm. long., elsi sajpe brcu'iores. Podicelli fll. niapc. ±2-5 mm. long. ; 

 fll. fcm. 1-5-2 nnu. Fll. masc. perianthium 2-5 mm. diani. ; fll. fern. 2 mm. 

 Antberre a latere aliquanto compresssc, 1-2 nun. long. Discus -5 mm. diam. 

 Carpella vix 2 mm. long., stjli fere 1 mm. 



