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brevioribus. — Arbor magnitudine Pyri Mali. Folia 2-4 poll, longa, 

 1-1 1 poll, lata, supra medium denticulate v. integra, basi oblique 

 subcordata. Cymae florigerae breves, fructiferae 2 poll, diametro. In- 

 volucri bracteae alabastrum juniorem involventes, mox hinc fissae et 

 longe ante anthesin deciduse. Flores albi. Sepala lanceolata, vix 

 semipollicaria. Petala paulo longiora, basi pubescentia. Stamina 

 petalis breviora, ad tertiam partem pentadelpha et pubescentia, su- 

 perne glabra; antherae parvae, oblongae, versatiles. Ovarium villo- 

 sissimum. Stylus glaber, superne valde dilatatus. Capsula circa 8 lin. 

 longa, obovoidea, 5-angularis (fere 5-loba), pubescens, intus 5-locu- 

 laris ; septa spuria quarundam specierum desunt. Semina generis, 

 alata, albumine parco ; cotyledonibus ovatis, subcordatis ; radicula iis 

 dimidio breviore. 

 Hab. Frequent in the gapo of the Rio Negro and of the Solimoes, 

 near their confluence, R. Spruce, n. 1594. 



Moliia., Mart. 



Mr. Spruce's collections have added the four following new 

 species to the two already known of this genus : — 



M. gracilis, Spruce. Foliis ovatis suboblongisve utrinque viridibus 

 sparse substellato-lepidotis, sepalis lepidoto-incanis pedicello brevi- 

 oribus. — Arbor tenuis, ramosa, 25-pedalis. Foha 2-4-pollicaria, ovalia, 

 elliptica v. oblonga, breviter acuminata, apice obscure crenata, supra 

 nitidula; axillae venarum subtus barbatae. Flores albi. PediceUi 

 pollicares. Sepala circa 9 lin. longa. Petala iis aequilonga, linearia. 

 Ovarium lepidoto-tomentosum. Fructus non visus. 



Hab. New Tarapoto, on the eastern side of the Andes of Peru, R. Spruce, 

 n. 4949. 



M. longifolia, Spruce. Foliis oblongis integerrimis coriaceis supra 

 glabris subtus sparse lepidotis, capsula apice integra. — Arbor 60- 

 pedalis, radicibus emersis suffulta. Folia 5-7 poll, longa, concoloria 

 v. subtus pallidiora. Flores mihi desunt. Pedicelli fructiferi polli- 

 cares. Capsula pollicaris, ala apicis coriacea-sublignosa, late rotun- 

 data, haud emarginata. 



Hab. In the woods bordering the Rio Uaupes in North Brazil, R. Spruce, 

 n. 2809. 



M. lepidota, Spruce. Foliis ovatis suboblongisve coriaceis integerrimis 

 supra sparse lepidotis subtus squamulis confertis argenteo-lepidotis, 

 sepalis pedicello aequilongis.— Arbor nunc 15-20-pedalis, nunc 60-70 

 pedes attingens. Folia 3-5-pollicaria, plus minus acuminata, infra 

 nitidula. Pedicelli nunc pollicares, fasciculati, nunc breviores pedun- 

 culo communi fulti. Flores albi. Sepala cano-tomentosa, pollicaria. 

 Petala lineari-cuneata. Antherae phalangium longiorum rosese, brevi- 



