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basi rotundata ; petiolo 1-2-pollicari. Pedunculi axillares, 3-4-polli- 

 cares, paniculam corymbosam demum bis terve 3-chotomam seu urn- 

 bellatam circa 4 poll, latam ferentes. Pedicelli 8-9 lin. longi. Flores 

 nutantes, in vivo eburnei. Sepala 4-lin. longa, acuminata. Filamenta 

 brevia, pubescentia. Anthera? glabriusculae vix duplo longiores, 

 acumine tenui anthera ipsa vix dimidio breviore. Ovarium (superne 

 vix complete) 4-loculare. Stylus integer, acutiusculus. 

 Hab. In damp woods near San Carlos on the Rio Negro, in North 

 Brazil, R. Spruce, n. 3680. 



III. AxiLLIFLOBJE STIPULATE. 



8. S. dentata, Linn. Spec. PI. p. 730. Folia 8-13-pollicaria, sinuato- 

 dentata, obtusa v. acuminata; petiolo 1-4-pollicari. Calyx cyathi- 

 formis, truncatus, 6-10-dentatus. Anthera? lineares, pubescentes, 

 apice connectivo glabro breviter apiculata?. Ovarium 4-loculare (ex 

 Aubletio interdum 5-6-loculare). Stylus integer v. apice brevissime 

 lobatus. Fructus setis longis subulatis flexuosis densissime echinatus. 



Hab. Cayenne, Martin ; British Guiana, Rob. Schomburgk, 2nd coll. n. 

 768, Rich. SchomburffkyXiASSS. Also probably Surinam, Hostmann, 

 n. 1025 ; but the calyx is wanting in my specimens of the latter. 



9. S. macrophylla, Spruce, sp. n. Arbor gracilis, 18-pedalis, ramis 

 paucis elongatis supra medium foliiferis floridisque. Folia ampla, fere 

 S. dentata, majora sesquipedalia, petiolo 3-7-pollicari, late oblonga v. 

 ovata, obtusa v. acuminata, late sinuato-subdentata. Stipulae lanceo- 

 latae, crassiusculse, persistentes. Racemi petiolo breviores, canescenti- 

 tomentelli. Pedicelli fere pollicares, bracteis subtendentibus brevibus, 

 ovatis, persistentibus. Calyx hemisphscricus, ruber. Sepala 5-8, 

 ovata, utrinque tomentosa, demum recurva, uniseriatim valvata v. 

 1-2 interiora. Stamina S. dentata, in vivo flava, pubescentia, linearia, 

 apicula brevi glabra. Stylus subinteger. Ovarium 5 (4-6?) -loculare. 

 Capsula setis pollicaribus rectis rigidis subspinescentibus densissime 

 eclunata. 



Hab. In the gapo on the Rio Uaupes in North Brazil, R. Spruce, n. 2478. 



10. S. pubiflora. Planch, et Lind. in Herb. Hook. MS. Arbor. 

 Folia ovata v. oblonga, 6-8-pollicaria, obtusa, vix sinuata, coriacea, 

 glabra ; venis primariis venulisque transverse reticulatis, subtus pro- 

 minentibus; petiolo |-l-pollicari. Racemi axillares, floribundi, 2-3- 

 pollicares, molliter pubescentes. Stipula; et bractea? lineari-lanceo- 

 latae, persistentes. Flores nutantes. Sepala 6-10, 1-2-seriata, 3-lin. 

 longa, pubescentia. Antherae oblonga?, filamento v. apicula tenui 

 hispidula vix longiores. Ovarium 5 (4-6?) -loculare. Stylus apice 

 breviter divisus. 



Hab. In the Sierra Nevada, in the province of Rio Hacha, in New 

 Grenada, at an altitude of 5000 feet, Schlim, n. 839. 



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