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paullum complanatus, 3 — 5 cm longus; lamina tenuiter coriacea utrinque 

 glaberrima in siccitate discolor supra brunneo-olivacea subtus dilute flavido- 

 ochroleucaj oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, apice 1 — 1,4 cm longe oblique 

 acuminata, basin versus longiuscule angustata, 1,8 — 2,5 dm longa, 9 — <1 cm 

 lata, nervis lateralibus primariis 18 — 22 angulo subrecto a costa patentibus 

 marginem versus arcuatim adscendentibus utrinque distincte prominentibus 

 percursa. Paniculae terminales multiflorae longiuscule pedunculatae, circ. 

 1,8 dm longae, usque ad 7 cm latae^ bracteis anguste lineari-lanceolatis 

 acutissimis 8 — 12 mm longis instructae; flores mediocres breviter tenuiter- 

 que pedicellati; ovarium parvum obconicum vix 1 mm longum; calycis 

 lobi ovati acuti 1,2 — 1,S mm longi; corollae in siccitate obscure brunneae 

 tubus longiusculus subcylindricus sursum paullum dilatatus, 8 — 9 mm 

 longus, basi circ. 1,5 mm, fauce circ. 2 mm latus, lobi subovati acuti quam 

 tubus pluries breviores demum reflexi; stamina fauci corollae filamentis 

 brevibus affixa, antberae lineares fere 2 mm longae corollae tubum paullum 

 superantes; stilus brevis tenuis in tubo inclusus. 



Subaquatoriale andine Provinz: Costa Rica: bei Ganas Gordas, 

 ^ni 1100 m ii. M. (H. Pittier in Herb. Instit. physico-geogr. nat. costari- 

 censis n. 11161. — Bluhend im Februar 1897). 



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Palicourea macrosepala Krause n. sp. — Ramuli validi subtetragoni 



paullum complanati leviter sulcati glabri vel pills brevibus sparsissimis 

 obsiti cortice sublaevi obscure brunneo obtecti. Foliorum stipulae cadu- 

 cissimae ; petiolus modice validus supra paullum applanatus atque leviter 

 canaliculatus, 3,5 — 4 cm longus; lamina tenuiter coriacea utrinque glabra 

 vel praesertim subtus ad costam mediam atque nervos primarios spar- 

 sissime pilosa, oblongo-elliptica vel oblonga, apice acumine tenui angusto 

 acuto saepe paullum obliquo 1 — 1,5 cm longo praedita, basin versus 

 rolundata, ima basi paullum decurrens, 2,5 — 2,8 dm longa, 1,2 — 1,35 dm 



lata 



J nervis lateralibus primariis circ. 24 — 26 angulo acuto vel infimis 



^Dgulo fere recto a costa patentibus marginem versus valde arcuatim ad- 

 scendentibus utrinque distincte prominentibus percursa, Paniculae termi- 

 nales magnae multiflorae subpyramidatae, circ. 2,5 dm longae, usque ad 

 ^5 dm latae, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acutis instructae; flores majusculi 



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pedicellati ; ovarium parvum obconicum circ. 1 ,2 mm longum ; 



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^lycis lobi pro genere magni ovati apice subacuti, 2,5 — 3 mm longi, basi 



^^1,8 mm lati; corollae in siccitate obscure brunneae vel nigrescentis 



^bus cylindroideus sursum paullum ampliatus atque levissime curvatus, 



^~-7 mm longus, fere 2 mm latus, lobi parvi late ovati obtusi tubo pluries 



reviores ; stamina paullum infra faucem filamentis brevissimis inserta, 



^Qtherae anguste oblongae inclusae; stilus corollae tubi dimidium vix 

 ^"perans. 



