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in i lz— i k altitudinis ochreae insertis, 5 — 35 mm longis, ovata vel oblongo-ovata, apice 

 ± obtuso-acuminata, basi cordata, 9—20 cm longa, 5 — 14 cm lata, chartacea, margine 

 lcviter recurvo vel piano, glaberrima, utrinque ad nervos primaries evanescenter pilosa, 

 nervis lateralibus angulo 50 — 60° abeuntibus, usque ad marginem fere subrectis, sub- 

 decurrentibus, primariis supra semiimmersis, subtus acute expressis, nervulis utrinque 

 tenuiter prominulis dense eleganterque reticulato-Nenosa. lnflorescentia terminalis, 

 racemosa, foliis majoribus aequilonga, nodulis 1 — 3-floris, pedunculo ca. \ cm longo 

 rhachique sub lente puberulis ; bracteae triangulares, accurrentes, puberulae, 1 — 2 mm 

 longae; ochreolae bilobae, lobis acutis, bracteam subaequantes, membranaceae, basi 

 puberulae; pedicelli 11. tenues, bracteam aequantes, sub lente obsolete puberuli, tenues, 

 patentes vel liorizontaliter divaricati, fr. ca. 5 mm longi, crassiusculi. Flo res sulfurei 



(herb. Boiss.-Barb.). Perianthii tubus urceolato-campanulatus, vix 1 mm longus ; 

 lobi ovati, 1 1 / 2 mm longi, in anthesi reflexi. Filamenta filiformia, ca. 2 mm longa, 

 e recta, antheris exsertis. Ovarium oblongum, obtuso-trigonum, ca. */g mm longum ; 

 styli 3, stigmatibus sublobatis. Fructus ei C. laurifoliae similis, ovoideus, basi in 

 stipitem brevissimum contractus, apice subacuminatus , lobis perianthii laxe adpressis, 

 conspicuis, 14 mm longus, 9 mm diametro, pericarpio crustaceo, costato (Fig. 26;. 

 Semen 3-sulcatum, partibi^ sulcatis, testa cornea, dilute fusca, nitida, acuminata, 

 subtrigona. 



Hab. in Guyana anglica prope Roraimae montes in silvatieis pra- 

 torum: Rich. Schomblrgk n. 929 (II), 1265(11); in Brasiliae pro v. Bahia 

 prope St. Anna: Beyrich. Blanchet (ex MeissnerI), herb. Boiss.-Barb. (in 

 loco hurnido); S. Paulo prope Sorocaba in locis siccis: Mos£x n. 3664; 

 Rio de Janeiro: Gaidichaud, Langsdorff, Andersson, Widgren n. 442; 

 Pernambuco prope Pernambuco: Schenck n. 4144. 



Floret Aprili. (v. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barb., Deless., Holm., Lips., Petrop., 

 Schenck., Vind. 



51. Coccoloba ilheensis Wedd. 



Hamuli glabri. Ochreae oblique vel subrecle truncatae, laxae. Folia 

 ovata vel ovalia 7 apice breviter acuminata, basi cordata, membranacea, ner- 

 vis primariis supra semiimmersis, subtus prominentibus, nervulis utrinque 

 tenuissime prominulis laxe reticulato-venosa, lnflorescentia nodis 1-floris, 

 rhachi glabra. Pedicelli ochreolas subaequantes. 



Coccoloba ilheensis Wedd. in; Ann. sc. nat. 3. ser. XIII, 25S; Walp. Ann. Ill, 288; 

 Meissx. in : Fl. bras. V, 1 p. 36 et in : DC. Prodr. XIV, 157. 



Coccoloba membranacea Kl. in : Linnaea XIV, 289 (sine descr.]. 



Arbuscula trunco arboreo (ex Martius!) vel frutex 4, 5 — 6-metralis (ex Lusch- 

 nath et Martius !) ramis propendentibus (ex Martius !), ramulis graciliter striatis, cinereo- 

 nitidis, glaberrimis, lenticellis irregulariter dispersis, ellipticis. Ochreae oblique 



vel subrecte truncatae, ± 4 mm longae, membranaceae, margine subscariosae, laxae, 

 diutius persistentes. Folia petiolis, in sicco sulcatis, 10 — 15 mm longis, glaberrimis, 

 ad basin ochreae insertis, ovata vel ovalia, apice breviter acuminata, basi cordata, 



± 11 cm longa, ± 7 l / 2 cm lata, membranacea, margine piano, glabra, nervis lateralibus 

 angulo 60 — 75° abeuntibus, plane arcuatis, primariis supra semiimmersis vel prominulis, 

 subtus prominentibus, nervulis utrinque tenuissime prominulis laxe reticulata-venosa. 

 lnflorescentia terminalis in ramulis, solitaria, nutans, folia aequans vel n-plo 

 longior, raccmosa, nodulis 1 -Claris, pedunculo usque ad 1 cm longo rhachique glabris; 







