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<i, Lindau. 













apice membranaceae, mox evanidae, basi subchartacea, diutius persistente, sub- 

 adpressae, novellae sub lente minute puberulae, postea glabratae. Folia petiolis supra 

 canaliculatis, 3 — 10 mm longis, subcrassis, sub lente minute puberulis, postea glabratis, 

 sub ochrea insertis, obovata vel oblongo-subobovata, apice rotumlata vel obsolete ob- 

 tuso-acuminata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 5 — \\ cm longa, 3 — 5 cm lata, coriaeea, 

 margine subplano, subundulato , glabra, subtus in axillis et ad costam barbellata, supra 

 saepe in sicco pallide viridi-opaca, nervis lateralibus angulo 35 — 55° abeuntibus, decur- 

 rentibus, rectis, prope marginem in complures arcus procurrentibus, primariis utrinque 

 prominentibus, nervulis prominulis laxe reticulato-venosa. Inflorescentia termi- 

 nalis, solitaria, racemosa , foliis aequilonga vel longior, densiflora, pendula, nodulis 

 1 — 3-iloris, pedunculo 5 — 6 mm longo rhachique minutissime puberulis angulatis(iue ; 

 bracteae triangulares, acutae, 2 mm longae, patentes, nigrescentes ; ochreolae laxae, 

 hracteam duplo superantes, membranaceae; pedicelli fl. tenues, circa 2i/ 2 mm longi, 

 patentes, subretlexi, in ochreola reconditi, fr. aequales. Perianthii tubus sub- 

 nullus; lobi ovati, 2mm longi, in anthesi reflexi. Filamenta filiformia, erecta, 

 2 mm longa, antheris longe exsertis. Ovarium oblongum, 1 ! /2 mm longum; sty li 3, 

 Y2 mm longi, stigmatibus lobatis. Fructus ovoideus, obtuso-trigonus, 5 mm longus, 

 4 mm diametro, lobis perianthii usque ad basin fructus conspicuis, arete conniventibus, 

 pericarpio crustaceo, rufo-nigro (Fig. 55). Semen 3-sulcatum , partibus obsolete 1- 

 sulcatis, testa cornea, nitida, nigra. Cotyledones subreniformes, apice emargina- 

 tae, margine revoluto, 3 mm longae, 4 mm latae; radicula circa 2mm(?) longa, usque ad 

 basin cotyledonum conspicua. 



Hab. frequens in Mexico: Andrikux n. 115, 444 } Liebmann; in Hon- 

 duras: Sinclair (ex Bentham!); in Nicaragua: Wright, L£vy n. 1103; 

 in Guatemala: Friedrichsthal ; in NovaGranata: Karsten; in Bra- 

 siliae pro v. Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou n. 1 I 443. 



Floret Septembri, fruct. Novembri. (v. s. in herb, Berol., Candoll., Dkless , 

 Gutting., Haun., Mon., Vind.) 



Obs. Specimen a el. Glaziou collectum mihi hue pertinere videtur, quae res 

 postea dijudicanda est, si fructus adest ; 









124. Coccoloha paraguariensis Lindau spec. nov. 



Hamuli glabri. Ochreae adpressae, glabrae. Folia oblongo-sub- 

 lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi rotundata vel subangustata, nervis lateralibus 

 nervulisque paucis utrinque tenuiter prominulis laxe reticulato-venosa. 

 Inflorescentia nodulis 1-floris ? rhachi glabra. Pedicelli fl. ochreola breviores. 

 Fructus ovoideus, utrinque attenuatus, lobis perianthii adpressis. 



Arbuscula 1 — 2-metralis (ex Balansa!) ramis sublaevibus, canescentibus, Jenti- 

 cellis sparsis, orbicularibus; ramulis glabris. Ochreae circa 4 mm longae, adpressae, 

 glabrae, evanidae. Folia petiolis plane canaliculatis, 4 — 5 mm longis, sub ochrea in- 

 sertis, glabris, oblongo-sublanceolata , apice obtusa, basi rotundata vel subangustata, 

 4 — 5 cm longa, 0/ 2 — 2 cm lata, subtus in axillis pilosa, supra subnitida, subtus opaca, 



subcoriacea, costa media praesertim subtus expressa, nervis lateralibus angulo circa 

 50° abeuntibus, plane arcuatis nervulisque paucis tenuiter utrinque prominulis laxe 

 reticulato-venosa. Inflorescentia terminalis, racemosa, folia aequans, multiflora, 

 erecta, pedunculo 5 mm longo rhachique glabris angulatisque; bracteae lanceolatae, 

 obtusae, accurrentes, \ mm longae, nigrescentes; ochreolae bilobae, acutae, laxae, mem- 

 branaceae, circa 2 mm longae; pedicelli tenues 11. brevissimi, fr. circa 2 mm longi, 



