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fect flowers nor mature fruits to admit of determining whether 
it be really specifically distinct, or a mere variety of C. toxi- 
caria. 
3. Chailletia subcordata, Hook. fil. ; folis breviter petiolatis 
late-ovatis vix acuminatis basi "subcordatis glabris v. ad costas 
puberulis, eymis in pedunculo brevi axillari libero solitariis 
multifloris, ramulis evolutis, petalis profunde bifidis, stylo 
breviter trifido.— Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Frutex ramosus, orgyalis et altior, ramulis tomentellis. Folia 
3-4 poll. longa, 24-3 poll. lata, nunc obtusissima, nune 
acumine brevi acutiusculo terminata, margine integerrima v. 
obsolete sinuata, basi late rotundata obtusissima v. ad petiolum 
sepius cordato-emarginata, novella tomentella, adulta glabrata, 
rigide membranacea v. subcoriacea, venis primariis subtus 
puberulis, axillis venarum haud foveolatis, sed glandule ad- 
sunt scutelliformes hinc inde per paginam inferiorem sparse. 
Petioli 2 lin. longi. Stipule anguste, acute, petiolo bre- 
viores. Pedunculi petiolo longiores. Cyme@ juniores dense, 
mox dichotome evolutz, ramulis vulgo 4 demum semipolli- 
caribus. Pedicelli vix semilineam longi, bracteola parva sub- 
tensi, sub flore articulati et infra articulationem post flores 
delapsos persistunt. Flores ut videtur exsiccatione cadusis- 
simi, alabastra juniora tantum in speciminibus supersunt, 
globosa, tomentosa, vix lineam diametro. His sepala æsti- 
vatione imbricata; petala brevia, lata et fere bipartita; ova- 
rium et stylus C. Zozicarie. 
4. Chailletia oblonga, Hook. fil.; foliis petiolatis oblongis acu- 
minatis basi acutis ramulisque glabris, cymis laxis in pedun- 
culo brevi libero axillaribus v. terminalibus subpaniculatis, 
pedicellis calyce sublongioribus, sepalis lanceolatis, petalis 
calyce dimidio longioribus stamina subzequantibus, stylo elon- 
gato apice breviter bifido, drupa obovali-oblonga tomentosa. 
—Fernando Po, Vogel, Ansell. 
4rbor, ramulis tenuibus foliisque glabris v. novellis vix to- 
mentellis. Folia ramulorum florentium 2-3 poll. longa, 1-13 
poll. lata; inferiora tamen et ramorum sterilium duplo ma- 
