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2. Urophyllum hirtellum, Benth. ; ramis puberulis, foliis amplis 
obovali-elliptieis subacuminatis basi acutis chartaceis subtus 
hirtis, eymis multifloris fructiferis laxis petiolos subzequanti- 
bus, calycis limbo integro.—Abdh, Vogel. 
Ramuli obscure quadrilaterales. Folia 8-10 poll. longa, 3-4 
poll. lata, acumine brevi acutissimo, basi longe angustata in 
petiolum 1-2-pollicarem, consistentia chartacea, supra minute 
et sparse puberula, subtus pilis sparsis hirta, venis parallelis 
more fere Dilleniacearum subtus valde prominentibus. Nec 
stipulas nec flores vidi. Bacce magnitudine Ribesios rubre, 
juniores limbo calycino tandem fere obliterato coronatz, 4-5- 
loculares. Semina numerosa, ut in ceteris speciebus foveo- 
lato-exculpta. 
l. Sabicea ferruginea, Benth.; ramulis villosis, foliis ovatis 
oblongisve subtus ferrugineo-tomentosis, stipulis subcordato- 
ovatis magnis, floribus in eapitulo longe pedunculato involu- 
Crato numerosis sessilibus, calycis laciniis lineari-subulatis 
tubo subduplo longioribus.—Cephaélis ferruginea, G. Don, 
Gard. Dict. 3. p. 605.— Sierra Leone, Don. 
Rami scandentes ?, ramuli teretes, uti petioli et nervi foliorum 
pilis ferrugineis appressis dense vestiti. Folia 3-5-pollicaria, 
petiolo semipollicari, latius v. angustius ovata, acuminata, basi 
obtusa, supra siccitate nigricantia, ad venas hirtella et pilis 
paucis parvis conspersa, subtus dense obtecta tomento ferru- 
gineo molli. Stipule petiolo equilonge v. longiores, foliaceæ, 
intus glabræ, extus pilose, 3-5-costatæ, integre et acutius- 
Cul v. superiores bicuspidatæ. Pedunculi in axillis solitarii, 
3-4-pollicares, ad apicem capitulum ferunt depresso-globosum, 
13-2 poll. diametro, 30-50-florum. Bractee involucrantes 
6-10, foliaceze, ovato-lanceolate, acute acuminate, flores sub- 
æquantes, uninerves, pilose, extim:e latiores intima angustze. 
Flores subsessiles, omnino Sabicea, 4-5-meri. Calycis pilosi 
tubus adherens 1 lin. longus, pars limbi tubulosa 1 lin., 
laciniæ subulate molles pilose 4 lin. long. Corolla semi- 
pollicaris, tubulosa, extus basi glabra superne appresse pilosa, 
intus basi glabra supra medium pilosa, laciniis extus arenes 
intus basi glaberrimis, sestivatione valvatis. Stamina infra 
