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3, cylindraceis, sessilibus, 4 ad 6 cm longis, circiter 8 mm dia- 

 metro; bracteis numerosis, imbricatis, dense spiraliter dispositis, 

 circiter 1 cm longis, acutis vel leviter acuminatis, sursum plus 

 minusve villosis, bracteis florentes bicarinatis, circiter 8 mm 

 longis; floribus circiter 9 mm longis. 



An herb, about 1 m high, tufted, the petioles nearly 1 m long, 

 the leaves chartaceous, oblong-elliptic, acuminate, 25 to 30 cm 

 long, 9 to 11 cm wide. Inflorescences from the sheaths 10 to 

 12 cm below the base of the leaf, each composed of three, dense, 

 cylindric spikes fascicled at the tip of the common 3 to 4 cm 

 long peduncle, the individual spikes 4 to 6 cm long, about 8 mm 

 in diameter, composed of numerous, imbricate, spirally arranged 

 bracts; bracts about 1 cm long and 5 mm wide, oblong-elliptic, 

 acute or somewhat acuminate, more or less villous above, green, 

 each subtending an inner (floral) bract, which in turn encloses 

 two bracteoles and two flowers, this floral bract about 8 mm 

 long, flattened on the back, the margins inflexed, the keels con- 

 spicuously 2-keeled or 2-winged; bracteoles membranaceous, 

 oblong, 5 mm long. Flowers white, about 9 mm long. Ovary 

 densely villous. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 7 

 mm long, rather densely 7-nerved, slightly villous toward the tip 

 Corolla-tube about 4 mm long, the lobes oblong, obtuse, 5 to 6 

 mm long, 2 to 2.5 mm wide. Staminode one only, oblong-elliptic, 

 rounded, 3 mm long. Cucullate stamen obovate, 3 mm long, 

 caUus one 4 mm long, 2 mm wide, plane, somewhat inequilateral, 

 fertile one narrowly oblong, 2 mm long, 1 mm wide. 



2 « C ,ZT V T S ' ^° Unt Mari ^ idon ' Bur. Sci. 30503 Ramos, November 

 £•6, iyi7, in damp forests. 



fl™" SPedeS - S Striking] y characterized by its 3-partite, peduncled in- 

 florescences springing from the sheaths, the individual spikes dense 

 cylindric sessile, composed of numerous, imbricate, 8 piraDy^rra3 



ea'h of wnicrT^ " f" Ph £*? K ***»™ in ** *Pi™lly arranged bracts; 

 each of which, however, subtends an inner floral bract, which in turn 

 contains two flowers. In its floral characters it conforms to the genus 



URTICACEAE 



LAPORTEA Gaudichaud 

 LAPORTEA PENDULA sp. nov. 



Frutex, inflorescentiis et foliis exceptis glaber; foliis longe 

 petiolatis, oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 35 cm longis, basi rotundatis, 

 apice acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus pallidioribus et plus 

 mmusve hirsutis nervis utrinque circiter 10, perspicuis; inflores- 



ff, 1 ^ 18 ' axillanbus, Pendulis, longissime pedunculatis, us- 

 que ad 75 cm longis, partibus junioribus et receptaculis pilis 



