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margine dichotome, ramis subinde margini parallelis arcuatim conjunctis; costa media 
supra impressa, subtus admodum prominens; petioli plerique 0'4 cm. long., puberuli. 
Pedunculi 1:0-1:2 cm. long., ascendentes, cito obsolete puberuli; alabastra obtusissima, 
in toto 0°7 em. long., sursum 0'5 em. lat., sub calyce ad 0:3 cm. angustata. Flores 
1:5 em. diam. Calycis lobi plerumque insequales, ovati, obtusissimi, utrinque glabri. 
Petala 5, ovata, obtusissima, glabra, pellucido-punctata. Bacca sicca, paullo ultra 
1:0 em. diam., ex schedis meis magnitudine pruni parvi. Semina hippocrepica, 04 
em. diam. Embryo normalis. 
Species distincta, cum nullà hujus sectionis componenda. 
Pstp1um Aracu, Raddi, Opus. Sc. iv. p. 854. 
Hab. Floret et fructificat ad Santa Cruz menss. Oct. et Nov., itaque ad Jangada floret 
Sept. (Nn. 253, 770a.) [ Amer. Trop. | 
Myrcta ($ AcuMINAT®) GOVINHA (sp. nov.); ramulis, foliorum novellorum petiolis, et 
paginz inferioris nervo medio pubescenti-tomentosis, demum glabriusculis; foliis 
breviter petiolatis, coriaceis, ovatis vel ovato-oblongis, cuspidatis, acuminatis, basi 
leviter coarctatis, reticulato-nervosis, crebre pellucido-punctatis, in sieco virescentibus, 
nequaquam decoloribus; paniculis ab axillis foliorum superiorum ortis vel subter- 
minalibus, multifloris, maxime effusis, quam folia longioribus vel ea subzequantibus ; 
germine 4-loculari, albo-sericeo ; sepalis subeequalibus, obtusis, puberulis. 
Hab. Viget in nemorosis ad Santa Cruz, mens. Dec. florens. Nom. vernac. Govinha. 
(Nn. 784a, 184.) 
Frutex elegans, ramosus. Caulis teres, cinereus; ramuli ultimi aliquanto compressi. 
| Fola supra nitida, maxime inequalia, 4:0-14:5 cm. long. (pleraque 9:0-11:0 
em. long.) L:5-6:5 cm. lat.; costa media supra impressa, subtus eminens; costee 
secundarize utrinque circa 20, angulis latis insertze, rectze, sub margine costam margin- 
alem undulatam incidentes, utrinque prominule; venul» arctissime reticulate, supra 
eminentes; petiolus circa 0°5 cm. long., in sicco manifeste canaliculatus.  Bractese 
caduez, scariosze, lanceolate vel lineares, circa 0:15-0:25 cm. long. Flores sessiles 
vel breviter pedicellati, 05 cm. diam. Alabastra depresse globosa, obtuse penta- 
gona, pubescentia, 0:2 em. diam. Sepala ovata, 0:13 cm. long. Petala late obovata, 
obtusissima, concava, vix 0:3 em. long., 0°25 em. lat. Germen circa 0:15 em. long. 
et 01 em. lat.; stylus crassiusculus, staminibus brevior. Fructus haud visus. 
Species inter M. ovatam, Cambess., et M. pheocladam, Berg, medium tenens, ab 
ambabus vero primo intuitu diversa adjudicari paniculis effusis germine albo-sericeo 
4-loculari. 
The fruit is known as Fruito de Pombe, and its juice is said to yield a red indelible ink. 
[ Bras. Or., Guiana. | 
MYRCIA AMBIGUA, DC. Prod. iii. p. 252. 
Hab. Floret ad Serra da Chapada mens. Aug. (Nn. 118, 145.) 
Frutex altus vel arbuscula, trunco basi circa 60°0 cm. diam.  [Bras. Or., Goyaz, 
Amazonia, Guiana.]. 
