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In sp. Hostmanniana folia basi magis ineequalia 20-22 
cent. longa, 73-8 lata; amenta florentia 24 cent. longa. 
59. A. Berbicensis, p. 500. Essequibo, (Schomb. n. 53.) 
60. A. Hostmanniana ; ramulis junioribus petiolisque dense 
foliis subtus in nervis sparse appresse hirtellis, his coriaceo- 
membranaceis sparse pellucido-punctatis, supra saturate 
viridibus nitidis glabris, subtus fuscescenti-nitidulis pube- 
rulis subpunctatis, elliptico- vel ovato-oblongis subobliquis 
acute acuminatis, basi leviter inæquali-rotundatis, costis 
per totam longitudinem utrinque pluribus patulo-adscen- 
dentibus venosis, pedunculis petiolum vix superantibus, 
amentis patulis folio paullo brevioribus, bracteis pedicellato- 
_ peltatis, pelta triangulari marginibus extenuata lacero-fim- 
briata, area centrali nuda transverse oblonga, ovario a 
lateribus compresso. 
Has. Surinam, (Hostmann, n. 116.) 
Affinis A. Berbicensi, foliorum forma et nervatione et præ- 
sertim bractearum forma distincta. 
Ramuli angulati appresse, hirtelli. Petioli 1 cent. circiter 
longi appresse interdum subretrorse pubescentes, pubescentia 
usque ad basin lateris minoris folii continuata. Folia 17-24 
cent. longa, 6-84 lata, ovato- vel sublanceolato-oblonga, alia 
fere æquilatera, alia perspicue inæquilatera, marginibus sub- 
repanda, apicis acumine modico mucronato-acutato, basi ro- 
tundata semper inæquali, latere exteriore 4 cent. prope modum 
longiore, subtus nitidula fuscescentia imo subaurata, tactu - 
mollia, sed ad lentem in nervo costis venisque pilis griseis - 
appressis instructa; e nervo medio utrinque per totam 
longitudinem 6-10 costule venosæ majores subpatulæ 
` tenues et alie his intermediæ breviores et tenuiores, 
omnes parum prominule parceque anastomosantes ; arcus e 
summis anastomosibus ortus ad apicem ductus. Stipula op- 
positifolia lanceolato-carinata dorso hirta 1 cent. longa. Pe- 
dunculi 1-14 cent. longi, juniores parce pilosuli, adulti gla- - 
brati. Ashenii 11-12 cent. longa patula, sub anthesi pennam 
passerinam crassa, baccifera crassiora. Flores spiraliter dis- 
positi. Bracteæ A  : marginibus late exte- 
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