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dense villosa. Folia 14-8 poll. longa, 1-11 poll. lata, apice 
obtusa v. breviter acutata, mucrone molli terminata, basi obtusa v. 
subcordata, crassa, mollia, supra pilis rigidulis dense velutino- 
v. subsericeo-villosissima, subtus lanugine intertexta albido-rufes- 
cente dense obtecta, Racemi 3-4-pollicares, floribundi, basi 
bracteis 2 stipulis summis brevioribus vaginati. Rhachis villis 
mollibus ferrugineis patentibus vestita. Bracteæ et bracteolæ 
parve, lanceolate, caducissimæ. Pedicelli solitarii v. gemini, 
sessiles, 4~5 lin. longi, ferrugineo-villosi. Calyx florens vix 2 lin. 
longus, 5-partitus, segmentis basi crassiusculis apice membranaceis 
villosissimis, glandulis parvis ; fructifer valde auctus. quasi 5-alatus; 
segmentis 6 lin. longis, basi profunde cordatis, ovatis acutiusculis 
v.subobtusis membranaceis retieulato-venosis rufescentibus pilis 
paucis sparsis hirtis. Petala 5, lutea, calyce florifero duplo longiora, 
parum inæqualia, glabra, lamina ovato-cordata margine crispula, 
leviter crenulata. Stamina 8 (an interdum 10?) glabra, libera ; 
filamenta inferne dilatata.  Antheræ filamento subduplo breviora, 
connectivo crassiusculo loculos excedente, his terminatis aristula 
rigida fusca. Annulus pilorum longus et densus inter stamina et 
ovarium. Ovarium glabrum, subglobosum, triloculare, loculo uno 
alterove interdum abortiente. Styli tres, filiformes, acuti. Fructus 
sphzeroideo-subtriqueter, integer, indehiscens ?, extus venis elevatis 
reticulato-rugosus, crustaceus, 1-3-locularis. Semina funiculo 
brevi appensa. Integumentum tenue. Cotyledones planæ, carnosæ, 
altera paullo majore basi margine in alterum recurvo. Badio | 
accumbens, ad apicem fructus spectans. | 
This differs from Jussieu’s character of Coleostachys, by the : 
ovarium being entirely undivided, but the other features, especially - 
the calyx enlarged after flowering, and the habit are precisely those 
of Coleostachys. 
19. C. hypoleuca, sp. n., foliis ovatis obtusis subcordatis coriaceis _ 
glabris subtus niveis, racemo composito, calyce basi vix glanduloso, - 
staminibus pilosissimis.— British Guiana, Sehomb. 2nd Col. n. "r 
(1043.) : 
Ramuli et petioli juniores, stipulæ et infonscentis ville vate 
dense vestita, rami adulti glabrati. gto ame 
NOL. VIL . M 
