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8. Styrax microphyllus Perk., nov. spec. — Prutex; rami subteretes, 

 5-7 mm lati, juniores dense breviter ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosi demum 

 d;ibrescentes;foliaalterna,petiolata. petiolo 0,5 — lcmlongo. 1 mm lato, tomen- 

 toso. oblonga vel anguste oblonga vel interdum obovato-oblonga, 4 — 6,5 cm 

 longa. 1,8—2,5 cm lata, apice acuta vel interdum rotundata, basi cuneata 

 vel in petiolum sensim attenuata, coriacea, integra, supra glabra, nitida, 

 subtus dense brevissime ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosa, nervis lateralibus 

 7 — 8, marginem petentibus, marginem versus curvatis, supra pauce, subtus 

 manifestius prominentibus. Inflorescentia racemosa, interdum floribus soli" 

 tariis, axillaris vel terminalis, 2,5 — 3,5 cm longa, rhachis inflorescentiae 

 breviter ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosa; bracteae bracteolaeque minutae, 

 pilosae, caducae; flores 1,6 cm longi, rosei (ex Schlim), pedicello 0,7 — 

 1 cm longo, tomentoso; calyx cupuliformis, truncatus, margine undu- 

 latus. papyraceus, 5 mm altus. 6 mm latus, extus pilos minutissimos ad- 

 pressos densos gerens. intus flavescenti-pilosus; corolla 5-partita, tubo 

 4.5 mm longo, lobis multo breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, 

 papyraceis (in sicco), 1 cm longis, 2 mm latis, lanceolatis, apice sub- 

 acutis, extus minute ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosis, intus molliter pilosis, 

 apice pilos fasciculatos paucos gerentibus; stamina 10, filamentis parte 

 libera planis, marginibus intus elevatis basim versus pilis fasciculatis 

 dense obsitis, extus tenuiter pilosis: ovarium obovatum, parce inferum, 

 triloculare, extus stellato-pilosum. 



Columbien: Prov. Ocana. 1660 — 2000 m ü. M. (Schlim no. 669, 

 im Mai blühend). 



Diese kleinblätterige Art unterscheidet sich von S. obtusifoims Griseb. 

 durch die Form der Blätter, die gelbe Filzbehaarung der Blattunterseite 

 und die viel grösseren Blüten. 



9. Styrax Cespedesii Perk. nov. spec. — Prutex vel arbor; rami sub- 

 teretes, 3 mm lati, breviter ferrugineo-tomentosi; folia alterna, petiolata, 

 petiolo 0,9 — 1,1 cm longo, 1 mm lato, ferrugineo-tomentoso, oblonga vel 

 interdum ovata, 8—10 cm longa, 3,5 — 5 cm lata, apice interdum acuta vel 

 plerumque breviter lateque acuminata, apice ipso acutiuscula, basi rotundata., 

 chartacea, integra, juniora utrinque stellato-ferrugineo-tomentosa, adulta 

 supra nitida, glabra, nervis medianis ferrugineo-tomentosa, subtus stellato- 

 ferrugineo-tomentosa, supra nervis venisque paullo, subtus manifeste 

 prominentibus, nervis lateralibus circa 6. marginem petentibus, margine 

 inter sese curvato-conjunctis, nervis numerosis in nervis lateralibus 

 rectangulariter impositis. Inflorescentia racemosa, axillaris 4,5—6 cm 

 longa, circa 6-flora; rhachis inflorescentiae ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosa, 

 bracteae minutae, caducae, tomentosae: flores nondum plane evoluti, 

 1,2 cm longi, pedicello 0,8—1 cm longo, ferrugineo-tomentoso: calyx 

 cupuliformis, 5 mm altus, 6 mm latus, membranaceus, extus flavescenti- 

 ferrugineo-tomentosus, intus adpresse flavescenti-pilosus, margine trun- 

 catus, minute indistincte denticulatus; corolla 5-partita, tubo 1 mm longo, 

 lobis in aestivatione valvatis, papyraceis. 8 mm longis, 2 mm latis, 

 extus flavescenti-stellato-pilosis, pilos adpressos gerentibus, intus in parte 



