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MYROSPERMUM TOLUIFERUM. 



TAB. XXXVIII. 



Mjrospermum toluiferum , A. Rich., Ann. se, nal., 

 juin 1824, p. 172. DC.,. Pro^r., II, p. 95. 



M. ramulis folsque glabn's; fooUs ssepins 7 alterns , brevter 

 peliolulatis, ellipticis, acumioatis, ntegris , puuctis Hneolisque 

 pellucidis notali's, basiaequilateris, oblusis; racemo lerminali; petalo 

 supremo, obcordato,longeunguiculato, cseteris linearibus, acutis, 

 subsequalbus. 



Descriiption. 



A rbor procera. 



Folia alterna, pinnala; rachissemi teres, basi articlala, praeser- 

 tim basi fusco- pulverulenta, 3-4 pollices longa. Folila sa^pius 8, 

 alterna, breviter petiolulata, petiolulo 2-3 lineas longo, sernile- 

 reti, crasso, ovalia, acuminata, basi rotundata, sequilatera . 

 margine integra, subundulata (an siccatione ?), coricea, paluda, 

 concolora, glaberrima, pcnninervia, superiora majora, 2, 2 1/2- 

 3 pollices longa, sesquipollicem lata, versus partera petioli infe- 

 riorcm magnitudine decrescentia , punctis et lneolis pellucidis 

 notata. 



Stipulse nullae. 



Flores in racemos simplices, axillares dispositi. Racemi erecti , 

 in axilla foliorum supromorum solitarii , longitudine petiolorum : 

 pedicclli partiales, grciles, solitarii , ex axilla bracteoU-c minima , 

 latse, suboblusae, orli, 5-8 lincas longi, uli pedunculus coramuuis 

 fulvo-pulverulenti. 



Flores subinversi. 



Calyx gamosepalus, ante lorationcm subglobosus , clausus, 

 pice tantum quasi perforatus et parlem petali supremi prorninu- 

 lametapiculalam emitlens : expansus, subcarnpanulalus, hasicum 

 pediccllo continuo abrupte incurvus, margine .siililruncato-i-ilen- 

 latus, denlibus Intis, suhacutis. 



