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rami elongati subsimplices. Calyx 1 lin. longus laciniis 
ovato-lanceolatis obtusis. Stamina 2 lin. longa, glabra.— On 
the Curassawada, Schomburgk, n. 593. 
291. L. (Leptobalanus) floribunda (sp. n.); foliis ovatis 
acuminatis basi rotundato-truncatis coriaceis subtus tomento 
tenui subincanis v. demum glabratis, panicula ampla ramo- . 
sissima, florum glomerulis longiuscule pedicellatis, calycibus 
ad medium 5-fidis ramisque panicule tomento brevi incanis. 
— Folia fere L. aperte, inflorescentia diversa. ^ Pedicelli 
2-5 lin. longi, floribus 3-7 dense dichotome cymosis sub- 
capitatis.— British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 897, and in some: 
sets n. 871. 
298. L. (Leptobalanus) pubiflora (sp. n.); foliis -ovali- 
oblongis brevissime acuminatis tenuiter coriaceis subtus 
canescentibus, panicula ampla foliosa multiflora, floribus 
glomeratis subsessilibus, calycibus cis medium 5-fidis ramis- 
que panicule tomentoso-pubescentibus.— Arbor. Stipulæ 
parva, fusce, decidusm. Rami subteretes juniores puberuli 
demum glabri. Folia superiora (quae sola adsunt) 3-polli- 
caria brevissime petiolata. Racemi ramosi in axillis superi- 
oribus solitarii, et ad apicem rami fasciculati paniculam 
formant amplam divaricatam. Flores albidi secus ramos 
dense dispositi. Bractee minute. Calyx 14 lin. longus intus 
. villosus. Stamina preecedentium.—On the Upper Essequibo, 
Schomburgk, n. 136. ap enttel 2 
Licania humilis of Chamisso and Schlechtendal- and L. 
Turiuva of the same authors, belong evidently to my section 
Leptobalanus, and the latter one is probably very near L. 
pubiflora. : : abc in 
299. L. (Microdesmia) mollis (sp. n.); ramulis velutino- 
pubescentibus, foliis ovatis ellipticisve acuminatis basi sub- 
cordatis supra nitidis glabris v. ad venas pubescentibus subtus 
incanis nervis velutinis, paniculis parce. ramosis velutinis 
florum glomerulis sessilibus, calycibus incano-pubescentibus 
 Striatis dentibus ovatis, petalis subnullis.— Folia 4-6-pollicaria, 
petiolo brevi velutino. Stipule lanceolato-lineares. Pani- . 
cule rami subsimplices. Calyx 1} lin. longus. Stamina — 
