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Iftl. PSEUDOSOROCEA BONPLANDI. 



Arborea v. fruticosa (?) ; ramis, uti planta tota, glaberrimis, 

 teretibus ; corlice pallido, cicatricibus annularibus stipularum et 

 lenticellis crebris albidis notato. Folia alterna, breviter(i-l cent.) 

 petiolata (ea Caslaneœ vescœ referentia), oblongo-lanceolata (ad 

 10-d2 cent, longa, h cent, lata), basi insequali-angustata, apice 

 acuminata, grosse spinoso-dentata penninervia venosa; costa ner- 

 visque primariis ad marginein anastomosantibus subtus valdepro- 

 minnlis pallidis. Flores, ut videtur diœci ; masculi in anienta axillaria 

 subsessilia brevia (vix 1 cent, longa) dispositi crebri, secundum 

 margines receptaculi oblongi-compressi inserti (facie autem utra- 

 que floribns destituta) sessiles glomeratique. Calyx subglobosus, 

 4-partitus ; foliolis decussato-imbricatisobtusis eoncavis. Stamina 

 lotidem opposita;filamentis brevissimis circa centrum tori insertis 

 dilatatis, ima basi connatis ;antberis adnatis extrorsis brevibus 

 subovatis,longitudinaliter2-rimosis. Flores fœminei... ? — Planta 

 in prov. Corneilles olim a Bonpla?id \ec\&(« Campamento fat/a») 

 ab eo cum Herb. Mus. paris, communicata fuit. 



4/|2. PSEUDOSOROCEA SPRUCEI. 



Arborea (?); r3mis, uti planta tota, glaberrimis ; corlice pallido 

 lenticellis prominulis notato; ramulis alternis. Folia alterna 

 (2-sticha?), breviter (' cent.) petiolata, elliptico -acuminata (ad 

 8 cent, longa, Accent. 1 tta) subintegra repandave membranacea 

 penninervia, subtus pal idiora; costa nervisque primariis ad mar- 

 gïnem anastomosantib js, subtus prominulis pallidis, supra vix 

 conspicuis. Stipulas la erales, inœquali-ovato-aculae, petiolo subse- 

 quilongse, caducée. Flores masculi ad cicatrices foliorum occaso- 

 rum amentacei ; amentis brevibus (1, 2 cent.) subsessilibus, 

 margine utroque giomeruligeris (facie autem utraque receptaculi 

 oblongi floribus destituta) . Calyx sessilis, in alabastro globosus ; 

 foliolis !\, orbiculari-eoncavis, decussatim imbricatis. Stamina 4, 



