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calyce paulo breviora ejusque foliolis opposita ; filamentis brevibus 

 late subpetaloideis et ima basi connatis ; antberis extrorsum adna- 

 tis; loculis exlus rimosis, connectivo obtusiusculo superatis. Ger- 

 men rudimentarium in cenlro receptaculi vacuo 0. Flores fœminei 

 ignoti. — Crescit in Peruvia orientali ubi leg. R. Spruce (exs.. 

 n. /|/|83), propeTarapolo (Herb. Mus. kew., DC. et par.). 



1/Î3. PSEUDOSOROCEA UAUPENS1S. 



Frutex, ut videtur, ex omni parle glaberrimus ; ramis allernis 

 teretibus gracilibus. Folia alterna, brevissime(l-3 mill.) peliolata, 

 anguste lanceolata (ad 10 cent, longa, 2 j cent, lata), basi inge- 

 quali-angustata, apiee longiuscule aeuminata ibique ssepius Intera- 

 liter incurvata, subintegra v. insequali-crenata membranacea ; 

 costa nervisque pennalis ad margines anaslomosantibus, subtus 

 prominulis (in sicco lutescentibus), supra vix conspicuis. Amenta 

 maseula axillaria solitaria v. 2-ua brevissima (|~f cent, longa) 

 oblonga compressa, margine u troque glomeruligera. Flores minimi 

 ut in spec. praeced. 4-meri, 4-andri ; antheris extrorsis crassis. 

 — - Stirps cerle praeced. congen. oritur in Brasilia boreali, ubi 

 leg. cl. R. Spruce (exs., n. 2715), prope Panuri ad rio Uaupès 

 (Herb. Mus. kew., DC. et par.). 



Mill- PSEUDOSOROCEA PoEPPIGII. 



Frutex, ut videtur, sarmentosus; ramis teretibus gracilibus 

 tlexuosis (scandentibus?). Folia, uti planta feretota, supra glaber- 

 rima, breviter(adl cent.) petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata(ad 10 cent, 

 longa, li cent, lala), basi subsequali-angustata, apice aeuminata, 

 intégra v. sub apice pauci-spinoso-dentata; nervatione ut in spec. 

 praec. ; pagina inferiore puberula, demum subglabrata, nervis pro- 

 minulis reticulata. Flores fœminei amentacei ; amenti receptaculo 

 lineari-oblongo compresso, ad marginem utrinque flores sessiles 

 gerente (facie utraque sulciformi tloribus destituta). Calyx semi- 

 superus urceolatus crassiusculus ; stylo 2-fido ; ramis recurvis; 



