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rum dense racemoso-cymosi ; bractelisbracteoisqucbrevibussubu- 

 latis, cum calyce dense velulinis. Calyx valvalus crassiusculus, in 

 alabastro subglobosus. Petala obovata paulo longiora.Stamina oo; 

 filamenlis ereclis; aniherarum erectarum loculis demum apice 

 contluentibus, margine rimosis. Flores verisimiliterdiœci ; fœminci 

 ignoti. — Oritur in Guiana anglica, ubi legit Schomburgk (exs. 

 n. 800). 



llk. Belotia insignis. 



Arbor excelsa; ramis teretibus, junioribus dense velutinis. Folia 

 alterna (ea TriumfeUœ mollissimœ K. omnino œmulantia) elliptiea 

 v. ovata, basi obtusiuscula, apice leviter acutata v. brevissime 

 acuminata, minute dentata v. crenulata (caeterum characlere eis 

 B. grewifoliœ conformia); nervis venisque crebris dense villosis 

 paginaque interiore tota villosula. Limbus foliorum ramulorum 

 superiorum ad 13 cent, longus, 8 cent, latus. Peliolusteres velu- 

 tinus (1,2 cent, longus). Stipula lineari-subulatse, petiolo 3, ft-plo 

 breviores, caducœ. Flores crebri speciosi (violacei) ad summos 

 ramulos et ad axillas foliorum superiorum in racemos brèves 

 cymiferos dispositi; cymis 1-paris; bracteis insequali-lanccolatis, 

 integris v. inœquali-incisis villosulis, pedicellis subœqualibus ; ala- 

 bastris extus villosulis (ad 1 J cent, longis) obovoideis (multo quam 

 in spec. archefyp. obtusioribus). Petala quoque breviora, sepalis 

 subsequilonga ; glandula basilari suborbiculari margine villosula. 

 Stamina co ; filamentis elongatis; antherisellipsoideis; connectivo 

 clliptico crasso fuscato. Germen (an abortivum?) androœo multo 

 brevius; stylo longe obeonico, basi valdc angustato, apice dilatato 

 2-lobo, valde papilloso (albido). — Species (a B. grewifolia, ut 

 videtur , (lorum charact., trunci allitudine, neenon foliis sat dis— 

 tincta) oritur in temperatis Andiummexicanorum, ubi legit Ghies- 

 breght (exs., n. 356), octobr. et novembr. floriferam. (Herb. Mus. 

 par.) 



