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54. Marcgravia Triant. 



Frutex, ut videtur, scandens; ramis rigidulis; cortice pallide 

 fuscescente. Folia brevissime (2, 3 mill.) petiolata lanceolata bre- 

 viter acuminata (juniora 6, 7 cent, longa, 2 cent, lata) glaberrima, 

 subtus pallida. Flores ad summos ramulos latérales leviter cernuos 

 paucifoliatos subumbellati ; stériles crebri, parvi (in specim. 

 suppet. 2, 3 mill. longi); pedicellis gracilibus (ad 2 cent, longis) 

 ima basi articulata incrassatis, sumnio apice breviter subclavatis. 

 Sepala braeteolœque 2, conformes breviter obtusse. Corolla oblique 

 inserta ovoidea, lobo extimo pro génère sat conspicuo obovato. 

 Stamina pauca (10-15) ; antheris subovatis, basi subsagittatis. 

 Germen valde depressum ; loculis paucis (sœpe 5) ; stylo brevis- 

 simo papilliformi. Flores stériles pauci (5), vix conspicui; bracteis 

 pedicello adnatisstipitatis subgaleatis ; ostio obliquo leviter dilatato 

 (ad 1 \ cent, longis). Fructus longiuscule (ad 3 cent.) pedicellati ; 

 pedicellis reflexis uti fructus ferrugineis rugulosis ; pericarpio 

 pisiformi (ad ~ cent, longo), stylo breviter acuminato ; seminibus 

 crebris (nigrescentibus) inaequali-obovoideis. — In Caracas leg. 

 Linden (exs.. n. 118). 



55. Acioa (Lorandra) Smeathmanni. 



Rami (an scandentes?) teretes, lenticellis crebris pallidis orbi- 

 cularibus leviter prominulis notati. Ramuli graciles tenuiter hirtelli. 

 Folia alterna brevissime (2-4 millim.) petiolata, ovato-acuta (ad 

 7 cent, longa, 4 cent, lata), basi rotundata, apice saepius breviter 

 acuminata, integerrima subcoriaceapenninervia tenuiter reticulata, 

 supra lsevia, subtus juniora densiuscule ad costam nervosque pal- 

 lide ferrugïneo-hirtella, demum glabrata. Flores (ut e fructuum 

 pedicellis palet) in racemos terminales dispositi, cseterum ignoti. 

 Fructus pedicello crasso lignoso (ad 3, h cent, longo) suffultus, 

 obovoideus compressiusculus (4 cent, longus, 2 \ cent, latus), 

 apice breviter crasseque acuminatus; summo acumine truncato. 



