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A Sp, parvißora differt florifjus decandris, a Sp. per- 

 forata foliis non pellucido-punctatis, ab utraque iuflorescen- 

 tiae genere. 



Arbor 30 — 40-pedalis (ex sebedul.), ramis strictis pa- 

 tentibus oppositis, juiiioribus rufo- villosiusculis, mox in lignuin 

 excrescentibus, lignosis cylindraceis , cortice ruguloso, inter- 

 uodüs i — 2" longis. Folia sub anthesi ad Ultimos nodos 

 restricta l 1 /* — 2" longa, 6 — 10'" lata, utrinque acutiuscula, 

 mucrone acuto terminata, membrauacea, supra glabra nigri- 

 cantia, subtus ferruginea pilis sparsis rufis evanidis in nervo 

 mediano diutius persistentibus glabrata et squamulis microsco- 

 picis albidis punctata glandulisquc binis juxta mediam partem 

 notata, petiolo rufo-villosiusculo 2 — V 4 longo, stipula axil- 

 lari superne libera acuta rufo-villosiusciila petiolo paullo bre- 

 viori. Racemi penduli 3 — \" longi , tomento denso rufo ob- 

 ducti, internodiis brevibus 2 — 3"' longis densillori; axes se- 

 cuudarii refracti , 3 — 4'" longi, crassiusculi, supra basin 

 bractea minuta stipati, nunc pedicellos simplices infra medium 

 articulatos et bibracteolatos, nunc saepius pedunculos commu- 

 nes ex articulo in pedicellos geminos divisos sisteutes, pedi- 

 cello inferiori longiori et prius ilorem evolvente, superiori ab- 

 breviato in gemmam floralein forsan abortivam excunente; 

 bracteola inferiori in glandulain stipitatam mutata. Sepala 

 l" 1 longa, ovata, obtusa, extus puberula, quatuor biglandu- 

 losa. Petala breviter unguiculata , limbo orbiculari-obovato 

 V" diain, Stamina subaequalia, distincta, toro hispido in- 

 serta; lilamenta linearia antheraeque breviter ol)longae gla- 

 brae. Ovarium bilocularc, glabruin, stylis 2 apice divergen- 

 tibus stamina aequantibus stigmate uncinato-truncato apice 

 brcvissime bilobo. Fructus nou exstat. 



Guiana auglica: in ripa il. Takutu. (Rieb. Schoiu- 

 burgk no. 506.) 



