296 STIRPES EXOTICiE NOY^. 



Oil. PSEUDOSOROCEA BONPLANDI. 



Arborea V. fruticosa (?); ramis, uti planta tota, giaberrimis, 

 tcretibus ; corlice pallido, cicatricibus annularibus stipularum et 

 lenticellis crebris albidis notato. Folia alterna, breviterfg-l cent.) 

 petiolata (ea Casfanece vescce referenlia), oblongo-Ianceolala (ad 

 10-12 cent, longa, h cent, lata), basi inaequali-angustata, apice 

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

 visque primariis ad marginem anastomosantibus subtusvaldepro- 

 miniilis pallidis. Flores, ut videtur diceci j masculi in amenta axillaria 

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

 margines receplaculi oblongi-compressi inserti (facie autem utra- 

 que floribus deslituta) sessiles glomeratique. Calyx subglobosus, 

 4-partilus; foliolis decussato-imbricatisobtusis concavis. Stamina 

 totidem opposita;filamentis brevissimis circa centrum toriinsertis 

 dilatatis, ima basi connatis ;antheris adnatis extrorsis brevibus 

 subovatisjongitudinaliter 2-rimosis. Flores fceminei... ? — Planta 

 in prov. Corrienles olim a Bonpland \ec\ai[(( Caiyipamento iayay^) 

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



\h% PsEUDOSOROCEA SpRUCEI. 



Arborea (?); ramis, u(i planta tota, giaberrimis ; cortice pallido 

 lenticellis prominulis notato; ramulis alternis. Folia alterna 

 i(^2-stieba?), breviter (* cent.) petiolata, elliptico -acuminata (ad 

 8 cent, longa, 4^ cent, hta) subintegra repandave membranacea 

 penninervia, sublus pal idipra; costa nervisque primariis ad mar- 

 ginem anastomosantib iS, subtus prominulis pallidis, supra vix 

 conspicuis. Slipulae berales, insequali-ovato-aculse, petiolo subae- 

 quilongse, caducae. Flores masculi ad cicatrices foliorum occaso- 

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



margine utroque glomeruligeris (facie autem utraque receptac 

 oblongi floribus destituta). Calyx sessilis, in alabastro globosus 

 foliolis 4, orbiculari-concavis, decussatim imbricatis. Stamina 4 



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