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alterna oblongo-Ianceolata {ad 20 cent, longa, 7 cent. lata),brevi- 

 ter(acl 1 cent.) petiolala; peliolo crasso nigoso, basi articulato; 

 limbo basi nonnihil inaequab-acutato v. oblusalo, apice plus minus 

 acuminafo, integro mcmbranaceo penninervio; nervis primariis 

 crebris subtransversis baud procul a marginibus anaslomosanti- 

 bus ; vcnis crebris tenuiter reticulatis. Fioresin spieas abbrcviato- 

 subcapitalas dispositiarticulati; pedunoulo paulo supra-axillari lon- 

 giusculo(2, Scent.), basi sensim attenuate; calyce bypocrateri- 

 morpho (1 ^ cent, longo) ; limbi patentis lobis 5, obtusiusculis, 

 imbricatis. Discus annularis crassus fauci insertus continuus, apice 

 demum patenti-recurvo insequali-fimbriato-lobafus. Stamina 10, 

 disco inferiora tuboque 2-scriatim inserla ; alternipclalis 5, mullo 

 inferioribus; antheris subsessilibus ovatis obtusis, introrsum 

 2-rimosis. Germen sessile, disco destitutum, longe conicum et 



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sensim in stylum apice stigmatoso obtusum dilatatum, dense hir- 

 sutum; ovulo 1, descendente.- — Stirps genus novum sistcns, bine 

 Gnidi(B^ inde Synaptolepidi affine, ab utroque adspectu, foliis, 

 indorescentia, floris imprimisque disci indole dislinguendum, ori- 



ubus montium Mo 



pere leg. olim Boivin (exs., n. 3135). 



152. Stephanodaphne? cremostachya. 



Frutex, ut videtur, glaber; innovatlonibus albido-sericeis; ra- 

 mis gracilibus virgatis ; cortice fuscato striate ; libro tenacissimo 

 (albido). Folia alterna, vix petiolata, oblongo-v. elliplico-lanceolata 

 (ad 8 cent, longa, 3 cent, lata), basi longa subsequali-angustata, ad 

 apicem plus minus longe acuminata, summo apice obtusiuscula, 

 subintegra v. minute crenulato-sinuata penninervia ; nervis pri- 

 mariis crebris obliquis; venis venulisque crebris lineatis subpa^ 

 rallelis. Flores spicati j spicis supra-axillaribus v. procul ab axillis 

 lateralibus, longe (6-10 cent.) filiformibus, cernuis, basi nudatiSj 

 apice florifero sensim incrassatis longeque clavatis ebracteatis, flo- 

 ribus minulis (2-4 mill.) pulvinaribus prominulis insertis articu- 



