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Eipiionni acker aericaines. 1G7 



Frutex, ut vidctur, ramis dicltotomis teretibus, corlico in statu siren 

 albidostriato; ramutis Icpidolo-hirtollis tcrctibus v. cumplanatis. Folia 

 opposita ternatavo v. rarius U-5 vertieillata bmilcr pctiolata obovata 

 ad basun paulo attcuuata, imn basi obtusata, apico rotundato v. raphn 

 broviter acuminata obtusiusculo (11 cent, longa, 5 cent, lata); integer - 

 rima moinbranacca penninervia vonosa supra glabra lucida hovia subtus 

 opaca, eosta nervisque psucolopidolis, calcium glabra. 1'fTioi i (i-2 cent. 

 langi) teretes supra canalicular lepidoti apico 2glaudulosi, glandule 

 2-scutollutis broviter pedicellate. Flores monaeci terminulos, masculis 

 brovUsime laccinosis pedicel la lis bracteatis. Hit alike lineares subulata^ 

 acuta) lepidota). 1'edici u is gracilis terpa stcllatim lepidotus (1 cent, 

 longus). Caux 5-pavtUus, lat'iiuis ovato-acutis stellatini pubesccnlibus 

 valvotis, PfcTAtA 5-obovata, roargino eroso ciliato ; a3stivationo imbricata. 

 j pjLANpuuE 5 nuninnu glabra), Stamina 15-18, filamenlis reeeptaculo vil* 

 loso insertis in alabastro intlcxis. Floios loomiuei in spcciiuiuibus. noslris 

 snlitm'ii IcTininalcs broviter pedirollnti. C*I<YX 5-partitus, laciniisoblongo- 

 Janccolitlis iutcgris stcllaliiu pubeseentibus pellucidn puiu ttdalis into- 

 geniiuis, J'ktau minima ghuidulu'loriuia, apico oblusato. Discus pota- 

 loruut Icri! icqualis bypogynns annularis integer. Ubkmbn globosum 

 stcllatim nubescens :t-|oculuro. Sivi-i 3, 2-7 partiti, laclniis lincaribus 

 gracilil >us tcr quatoj'vo bilidis decompositis in siceo nigrcscentibus. 



Exs. fiolvin t n. »3ttl> Mayottc Quillet lBft7)(b- Mus.), 



29. CROTON TUUAUSIANUM. 



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 C, ramis tomcnto-hirtoUis,- foliis oppositis v. subvcrlicillatis 



Ijeleroinorphis, bine lapccolatis aeutis, hide ollipticis v. suborbV 



culaljs nubesccnli-Imlellis $ racemis brevibus lermiuidibus ; (lore 



inasculo l(M5andro, 



Choton iiinsiJTusi Dup."Th>% n»ss., in snopte herb, (nee 

 Arrab.). 



FftUTKX? ramis dichotomis y. abortu altprnis terctibas tuniento-lnrlol- 

 Hs; ramulis conlormibps gracilibus. Foma .opposita v. suit /f-vorticillata, 

 in vcrlicillis singulis bcteronjorpha; scilicet 2-3 niajora o basi aciiliu>» . 

 cula lanceolate, apico longo attenuate acuto, 1-2 autem inulto minoVa 

 elliptica v. sufiorbic ulata, basi rotundata, apico brcvi|simo acuminalo 

 (majora 8-9 cent, jonga, 2f-3 cent, lain; minora 1-2 cent, longa, 1-1 \ ' 



