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ovatis obtusis ciliatis. 6 — Frutex 4-pedalis, folia 12—15 lin. longa,' 4'/ 2 lin. lata, co- 



rolla ? drupa subglobosa 10-locularis. — In Brasiliae monlibus Organensibus. 



7. G. FASCIGULATA Gardn. 1. c. — Caule fruticoso, apice fasciculato-ramoso ; ramis gla- 

 bris; foliis petiolatis oblongo-elliplicis obtusis apiculalis, apiculo obluso calloso, basi 

 subcuneatis, margine revolutis, supra medium subserralis, utrinque glabris coriaceis 

 pollicaribus, junioribus utrinque pilosis ; racemis pallidis axillaribus solitariis, folio bre- 

 vioribus calycibusque pubescenlibus; bracteis mcmbranaceis ovalis ellipticis obtusis ci- 

 liolatis; laciniis calycinis brevibus ovalis aculis; corollis ventricoso-tubulosis glabris. 6 

 — Frutex 1— 2-pedaIis, folia supra viridia nilida, subtus pallide ferruginea, corolla an- 

 gulata dentata, denlibus reflexis, stylus subexsertus. — Crescit in Brasilia in monti- 

 bus Organensibus. 



f Icon addenda. 

 G. PSEUDOVACCINIUM Cham. et Schlchtd. - (DC. 1. c. 556. no. 10.) - Paxlon, Ma- 

 gaz. of bot. XI. 101. (c. ic.) 



V. (4333.) THIBAUDIA Rz. et Pav. 

 (DC. Prodr. VII. 560. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. II. 723.) 



1. TH. CAPITATA Bth. Plant. Harlweg. p. 112. no. 786. — Glaberrima: caule fruticoso; 

 ramulis obtuse angulatis; foliis oblongo- elliplicis acuminatis, basi rotundatis septupli- 

 nerviis, subtus punctis nigris conspersis; racemis involucratfs globosis sessilibus; brac- 

 teis amplis diu persistentibus glabris. 6 — Frulex 5— 6-pedalis, affinis Th. pubescenti, 

 sed undique glaberrimus, folia brcviler petiolata, 5—7 poll. Ionga, 2—2'/; poll. lata, capi- 

 tula strobiliformia , scsquipollicem diametro, bracteae exteriores orbiculatae, interiores 

 obovatae vel spalhulatae, in racemo jam defloratae persistentes , an ante maturitatem 

 deciduae? pedicelli brevissimi, bracteolae sub calyce 2 lanceolato-lineares, calycem sub- 

 aequanfes, corolla subventricoso-tubulosa curvula, vix pollicaris, e bracteis brevissime 

 exserta, limbo patente 5-denlato, filamcnla breviter monadelpha, antherae apice longe 

 tubuliferae, corolla paullo breviores, tubulis rima longa dehiscentibus. — Crescit in Co- 

 lumbiae monlibus prope Loxam. 



2. TH.? SPECIOSA Bth. 1. c. p. 141. no. 785. — Glaberrima: caule fruticoso; ramis tenui- 

 bus; foliis ovatis acuminatis inlegerrimis, basi truncalo-subcordatis 5-nerviis; pedicellis 

 solitariis axillaribus unifloris; calycis limbo amplo cyathiformi; corolla ampla carnosa, 

 apice plicata. 6 — Frulex 3— 4-pedaIis divaricato-ramosissimus, rami flexuosi, stipulae 

 parvae, rigide subulalae, folia brevissime petiolata, 2—3 poll. longa, l'/ 3 — 2 poll. lata, 

 acumine longiusculo, reticulato-venosa, pcdicelli pollicares, prope basin minute bibrac- 

 teolati, superne incrassati, calyx basi adhaerens turbinatus 5-costatus, limbo 6 lin. dia- 

 metro membranaceo, breviler 5-dentato, corolla ample tubulosa subventricosa, 18—20 

 lin. Ionga rubra carnosa, limbo insigniter plicato, dentibus brevissimis, filamenta con- 

 nata, antherae omnino Thibaudiarum , tubulis anthera ipsa longioribus, superne rima 

 obliqua dehiscentibus, ad duas terlias corollae attingentibus, ovarium 5-loculare, loculis 

 polyspermis. — Species pulchra scctionem propriam in genere format, dislinctam inflo- 

 rescentia et corolla, 1 et forte melius pro gcnere singulari habendam. — Crescit in Co- 

 lumbia in montibus prope Loxam. 



3. TH.? DEPENDENS Bth. 1. c. p. 220. no. 1209. — Ramulis angulalis, pilis longis hirsu- 

 tis, dense foliatis pendulis; foliis subcordato-lanceolatis longe acuminatis nitidis uninerviis 

 vel obsolete trinerviis; racemis paucifloris; pedicellis gracilibus; calycis tubo angulato, 

 margine truncalo, minute dentato corollaque glabris. 5 — Frutcx 2— 4-pedalis, folia 

 1—1 Vs poll. longa, scmipollicem lata, costa media subtus prominente, glabra vel ad venas 

 parcc pilosula, petiolo brevissimo crasso piloso-hispido, gemmae floriferae bracteis im- 

 bricalis parvis persislentibus obtectae, pedicelli semipollicares, calyx fere Maeleaniae, 

 corolla 5 Iin. longa oblonga, filamenta libera, antherarum tubuli anlhera ipsa longiores 

 corollam fere aequantes. — nabitu a Thibaudiis caeteris paullulum recedit. — Crescit 

 in Columbiae provincia Popayan in Cordillera „de los Andes" prope Pilayo. 



4. TH. CYATHIFERA Bth. I. c. p. 222. — Glaberrima: ramis laevibus; foliis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis ellipticisve acuminatis, basi cuneatis quintuplinerviis; racemis laxis folia subae- 

 quantibus; calyce coriaceo urceolalo, limbo palente; antheris alternis dorso biauricula- 



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