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imi. COHIBRGTV]!! LiJffl. 

 (DC. Prodr. 111. 18.) 



/. AiMERICAJyA. 



1. C. RETICULATUM Prsl. Rcliq. Hacnk. II. 25. f - Arborescens? inerme: ramis 

 telragonis ; foll. opposit. ovato— eliiplicis breviter acuminalis seta raucronalis, 

 subtus juniorib. utrinq. lepidolis; spicis opposil. axiliarib. et tcrminalib. c^lin— 

 dricis ; braclcis linearib. palentissimis, alabaslra lepidola duplo superantibus. — 

 Crescit in Mexico. 



2. C. AUGKMEUM Bertol. Fl. Guatimal. 12. f — Foliis ovato-oblongis aculis gla- 

 bris, supra argenlinis; racemis oppositifoliis secundidoris calycibq. tomcnlosis; 

 slaminibus longissimis. — Ilabitat in Guatimala. 



3. C. ELEGANS Cambess. in St. llil. Fl. Bras. merid. II. 247. f t. 129. — Inerme 

 scandens: foll. opposit. cUiplicis acutis acuminat. inlcgcrrimis, supra puberulis, 

 sublus luleseenti-lomcntosis; spicis sim[)Iici!). brcvilcr pcdunculatis, tubo caly- 

 cino cylindraceo. — Crescil in Brasilia mcridionali. 



4. C. BUGI Cambcss. I. c. t t. 130. — Inerme : foll. opposit. ellipticis, obtusc acu- 

 minat. inlcgerrimis glabris; spicis ramosis brcvilcr pedunculal.; tubo calycino 

 cylindraceo. — Crescit in Brasilia mcridionali. 



5. C. DU.UITEANU.M Cambess. I. c. 248. t — Inerme: foll. opposit. ellipticis acu- 

 minat. inlegerrimis, utrinq. lcpidolis; spicis simplicib. brcvilcr pedunculal. laxis, 

 folio brcvioribus; tubo calycino tctragono. — Crcscil in Brasilia mcridionali. 



6. C. VARIABILE Mart. Bcibl. zur Flora XXII. 02. t — Scandcns: ramulis ultimis 

 comprcssis lepidolis et pubenlib., tandcm subglabrcscenlib.; foll. supra glabris, 

 subtus albo-lcpidotis, oblongis acuminat., basi rolundalis vel aculiusculis ; spicis 

 axillarib. terminalibq. paniculatis laxilloris; rliachidib., bracleis tubos subaequan- 

 tib. tubisq. subtelragonis ferruginco-villosis; calycis linibo licmisphaerico-cam- 

 panulato , breviter dentato glabrescentc; petalis suborbicularibus. — In Brasilia. 



7. C. LAURIFOLIUM Mart. I. c. 04. f — Scandcns, practcr ullimos ramulos com— 

 pressos et inllorescentias ferruginco-tomenlosas glabcrrimum: foll. oblongis aut 

 ovato-oblongis acuminat., basi rotundatis, coriaccis, arcle venosis el venulosis, 

 nitidis; spicis laxifloris terminalib. et axillarib. paniculalis; bractcis tubo cylin- 

 drico brcviorib. limboq. levilcr dcnlato fcrrugineo-pubcntib.; petalis orbicularib.; 

 samaris utrinq. pyramidalo-tetragonis, alis anguslis, corporc rhombeo, lcpidotis. 

 — Habital in sylvis ad fluvios Solimoes et Japura in Brasilia. 



8. C. PULCHELLUM Mart. I. c. — (Don, Transact. Linn. Soc. XV. 428.) — Scandens: 

 ramulis compressis lepidotis cl fcrrugineo-lomenlcllis; foll. oblongis cuspidat., 

 basi brevissime cordat. , utrinq. lepidotis ct parce pubcntib., tandem glabrescen- 

 lib.; spicis axillarib. terminalibq. paniculalis; rhachidib., bracteis setaccis caly— 

 cumq. tubis ferrugineo-villosis; calycis limbo aculc dentalo pubenle; petalis or- 

 biculari-reniformibus. - C. ferrugineum Hffmsgg. Florul. Paraens. mss. — Ila- 

 bilal in sylvis ad Para Brasiliensium. 



9. C. ADENOPHYI.LUM Mart. Flora XXIV. Beibl. IL 1. — Scandcns, glabriuscu- 

 lum, praeter uliimos ramulos et inllorescenliam ferrugineo-tomentellum: foll. 

 oblongis, ellipticis vel obpvato-oblongis, basi sinu angusto subcordalis, rarove 

 attenuatis, non lepidotis, sublus glandulis miliarib., axillis venarum barbulatis; 

 spicis tcrminalib. axillaribq. paniculatis densifloris, rhachidib. tuboq. calycino 

 lereli ferrugineo-tomenlosis, limbo leviter denticulalo pubente; bracleis minimis 

 squamulaeformibus; petalis orbicularibus. — Prope Cubajam in Brasilia. 



10. C. PHAEOCARPUM Mart. Flora XXIV. Beibl. II. 1. — Ramulis leretib. leviter 

 ferrugineo-pubentib.; foll. coriaceis, supra glabris nilidis, sublus minute et eva- 

 nescenli-Iepidotis, oblongo-lanceolatis, utrinq. acutis ; spicis paniculat. termina- 

 lib. axillaribq., rhachidib. ferrugineo-tomentosis; samaris ovato-oblongis, obtu- 



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