GG COMnRETACEAE. comdretum. 



siusculls cmnrplnnlls forniRinpo-lomcnlosis, alis corlaccls, corporo lanccolato. 



— Rio Ni-Rro in Hrasilia. 



11. r.. I.F.PHOSIM Marl. Flora XXIV. Hcihl. II. 1. — Ereclum, toliim (icnse albo- 

 lcpidotuni: ramis tcrelib., raraulis comprcssis ; foll. brevilcr oblongis, ulrinquc 

 aculis >cl acuminat.; spicis paniculalis tcrminalib., densilloris; braclcis sctaccis 

 spathulalisvc, lon(;iludiiio lulii lclraponi, linibo aculc dcnlato campantilalo; pclalis 

 Iransvcrsc cliiplicis brcvilcr unguiculalis; samaris ovalis fiilvo-nilidis fusco-lc- 

 prosis, corpore ovato-lanccolalo, alis scariosis. — Propc Dahiam. 



12. C. LEPTOST.\r.IIYl'M Marl. Flora XXIV. Beibl. II. 2. — Scandens: ramulis 

 comprcssis subfcrrugincis, uli rcliquae parlcs albo-Iepidolis; foll. ovat. acumi- 

 nalis, basi aculis; spicis nxillarib. Icrminalibq. simplicib. laxilloris ebraclealis; 

 lubo calycis lclrapono, linibo aculc dcnlato cyalliiformi; pelalis suborbicularib.; 

 samaris ? — Crcscil ad n. Cubajensem in Brasilia. 



13. C. MONET.VRI.V Mart. Flora XXIV. Bcibl. II 2. — Ercclum debilc, lepidolum: 

 squamulis foliorum albis, ullimorum ramulorum sublctragonorum, inllorescentiac 

 et tubi calycis rufis; foll. lalo-ovalis aut oblongo-ovatis, utriiuj. aculiusculis; spi- 

 cis axillarib. subcapilalis siniplicib., folia subaequanlib.; bracteis minimis squa- 

 mulacformib.; caljcis tubo lclragono; limbo brcvitcr campaniilato, denlib. brcvib. 

 acut.; pclalis obovalis; samaris lalo-cordatis, corpore suborbiculari, rufo-lepidoto. 



— Crescit in provincia Piauhiensi. 



14. C. AM'R.\CTL'0SU3I Marl. Flora XXIV. Beibl. II. 3. — Ramorum divaricatorum 

 epidermide longiludinaliler Cssa; ramulis compresso-lereiib. lepidoto-cincreis; 

 foll. ovalis vcl ovalo-oblongis, basi aculis, apicc aculis vel acuminalis lcpidotis, 

 supra viridib., sublus albicanlib.; spicis simplicib. axillarib. , quam folia brevio- 

 rib.; samaris lanceolal. obtusis Icpidotis , alis scariosis Lis vel ler anfracluosis cl 

 bullosis. — In provincia Piauhicnsi. 



15. C. GLAUCOC.\RPL'.M Mart. Flora XXIV. BeibL IL 3. — Ramulis lereliusculis 

 parce lcpidotis et ferruginco-pubenlib.; foll. lato-ovatis oblongisve, basi acutis, 

 apicc brcvilcr acuminal. vcl aculis, supra glabriusculis, subtus lcpidolis; spicis 

 composilis axillarib. terminalibq. folio brcviorib.; rhachidib. ferrugineo-lomen- 

 tellis; samaris elliplicis (poUicarib.) glaucescentib., alis scariosis evidcnlcr verti— 

 caliler parallelo-nervosis, corporc angustc lanceolato. — In provincia Piauhicnsi. 



16. C. STIGMARIUM Marl. Flora XXIV. Bcibl. II. 3. — Ramulis compresso-lerelib., 

 parce fusco-lepidolis; foll. oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, ulrinq. acutis, punc— 

 tis pellucidis sticlicis et lepidolis; spicis axillarib., quam folia breviorib. compo— 

 sitis, ferrugineo-pulverulcnto-lcpidolis; samaris elliplicis, fulvo-nilidis lepidolis, 

 alis scariosis lalis, versus corpus profunde anfracluosis. — Ad fl. .\mazonum. 



17. C. MAGMFICU.M Marl. Flora XXIV. Bcibl. II. 4. t — Scandcns: ramulis lerctib. 

 fusco-lcpidolis; spicis lerminalib. dcnsifloris sccundis subebraclealis; foll. ovato— 

 oblongis vel oblongis, basi rolundalis vcl acutiusculis, acuminalis vel acutis, su- 

 pra glabris, sublus glanduloso-lcpidotis; calycis glanduloso-Iopidoli coccinei 

 tubo basi lclragono sursum clongalo-cyalhiformi, laciniis subcrectis; pctalis lan- 

 ceolalis, utrinq. aculis, apice subbarbulalis; slaminib. longissimis; samaris obo- 

 valo-oblongis, Icpidotis scariosis fusco-nilidis, alis sursum latiorib., corpore ex- 

 currenle. — Rio Negro. 



18. C. AURANTIACU.M Bth. in Uook. Journ. of Bol. II. 22-3. f — Inermc arbores- 

 cens: foll. ovali-ellipticis v. oblongis, brevitcr acuminalis, supra glabris, subtus 

 lepidolis; spicis axillarib. ebracteatis; calycib. infundibuliformib. aureo-Icpidolis; 

 slaminib. longe exscrlis; fruclib. obovato-subrolundis Iate4-alatis aurco-lepido- 

 lis. — Crcscit in Guiana. 



19. C. GUIANENSE Miqu. Magazine of nal. hisl. XI. 12. f — Arborcscens: ramis ob- 

 luse lctragonis lelraplcris; foll. oppositis breviter pctiolatis obloiigis, oblusc ct 

 breviier acuminaiis, utrinq. Icpidolis; spicis tcrminalib. opposile v. lcrnalim pani- 

 culalis; calycib. cxlus lepidolissimis, intus longc pilosis; fruclib. tetragono-(e- 

 iraplcris lcpidolis. — Surinam. 



