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* 124. S. SANDWICENSIS. Glabra ; incrmis; ramulis angu- 

 lalis; fuliis subrotundo-ovafis, lcvissiinc cordatis , abbreviato- 

 acuminatis ?, 7-ncrviis, subcoriaceis, subtilissime pellucido-linco- 

 latis , nitidulis; pedunculis (fructiferis) axillaribus, solitariis, 

 ebracfeatis, longiludine petioli dorso convcxi, infertie vaginali. 

 — fnsulac Sandwicenses. (Gaudicbaud lcgit ct dedit.) "J^ — 

 Ramuli angulati, incrmcs, glabri, torti. Folia sparsa, subrotuudo- 

 ovala, lcvissime cordala, abbreviato-acuminata ?, reticuJato-sep- 

 lcmncrvia, nervis tribus intermediis robustioribus, subhis acu- 

 tangulo-prominentibus, subcoriacea, margine leviter reflcxo, sub- 

 tilissimc pcllucido-lincolata, glabra, subconcoloria, uitidula, 5£- 

 pollicaria, 4 poll. lata. Petioli subpollicares, forti, supra basim 

 vaginatam bicirrati, dorso convexi et sulcati, glabri; cirris lili- 

 formibus, spiraliter tortis. Squamae axillares lanceolatae, acu- 

 minatac, mucronatac. Umbellae fructiferac axillares, solitariae, 

 sub-6-7-carpae; pcdunculo 9-11 lin. longo, aocipitc, glabro ; rc- 

 ccptaculo subgloboso, bracleoloso, magnitudine grani piperis. 

 Bacrae immaturac, nudae, cxsiccatae subrotundae, utrinquc ro- 

 niro-attcnuatac, bumcctatac subgloboso-obovatae ct magnitudine 

 nuclei cerasi majoris, trispcrinae ; pedicellis 9-10 lin. longis, an- 

 gulatis, glabris. Semina imniatiira elliptica, dorso convcxa, 

 vcnlrc ariilaugula, cndocarpio membranaceo rlansa. Diffcrt a 

 S. auripite: petiolis dorso convexis, foliis pellurido - lineolatis, 

 ncrvis omnibus distinctis (nec 3 intermediis basi conflucnlibus), 

 squama axillari ovato-lanccolata, acuminata ct peduurulis baud 

 brarteatis. 



III. Species dubiae affiuilatis, pleraeque incomplete notae. 



1) Spcries orbis novi. 



125. S. SURINAMENSIS Miquel in Linnaea 1843. />• 63. 

 Caule obtuse telragono vel subtereti, sparsc aculealo; foliis 

 ovatis, basi cordatis vcl rotundatis, acutis, pleruniquc brcvi-niu- 

 rronulatis, quinqucnerviis ; umbellis pedunrulalis, supraaxillarj- 

 bus. Miq. — Surinam. % — Caulis scandcns, flexuosus, ligno- 

 sus, angulalo-teretiusculus vel obtusc tetragonus, laevis, strialus, 

 aculcis rccurvis romplanatis, ad originem foliorum geminis sfi- 

 pularibus armafus. Folia magnitudine varia, breviter petiolafa, 

 ovata, majora basi cordata, minora (superiora) basi rolundala, 

 integerrima, apice acutiusculo mucronato, coriacea, majora re- 

 ticulato-5-nervia, ncrvis duobus acccssoriis margiualibus, ininora 

 simplicitcr 5-uervia. Umbellae 16-20-ttorac. Pcdunculi paulo 

 supra petiolum erumpentes eoque longiorcs, romprcssi; recep- 

 taculo globoso, bracteolato. Alabastra ovafa. Florcs albi; fo- 

 liola 6, 2 mill. Ionga, exfcriora latiora, obtusa, reflexo-palenfia ; 

 interiora augustiora, crecliuscula, acutiusrula. Sfamina 6. Fila- 

 menla brcvia. Antberae basifixac, oblongae, albirantes.(Ex Miquel.) 



