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peduneulis binis polyslachyis , bractearuni pelta transyerse 

 obloiiga aureo-villosa. 

 Icon. 1. e. 



Habitat in Peruvia (Dombey! in Herb. Mas. Paris.), in ChiK 

 (Poeppig! n. 57, P. reniforme P. n. 1389? in Herb. reg. bar.), 

 in Peruvia ad yicum Cuchero in nemoribus (R. et P.! 1. c.) 



Fmtex. Caules cylindracco-angulosi, striati , I'lisce pubescentes. Pe- 

 tioli foliorum saperiorum 6 — 10 cent, lonjji , ochraceo-villosi, striati, 

 fere usqUe ad apicem late membranaceo-alati , membrana sursuin angus- 

 tata , ochraceo-Tillosa , marginibus hirtello-ciliata, demnm cvancscente. 

 Laminae ilrmius membranaceac , supra atrovirides, infra glaucescentes , 

 frequentissime pcllucide gland uloso-punctulatae, glandulis in pagina 

 utracjue ad Icntem \erracosc elevatis, rotundato-cordatae, lobis baseos 

 lato-rotundatis , in sinuna acatum conjunctis, divergenlibus, apice acatae, 

 supremae 17 cent, longae, 18 latae, majores 21 cent, longae, 20| latac, 

 nervi e basi 13 — 15, quorum medius paullo supra basin bi- vcl triCdus, 

 reliqui, versus basin sensim tenuiores, paullo supra mediam altitudinem 

 bifidi, ramulis prope margines ramulosis, inprimis supremo eorum denuo 

 bilido. Anastomoses tenues transversae rcticulatae. Ad basin nervnli 

 tenncs accessorii. Pagina superior atroviridis subsplendens , praescrtim 

 versus margines appresse et sparse puberula , in nervis autem , inprimis 

 versus basin pilis longioribus, lortioribus dense ochraceo-hirtella , unde 

 singularis Iblii adspeclus. Pagina interior glancescens , vix nitidula , ad 

 lentem clevato- gland ulosa, puberula, pilis basi glandulosac insertis, nervis 

 inprimis versus basin venalisque ochraceo-tomentosis. Margines ciliolati. 

 Pedunculi breves (an semper) pedicellique abbrcviati pubescentes 

 stipulis membranaccis ultra florescentiam persistenlibus lanccolatis fusee 

 pubesccntibus ad margines hirto-tomentosis , extusque fusee-gland ulosis 

 primum cum amcntis inclusi, demum stipati. Amenta (plura, aliquando 

 20) juvenilia 5 cent, longa, 2 mm. crassa, cylindracea obtusa recta, 

 matura 8 ct pinra cent, longa et 3—4 mm. crassa, cinerca. Bracteae 

 pediccUato-peltatae, pelta transverse oblonga vel rotundata tota cinerco- 

 villosa excepta area centrali exigna fusca glandulosa. Ovarium obovato- 

 trigonnm, stigmatibus 3 vel 4 ? in sicco nigris, verrucoso-clongatis. 

 Stamina duo, bracteis et ovario fere acquilonga, filamentis ovario 

 adpressis complanatis. Baccae obovato-turbinatae, triangulares, vcrtice 

 truncatae, stigmatibus coronatae, pericarpium tenue. Semen obovato- 

 trigonum , fuscum. (sec. spec. Herb. Mus. Paris.) 



Specimen Ruiziannm Pip, peltati (in Herb, berol.) a nostris 

 differt petiolo sursura baud membranaceo, folio majorc (30 cent, longo, 

 32 lato) 17-ncrvio. Amenta 9, stipulis bracteaef. lanccolatis glan- 

 dulosis puWrulis. Certo autem ad Potli. umlMillatani baud iiertinet. 



