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Frnlex scandens, dichotome ramosus, nodosus, ram is teretibus striu' 

 latis glabris, raraulis herbaceis , intemodiis 8 — 9 cent, longis, nodis 

 tumidis inarginatls. Folia longe petiolata, alterna, patentia, adalta 

 ^ subcoriaceo- , superiora tenuiler membranacca , pcllucido-punctata , supra 

 atro-viridia glabra nitida nervis prominulis subcanalicidatis , subtus glau- 

 cescenti-l'uscescentia nitidula in nervis venuliscjue reticulatis ochraceis 

 sparse hirtella, ovata vel rarius elliptico-ovata sabaequilatera , basi ae- 

 qn^ rotundata vel rarius levissime subcordata , apice breviter acuminata, 

 acumine obtusiusculo , 7 — 10^ cent, longa, 3—7 cent, lata , quinqne- 

 septennnervia , nervis 3 mediis validioribus ad apieem ductis, reliquis 

 brevioribus , infimisS subtilissimis , anastomoses subhoriiontales remotae 

 laxe reticulatao, areolis plerumque 4— 5-angularibus prominulis. Pe- 

 tioli glabri, anticc canaliculati ct stipulis membranaccis utrinque ad- 

 natis caducis vel delitescentibus cicatrisali , cicatrice callosa rugosa per 

 intervalla regnlariter transverse fissa, 1 — -2 J cent, longi. Stipula op- 

 positit'olia decidua, membranacea , lanceolata , glabra, eonvoluto-carinata 

 1 — Is cent, longa. Amenta patulo-pendnla folio terminali ramuli uni- 

 nodis opposita (bine ramo pro petioJo sumto ex petiolo ipso quasi enata) 

 pedunculis glabriusculis 2 — 2| cent, longis sustenta, cylindrica obtusa 

 vel breviter mucronata leviter curvata vel subrecta, florentia 2 — 3, 

 baccifera 4 — 5 cent, longa, ilia 3 — 4 mm. crassa, haec baccis promi- 

 nentibua verrucosa. Flore s densi, sed laxiores ac in Cbavicis et Artan- 

 tlies speciebus. Bracteae pedicellatae, glabrae praeter imam pedicelli 

 basin hirtellam , persistentes, pelta magna orbiculari membranaceo-ccffiacea 

 centra fusca, marginibus latis subundulatis fuscis, an in vivo viridescen- 

 tibos. Stamina 3 vel et duo, lateralia, immn supra ovarium locatom 

 (annc quidem haic flori propriom?) filament is subuJatis glabris persisten- 

 tibas, antheris ovatis basi siibcordatis bilocularibus sordide luteo-luscis, 

 localis oblongis oppositis connective crassiusculo diremtis rima longitudinali 

 dehiscentibus. Ovarium glabrum ovatnm in stylura crassum brevemper- 

 sistentem attenuatum, stigmatibns 2 lanceolatis crassiusculis puberulis 

 recorvato-patulis, emersis. Baccaediscretae ovato-globosae stylo rostratae, 

 pericarpio pulposo, bracteas persistentes coraplicato-comprimentes et sape- 

 rantes. Semen immaturum subglobosum, Pili ocLracci in rbacbi circum geni- 

 taliura insertionem. (sec. sp. Herb. reg. berol.). — Sp. Hb, Bur m, nulla nota 

 differunt. 



XIV. CAIililASTIRA'). Flores hennaphroditidensearaen- 

 tacei. Bracteae membranaceae spathulafo-conchaeformes basi 

 constriclaehinc fere oblique peltatae, parte superiore glabra, in- 



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