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Amenta cylindracea. rccliuscala, [wnnam columbinani crassa 2i cent, 

 longa, pedunculis 1 cent, paullo sui«rantibus {[labris sustenta. Bractcae 

 suLrotundae, ciicullato-concavae, rrlabrac, subtilissimc ciliolalae. Anthe- 

 rae biloculares didymae subrenitbrmes , llavidae (sec, sp. cult, Hort. 

 Berol. ct al.) 



8. Enckea vafllfoUa. Raraulis subglabris, petioUs an- 

 tice foliorunique iraa basi supra puberulis, his membranaceis 

 Bubtilissime pellucido-punctulatis , sublus glaucis , lanceolatis, 

 ovalo- vel elliptico-lanceolatis , elliplicis subovalisve , acumi- 

 natis vel acutis, aplce ipso acuto, obtuso tcI rotundato, basi 

 rotundata subaequali utrinque reflexis, quinque- vel subsep- 

 lemnerviis, araentis cylindricis reclis folium vix aequantibus, 

 bracteis brevissime pedicellalis apice conchaeformi-inflexis 

 dorse pedicelloque flocculoso-hirtellis. 



Habitat in Regno mexicano (Andrieux! n. 133 in Herb. 



De Less.) 



Frutex dichotome ramosus, rainis teretibus striulatis ramnlisque 

 glabris, internodiis 2—7 cent, longis. Folia patcntiuscula, membra- 

 nacca , subtilissimc pellacido-punctulata venulisquc pellucidis relicalata , 

 supra saturatins, subtus pallidius glaucescentia, opaca , utrinque jjlabra 

 praeter imam basin paginac supcrioris pubcrulam, petiolo antice cana- 

 liculato ct subciliato-pubcrulo 6—8 uim. hngo sustenta, forma mire 

 varia, plnra lanceolata vt-l lanccata 6 cent, lonfja, If lata, alia elliptico- 

 vel ovato-lanceolata , 7— SJ lonrja, 2| lata, alia his breviora ovato- 

 elliptica , basi subaequali omnia fere rotundata ct utrinque levitcr auricu- 

 larum ad instar reflexa, apice alia attenuato-acuminata , acumine acuto 

 vel obtuso, alia acuta, alia rotundato-obtusa vel et emargfinata, sub- 

 mucronata, quinque- vel septemnervia , nervis siibtns prominulis, in 

 sicco luscesccntibus, 3 mediis validioribus ad apiccm (medio semper, adstan- 

 tibus baud semper) ductis, inferioribus fere obsolelis. Anastomoses visi- 

 bilcs tcre nullac, ad lentem plnres reticulatac pcllucidae. Stipula op- 

 positifolia diutius persistens, 4 mm. longa, lanceolata, lineari-convoluta, 

 patula, glabriuscula, sicca nigricans. Amenta patula pedunculis 6— 8 

 mm. longis tenuibus j^labris sustenta, rectiuscula. 3—4 cent, longa, 

 3 mm, tere crassa , densiflora. Bracteac pcdicellatac apice snbspathu- 

 latim dilatatae concavo-conchaeformes, dorso|>edicelloquefloccoso-hirtcliae, 

 vertifx; glabriusrulae. Stamina 4, an plura ? antheris subgloboso- 

 reniformibus, loculis tumidis sulcatis pallide flavis, supra arete unitis, 

 infra distantibus, filamentis teretibus glabris. Ovarium nondum bene 

 eftbrmatum (sec. sp. cit.) 



