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16. iEnckea Knnthli. Ramulis, petiolis, pedunculis 

 foliisque subtus inprimis in nervispubescenti-hirtis, his adultis 

 coriaceis epunctatis supra opacis lineatis sparse appresse pilosis 

 denique glabratis^ ovatis, ellipticis lanceolatisve, basi inaequali 

 rotundatis, apice longe acuminalis, acuraine obtusiusculo sub- 

 mucronato, 5 — 7-nerviis, amentis pedunculatis, pedunculo 

 petiolum superante, deiisifloris , bracteis abbreviatis coriaceis 

 subconchaeformibus dorse longe villosis, stigmatibus 3 abbre- 

 viatis. 



Habitat in raontibus formationis Gneis, alt. 5500 p. ad 

 Oaxaca Mexici (Galeotti ! 6014 in Herb. De Less.) 



Frutei dichotome ramosus, nodosus. Rami puberuli subglabrati, 

 ramuliquc dense subochracco-hirti terctiusculi vel subcompressi , intcrno- 

 diis 2—5 cent, longis. Folia patula, coriacca, jimiora pcllacido-pimc- 

 tata aduUa epunctulata, veiiis pellucidis , supra obscura lincata, juniora 

 pills appressis brevibus sparsis obsila, adulta glalirata, subtos ttallidiora 

 inprimis in nervis hirto-pubescentia , ovata , elliptica vel lanceolato-ellip- 

 tica, basi inaequali rotundata, apice longe acuminata, acuminc obtusius- 

 culo submucronato, marginibus vix leviter incurva, 5— 7 J cent, long^a, 

 1^ — 4 cent, lata, petiolis hirtis 2 — 8 mm. longis, antice canalicu- 

 latis, basi dilatatis sufFulta, 5 — 7-ncrvia , nervis 3 mefliis ad apicem 

 ductis promincntibus, reliquis brevioribus tcnuioribus prominulis, omni- 

 bus parce anastomosantibus. Stipulae oppositil'oliae deciduae, lanceo- 

 latae, subcarinatae , hirtae, 5^6 mm. lon^jae. Amenta ojjpositilblia 

 erectiuscula , pedunculis patulis 1 cent, paullo longioribus sustenta, 

 tcrctia , rcctiuscula , j)ennam passcrinam circilcr crassa , florontia 4^ cent, 

 longa, densiflora. Bracteac abbreviatae, coriaceae, concavo-subconchae- 

 formes, pilis longis deorsum patulis griseis dorso villosae. Stamina, 

 an 4, filamentis teretibus jjersistentibus , antheris sordide luteis 

 siibcordatis bilocularibus. Ovarium oblongum, stigmatibus 3 crassis 

 abbreviatis rotundatis albo-puberulis coronatum. (sec. sp. tih. De Less.) 



17. Enckea callfornlca Kunth! I. c. p. 601. Piper 

 Opts! in Reliq. Haenk. fasc. HI. p. 160. Ramulis petiolis 

 foliisque glabris, his niembranaceis epunctulaiis , opacis, sob- 

 las pallidioribus , subrotundo-ovatis acuminatis, acuraine ob- 

 tuso, basi inaequaliter et leviter cordatis, septemnerviis , 

 amentis rectis, tenuibus, folio diniidio brevioribus, laxifloris, 

 bracteis conchaeformibus margiue hirlcllis, sligmatibus 3 

 crassiusculis. 



