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p. 673. Raraulis petiolis foliisque supra glabris, his submem- 

 branaceJs obsolete pellucido punctulatis, subtus in nervis te- 

 nuissime puberulis, ovatis rel rolundato-ovatis, acuminatis, 

 junioribus basi truncato-rotundatis, aduJtis subaequaliter cor- 

 datis, 9— ll-nerviis, petiolis nudis vel tenuissirae alulatis, 

 amentis junioribus erectiusculis longiuscule pedunculatis, folio 

 triplo brevioribus, bracteis cucullato-peltatis ciliato-fimbriatis. 

 Habitat prope Misaulla Regni mexicani, m. Febr. (Schiede! 

 in Herb. reg. berol.) 



_ Frutex. Rami nodosi, teretes, striati, glabri, laeves, ramuli una 

 lacie plerumque planiusculi, internodiis 7—9 cent. longis. Folia patala 

 submembranacea, obsolete pellucido-punctata, utrinque opaca, supra gla- 

 bra, subtus in nervis et corum ramis majonbus tenuissime puberola 

 caeterum glaberrima, ovata vel rotundato-ovata, aequilatera vel inaequi- 

 latera, apice acuminata, acumine obtusiusculo, inJeriora basi subaequa- 

 liter cordata, lobis rotundatis divergenlibus, superiora ovata, basi concavo- 

 vel rotundato-lruncata, 15—18 cent, longa, 8^—121 lata, petiolis 

 antice canaliculatis, interiorum angustissime usrjue ad medium alulatis, 

 supreraorum nudls, 2— 2 J cent, longis sustenta, novem-undecimnervia' 

 nervis subtus prominentibus, tribus mediis ad apicem ductis, lateralibus 

 adscendentihus aliquando dichotomis, infimis sensim tenuioribus, omnibus 

 per anastomoses transversas ramulosas conjnnctis. Stipula oppositilolia 

 (an solummodo pro foliis quorum petioli nudi?) convoluta, lanceolato- 

 linearis, apice curvata, glabra 2| cent, longa, diutius persistens. Amenta 

 juvenilia ereotiuscula vel subpatula filiformia, 4 cent, longa, rectiuscula 

 pedunculls 5 mm. longis glabris sustenta. Bracteae pedicellatae 

 cucnllalo-peltatae, pelta subsemiorbiculari aut transverse oblongo-rotundata 

 glabra marginibus pilis t'usco-griseis ciliato-fimbriata (sec. sp. Schied, cit.) 



9. Artanthe caladilfoUa. Ramulis striatis, foliisque 

 utrinque glabris, his longe petiolatis (petiolis semiteretibus 

 nudis) ovato-cordatis, breviter acuminatis, basi vix inaequali- 

 bus, septem- vel novemnerviis, vel 12-plinerviis, costatisque, 

 subcoriaceis tenuissime pellucido-punctatis, amentis junioribus 

 tenuibus breviter pedunculatis petiolura circiter aequantibus 

 adultis elongatis parura curvatis folium superanlibus, bracteis 

 cucullato-peltatis infra tomentosis apice ciliatis, stigmalibus 

 plerumque 3. 



Habitat in Regno raexicano (spec. comm. cl. Kickx!) 

 Ramuli glabri, striati, subteretes, uno latere suljsulcato-planiuscnli, 

 internodiis subflcxuosis, 6—7 cent, longis, calamum scriptorium crassi, 



