402 



Habitat in sylvis ad Jalapa (Schiede! in Hb. reg. beroL), 

 in m. Cordilleris ad Jalapa, alt. 4000 p. (Galeottli! n. 60J2 

 in Herb. De less.) 



Fratex. Ramulns angulosas, striulatus, glaber. Folia juniora te- 

 nuiter, aduJta coriaceo-membranaoea, ilia evidenter, haec obsoletius pel- 

 liicido-punctata, supra nitida, nervis lineata, atro-viridia , adulta subbul- 

 losa, glabra, juniora saltern in nervo medio subtilissime floccoso-puberula, 

 subtus pallidiora baud nitidula, in nervo costis YCnisque moUiter hirto- 

 puhescentia, adulta inprimis versus inargines reticulato-scrobiculata, pc- 

 tiolis 4—51: cent, longis, stipulis adnatis glabris usque supra apicem 

 alatis, junioribus dorso birto-pubescentibu? adultis glabratis sustenta, 

 oblonga vel obovato-oblonga , basi inaequali leviter cordata, lobis rotunda- 



tis, apice acuminata acumine acuto, marginibus vixincurva, 22 24 cent. 



longa, 10 in medio lata; e nervo medio crasso subtus fortitcr prominente 

 utrinque usque ad f alt. a basi 6—8 costae fere oppositae, patulo-adscen- 

 dentes exoriuntur, quarum infimae subtiles breviores submarginales, reli- 

 quae fortiores parallele versus margincs adscendentes , summa ad apicem 

 ducta. Anastomoses e nervo et costis, inprimis versus margines crebro 

 reticulatae, prominentes, folia adultiora subscrobiculata efficientes. Amen- 

 tum adest fere maturum, patulum, pedunculo glabro IJ cent, longo 

 suffultum, rectum, 6| cent, longum cylindricum, 6—7 mm. crassum, 

 apice sterili rostratum. Genitalia densissima. Bracteae inflexo-peltatae,' 

 verticesubsemilunares, marginibus inprimis posticis pilis tusco-griseis longe 

 cUiato-hirtae, persistentes. Filamenta persistcntia, linearia, plana, gla- 

 bra. Anthcrae reniformes, eflfoetae fuscae. Baccae immaturae densae 

 obovatae angnlosae apice stylo brevi rostellatae vel umbonatae (sec sp 

 Galeott.) ' ^ 



27. Artanthe decurrens. Raraulis Irigonoleretibus uno 

 latere conTexiusculis glabris, foliis membranaceis epunotula- 

 tis, supra nitidis glabris, subtus glaucis petiolis nervo medio 

 costisque puberulis, oblongis apice obtusiusculis, basi admodum 

 inaequalibus, latere majore fere usque ad basin petioli adnato 

 rotundato, parte breviore rotundato-truncata, latere petioli sti- 

 pula adnata anguste alato, multicoslatis, amentis oppositifoliis 

 patulis folio multolies brevioribus obtusis rectis, bracleis car- 

 nosis pedicellato-peltatis. 



Habitat in Mexico ad Reapa prope Rabasco, Lecembr. flo- 

 rens lecta (Linden! n. 5 in Herb. De Less.) 



Frutex dichotome ramosus. Ramali trigono-teretes, uno latere con- 

 vcxiusculi, striulati, glabri, laeves cincrasccntes, internodiis 4—5 cent. 



