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aequilateris vel inaequilaleris, basi leviter inaequali subtofan- 

 datis, apice subito acuminatis^ acumine lineari longo sub- 

 falcato acuto, costis ulrinque usque ad | alt. 5 — 6, aiueotis 

 patulis vel subdeflexis breviter pedunculatis, brevibus mucro- 

 nato-rostralis, bracteis peltalis margine membranaceofirabrialim 

 laceris, sUgmalibus 3 crassis brevi-lanceolatis patulis basi in 

 slylum brevem conflaentibus. 



Habitat in Guyana gallica (Gabriel! in Herb. De Less.) 



Frutex (licliotome ramosus. Ramulus subflexuosns, teres, striulatus, 

 subtomentoso-pubescens, internodiis 4 — 5 cent, longis. Folia erecto-pa- 

 tula, coriacco-meinbranacea, pellucido-punctata, supra atro-viridia , ob- 

 seura, glabra, laevia, vetusta subbuUosa nervis notata, subtus pallidiora 

 piiis patulis moJlibus inprimis in nervis molliter puberula, petiolis pu- 

 bescenti-hirlis antice canaliculatis 5 — 8 mm. longis sustenta, ovato- vel 

 elliptico-oblonga, vel sabobovato-elliptica, alia iere aequilatera , alia valde 

 inaequilalera, basi subaequali rotundata, ima acutiuscula, marginibus 

 plana, ajiice subito acuminata, acumine longo subt'alcato acuto, 17 — 19 

 cent, longa, 6J — 7^ lata; e nervo medio subtns prominente versus apicem 

 valde attcnuato ulrinque usque ad § alt. a basi costae 5 — 6 majores 

 (pluresque tcnuiores inprimis versus apicem) parallelae versus marfrincs 

 adscendentcs tenuiter anastomosantes exoriuntur, quarum inilma reliquis 

 multo tenuior et brevior. Amenta patula vel deflcxa, pedunculis pu- 

 Itescenti-birtis , 5 — 6 mm. longis sustenla, recta, cylindrica, apice obli- 

 que rostellata, 2 cent, circiter longa, 2j- mm. crassa rectiuscula. Bracteae 

 pedicellatae pcltatae pelta subtriangulari vel triangulari-rotundata con- 

 vexiuscula glandulosa marginibus anguste membranacca et lacero-fimbriata 

 sublutescente. Stamina.... antherae minutae subrenilbrmes. Ovarium 

 obovatum, subtetragonum apice in stylum brevissimuni excurrens, stig- 

 matibus 3 crassis brevi-lanceolatis recur vatis, supra convexis (sec. sp. cit.) " 



116. Artanthe diospyrifolla. Piper Kunth! oUm. Stef- 

 fensia ejusd.! in Linnaea I. c. p. 627. Raraulis glabris, foliis 

 coriaceo-meinbranaceis suhtilissime pellucido-punctulatis, su- 

 pra subnilidis glabris, subtus io nervo costis venulisque inajo- 

 ribus pilis minutissimis appressis instructis, oblongis breviter 

 acuminatis acutisve, basi aequali vel inaequali aculis vel obtusis, 

 costis utrinque usque adi all. 6 — 7, stipulis petiolaribus mag- 

 nis diutius persistenlibus , amentis subpatulis folio dimidio 

 brevioribus, pedunculo petioluin circiter aequante, bracteis 

 subconchaeformibus glabris, baccis obpyramidatis verlice um- 

 bonatis. 



