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Habitat in Brasilia raeridionaii, prope Yrico (Sellow! ia 

 Herb, reg. berol.) 



Ramuli anguIoso-tcretiuscQli , una facie planiusculi, nodosi, jjlabri, 

 subverruculosi , internodiis 8 — 10 cent, longis. Folia erecto-patula, ri- 

 gifle subcoriaceo-membranacca, subtilissime pellucido-punctata, supra glabra 

 subnitida juniora plana, vetusla subareolato-bullosa , subtus vix pallidiora 

 in nervo costis venulisque majoribus pills minutissimis appressis sparse 

 instructa, oblonga, parumper inaerjuilatera, apice brevissime acuminata 

 vel acuta, mucronato-acutata , basi ae(juali vel inaequali acuta vol rarius 



obtusa, marginibus leviter revoluta, 16~18i^ cent, longa, 7 8 lata, 



peliolis antice canaliculatis, basi dilatatis, li — 2 cent, longis glabris, 

 junioribas stipulis ovatis aequilongis totis fere adnatis glabris nervulosis 

 alatis sustenta, crassinervia. E nervo medio subtus prominente percurren- 

 te, supra lineato utrinque usque ad J- alt. 6—7 costae adscendentes crassae 

 parallelae oriuntur, quarum summa ad apicera ducta, omnes anastomosi- 

 bus proDoinentibus horizontalibus demum reticulatis conjunctae. Stipula 

 oppositit'olia? — Amenta erecto-patula, recta, cylindrica, 7 cent, 

 longa, 3 mm. crassa et crassiora, pedunculisl cent. pauUo longiori- 

 bus, glabris sustenta. Anlherae reniformes, biloculares, flavidae. Stig- 

 mata 3. Baccae nondum maturae obpyrainidatae, angulosae, vcrticc 

 concaviusculo umbonatae. Semen conforme, albumine sordide albicante 

 subcartilagineo ceatro subcavo radiato (sec. sp. cit.) 



117. Artanihe Avellana. Ramulis retrorse, petiolis 

 foliisque subtus in nervis venulisqne appresse hirlellis his 

 breviter petiolatis subcoriaceis obsoletissime pellucido-punclu- 

 latis, supra opacis glabris minute verruculosis et bine vix lae- 

 vibus, elliplicis vel ovato-ellipticis, basi inaequali rotundatis, 

 apice breviter et latiuseule acuminalis acumine obtuso costis 

 utrinque 5 — adscendentibus, araentis breviter pedunculatis 

 deflexis cylindricis inucronatis, bracteis inflexo-peltatis ciliatis 

 puberulis dein glabratis, antherarura couneclivo incrassato 

 cylindrico persistente. 



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

 Frutex dichotorac ramosus, nodosus. Ramulus exsiccatus subtrigonus, 

 striulatus, puberulo-subglabratus, superne dense retrorse hirtus, interno- 

 diis 4—6 cent, longis^ nodis tumidis marginatis. Folia breviter petio- 

 Jata, patula, snbcoriacea, obsolete (nascentia perspicae) pellucido-punctu- 

 lala, suj)ra atro-viridia obscura ad lentem verruculis exiguis irregularibus 

 adspersa liinc tactu baud omnino laevia, subtus pallidiora opaca dilute 

 hiscescentia in nervo costis venulisque appresse hirtella, petiolis 5 mm. 

 longis hirtellis, antice profunde canaliculatis, basique c stipulis adnatis 



