498 



synon. Bredemcycr. in Herb. JPilld. P. acutifolium Poeppig! 

 pi. exs. excl. syn. P. verrucosum Sieber! n. 17. Fl. Trinit. 

 P. macrourum H. B. K.I Nov. Genet: Tom. J. p. 54. PI. aequin, 

 I. c, Ktinth Synops. Tcm. I. p. 109. P. scabrum Willd. Herb, 

 n. 675.' e.rcl. syn. Swarts. {sp, Swartzianum , sed certo schedu- 

 larum commutatione hie locatum). Ramis saepe verruculosis, 

 ramulis junioribus puberulis, foliis brevissime petiolatis, sub- 

 membranaceis epunctulatis, supra glabris nitidis, subtus in 

 nervo el costis puberulis, oblique ovatis, ovato-oblongis oblon- 

 gisque, acutis vel subacumiaatis, basi valde inaequali rotun- 

 datis, rarissinie subcordatis , costis utrinque 9 — 10, amentis 

 patentibus secundis, subrectis, folium circiter aequantibus vel 

 superanlibus, peduriculo pelioluiu multo superante, biacleis 

 pellatis, ciliato-fimbriatis, baccis subquadratis, seniine subti- 

 lissinie scrobiculato iiitidulo. 



Icon. Jacq. Icon. Tom. II. Tal). 211. 



Herb. Willd. n, 675! a. 676! fol. 1—4, n. 677! 



Habitat late per Novum Oibem dispersa, v. c. in planilie 

 umbrosa inter Bordones et Cuniana, in ripa rivuli La Guayre 

 prope Caracas, alt. 20—400 hex., in convalle ealidissima flu- 

 minis Magdalenae Regni Novo-Granatensis inter S. Bartholome 

 et Quebrada del Eremitano (flumb. et Bonpl.! 1. c. et in Herb. 

 Willd.), ad Caracas (Bredem.! in Herb, cit.), in Venezuela (Ed. 

 Olio! in Herb. reg. ber.), ad fl. Amaionura (Poeppig! n. 3114. 

 in Herb. De Less), ad Rio Janeiro (Herb, cit.!), in Prov. Ceara 

 Brasiliae (Gardner! n. 1846. ibid.), Mexico (Haenke 1. c), in 

 ins, Trinitalis (Sieber! n. 332. 1. c. in Herb. De Less), in St. 

 Martha (Balbis! 1. c.) 



Arbor, HPMB. teste, triorgyalis, vel frutex, ex E. otto, sexpedalis. 

 Rami nodosi, teretes, vemicoso-tubercalati tuberculis scabris, glabri, 

 intemodiis 2 cent, longis et longioribus; ramuli striati, flexuosi, juniores 

 pnberuli, internodiis 2-5 cent, longis. Folia brevissime petiolata, 

 mcmbranacea, epunctata, vel janiora sub fortiore lente punctulata, supra 

 g;labra, maculis luscis minutis punctulilbrmibus crebris conspcrsa, nitida, 

 saturate viridia subtus pallidiora, in nervo et costis pubernia plerumque 

 oblique oblonga (vel ovato-oblonga) acuta (apice ipso obtusinsculo) vel 

 subacuminata acnmine obtuso, basi valde inaequali rotundata (latere 

 majore IJ cent, longiore}, costulis e nervo medio utrinque 9—10 erecto- 

 patnlis, subtus prominentibns, anastomosibus prominulis junctis, 12—1* 



