500 



Ramiflcxuosi, nodosi, texctiusculi, striati opaex laevmscul. glabnu^ 

 culi ramuli hirtelli in sicco aHqnando purpurascentes, mternodus 2-5 

 cent' bn«s, nodis tun^idis saepe constrictis. Folia erecto-patu a, jun.o 

 r^bran^acca pellucido-panctata, .etustiora paullo crassiora bullosa, supra 



rnetoclis .'euulisqueappres-J^Mapallidaopaca oblongo-laneeolata 

 lanccolataque,basilevUerinaequalirotundata,n.arsmib«sde:nu.n.nc^^^^^^^^ 

 apice ansustato-acuminata, acurnine submuc.onatim aculato, ll-13.cent. 

 apice s^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^^.^ ^^^.^^ canaliculatis hirtelhs 1-1-| cent. 



lonL\ustenta! E nerve medio ix^rcurrente subtus prominente demum 

 supra canaliculato utrinque plerumque usque ad | alt. 4 costae adscen- 

 dentcs oriuntar, quaram infima subtilissima , summa per anastomoses 

 ad apicem ducta, omnes anastomosibus horizontalibus demum reti- 

 culatis et subtus prominentibus junctae. Aliquando costa superior 

 supra medium oritur. Stipula oppositifolia decidua, lanceolata, na- 

 vicularis, dorse birtella, centimetro longior. Amenta patula recta cy- 

 lindrica obtusiuscula 4-6 cent, lonja, 2-3 mm. crassa, pedunculis 

 hirtellis -'— U cent, longis sustenta. Flores subannuktim dispos.ti. 

 BracteaeV^liccUatae, inflexo-peltatac, vertice subsemiorbiculari glabrae 

 marginibus pilis sordidc subluteis ciliato-birtae. Stamina 4?, antheris 

 subreniForraibus, bilocnlaribus. Ovarium subglobosum, stigmatibus 3 

 patulo-crispatis. Baccae obovato-turbinatae, trigonae, apice rotundato 

 concavo-truncatae. umbonatae glabrae. Semen obovatum subtrigonum, 

 apice rotundato truncatum, castaneo-iuscum rugulosum. (sec. sp. Sellow. 



Herb, bcrol.) 



In eodem Herb, ramulus prostat, in Hort. berol. cultus, tolns angus- 



tioribus diversus. 



Obs. Vix rccte hie coUocata, I'orsan ad soquentem sect, relerenda. 



140. Arfanthe bertolcensls. Raraulis petiolis foliisque 

 subtus in nervis molliter hirtis, his coriaceo-membranaceis 

 pellucido-punctulatis, supra glabris, oblongis, basi leviter in- 

 aequali rolundatis , apice acuminatis, costis ulilnque usque ad 

 i_l alt. .5—6 adscendentibus, el lenuioribus plurimis superne 

 sobpatulis, amentis cylindricis leviter curvatis, bracteis pedi- 

 cellatis peltatis, pelta minata semilunari vel triangulari, fere 

 iota griseo-hirto-ciliata, baccis subquadratis glabris junioribus 

 hirtellis urabonatis. 



Habitat in Guiana anglica (Schoraburgk! in Herb. reg. 



berol.) 



Rami terctiusculi , striulati, mollitcr grisco-pubescentes, ramali pn- 

 bescenti-viUosi. Intcrnodia 3—6 cent, longa. Folia membranaceo-cona- 

 cca, subtiliter y)ellucido-punclata, sapra subopaca, glabra, laevia, subtus 



