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jiascenlibiis erectis, adultis {>:Uulis, cylindiicis luucroiiiilo- 

 ncuminatis, folio duplo brevioribus, braoteis pedice!lato-pe!tatis 

 Irian'^ularibus vcl subrotiindatis nudis. luargiuibus auraiitiacis 

 lacero-fiinbiiatis, sligmalibus 3. 



Icon. Ruiz et Pa v. 1. c. Tab. 56. fig. a. ' >^ 



Herb. Willd. n. 642! 



Habitat in Peruviae Andium nemoribas (Ruiz! 1. c, et in 

 Uerb. cit. et reg. berol.), ibidem (Dombey! n. 930 in Herb. 

 Mas. Paris.), ibidem in regione subandina ad Maynas (Poeppig! 

 in Herb, berol.) 



Frutex. Rami teretiusculi, glabri, striati, vix glandulosi, internodiis 

 7—9 cent, longis. Ramuli subsucculenti, striati, sicci fusccscentes, 

 l-landulis fuscis resinosis adspcrsi, summi vix puberuli, internodiis 5—7 

 cent lono^is. Nodi bimarginati. Folia me.nbranacea subcoriacea, pellu- 

 cido-punctulata, supra laete vel sordide viridia, subnitidula vel opaca, 

 glabra, glandulosa, subtus pallidiora, subalbido-glauca , vix nitentia, 

 glandulis^plurimis croceis evidcnter aut in aliis obsoletius punctata, nas- 

 cenlia sparse puberula marginibusque ciliolata, elliptica aut subovato- 

 ellii)tica, parumper (sed irregulariter) iDaecjuilateralia, basi acuta, sub- 

 acuta aut rotundata, apice subacuminato^acuta, apice ipso obtuso vel 

 acuto l'>-15 cent, longa, 6-8 lata, petiolis scmitcreti-canaliculatis, 

 in sicco fusci., glandulosis, l-lj -^eut. longis, basi nodum marginanti- 

 bus nascentibus basi stipula truncata decidua instructis susleuta. E 

 nerv'o medio crassiore utrinque coslae patulo-adsccndentes alternac, 5-6 

 maiores pluresve (veaulosae) tenuiores, crebro et perspicue anastoniosantes 

 oriuntur Stipula oppositifolia ovato-oblonga navicukns, glalra, 

 Plandulosa 1 cent, longa. Amenta nascentia erecta, peduncuhs 

 4-5 mm longis, glabris, succulentis, in sicco angulosis, luscis, sursum 

 na,umi«r incrassatis sustenta, cylindrica, versus apicem attenuata lJ-2 

 lent longa, curvata. Flores densissimi. Bracteae carnosae, pedicel- 

 latae" peltatae, pelta subrhomboideo-quadrangulari, m sicco nigricante, 

 mar^'nibus luteis fimbriata, fimbriis tenuissimis crispulis (sec sp. juv. 

 Doralcy) Amenta deflorata in sp. Herb. De Less., subrecurvala, 

 patula pedunculis 8 mm. longis glabris glandulosis sustenta, 6 cent. 

 L.a 'mucronato-acuminata, 3-4 mm. crassa, adspectu ocbracea. Flo- 

 res a'nnulatim dispositi densi. Bracteae i)ediccllatae . peltatae, pelta 

 trianrulari vel rotundato-triangulari, glandulosa, nuda. m sicco nigri- 

 cante, marginibus aurantiacis latis tenuibus lacero-fimbriatis. Stamina 

 quotv filamentis persistentibus, anthcris subren.tormibus lutescenti- 

 bus. Ovarium obovatum anguloso-rotundatum glabrum, stigmatibus 

 3 ivalulis Baccac immaturac obovatac angulosac, vcrlicc Uuncalae. 



