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pallidiora subnitidula, clliptico-oblonga , pleromque subaequiktera , basi 

 subaequali acuta rarius saltern acutiuscula, apice longiascule acuminata 

 acomine acutato, marginibus plana, 14-18J cent, longa, 6-7 lata, 

 petiolis glabris aliquando verruculoso-scabriuscuhs antice canaliculatis 

 8-12 ram. longis, juvenilibus utrinque stipulis ovato-lariceolatis parum 

 longioribus auctis sustenta. E neryo medio percurrente subtus promi- 

 nente ntrinquc usque ad § alt. a basi 6 costae oriuntur patulo-adscendentes 

 parallelae promiuulae, quarum inSma subtilissima, summa ad apicem 

 ducta, aoastomosibus colore saltern disccrnendis reticulatis junctae. St,- 

 pulae oppositifoliae ovato-lanceolatae acutae naviculares mcmbranaeeac 

 glabrae 2|-3 cent, longae. Amenta patentia, secunda, cylindnca, 

 recta, obtusa, adspectu ochraceo-annulata , llorentia 10-12 cent, longa, 

 3-3£ mm. crassa, sursum paullo attenuata, pedunculis U cent, cir- 

 citer longis glabris sustenta. Flores annulatim disposit.. Bracteae 

 pedicellatae, apice cucullato-conchaeformes, vertice demum subpeltato 

 punctato-glandulosae et subtilissime puberulo-cihatae. Stauima an o, 

 2 intra, 3 supra ovarium collocatis. Autberae luteae didytno-rem ormes 

 biloculan^s. Ovarium subglobosum, vertice umbonatum et glandulosum 

 (sec. sp. cit.) 



157 Artanthe modesta. Ramulis petiolis foliisque 

 utrinque glabris, his coriaceo-meinbranaceis subtilissime pel- 

 lucido-punctulatis. subtus pallidis et glanduloso-punctatis, bre- 

 viter petiolatis, anguste oblongis lanceolatisque, basi subaequah 

 acuta vel cuneata in petiolum decurrentibus, apice acumina- 

 tis acumine obtusiusculo submucronato, costis primarus utri.i- 

 que 4 adscendenlibus, amentis erectiusculis pateutibusve longc 

 pedunculatis cylindrlcis tenuiusculis rectlusculis , bracteis pe- 

 dicellatis peltalis, pella triangular! rotundata ciliata, baccis 

 obovatis tri- vel tetragonis umbonatis verruculosis. 



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

 Frutex dicbotome ramosus. Rami ramulique teretiusculi uno latere 

 compressi, stnati, glabri, mumte glanduloso-verruculo. mternodus 2-., 

 3 long s; nod> griseo-margmati. Folia breviter pct.olata erectmscula, 

 "riacLie^branacea, juniora plana, vetusta crass.ora et subscrob.cu- 

 hta subtilissime pellucido-punctulata , supra atroviridia opac. atomuhs 

 lis adspersa, subtus pallidiora vix nitidula ad lentem glanduloso- 

 punctolatarpe iolis antice canaliculatis glabris .-1 cent long, sus- 

 Ca, inferiora anguste elliptica, superiora laneeolata, subaequ-laU^ra, 

 Tas Le aequali cuneato-contracta vel simpliciter acul., rarissime ob u- 

 auscula, olrginibus subrepaudis fere plana, apice f^^"-*-™;"''; 

 acumine rectiusculo obtusiusculo submucronato, 19-20 cent, longa, 6,-5 



