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ginibiis extennatis. Stamina 4? filamcntis teretibns glabris, antbe- 

 ris fuscis oblongo-reniibrniibus. Ovarium glabrum obovatum, stigma- 

 tibiis 4 patdis sublinearibus. Ovarium tbecundum obovatum subtri- 

 vel tetragonum, vertice umbonatam (sec. sp. Gaudich.) 

 Adnot. Cum duabus praecedentibus adhuc coraparanda! 



Sectio IX. Sauumcae. Folia mcmbranacea, lanceolata, basi leviter 

 inaequalia, tenuiter multicostulata , puberula vel glabra. Amenta ab- 

 breviate. Bracteae inflexae vel conchaetbrmes , glabrae vel glabriusculae. 

 Fruticuli humiles. 



lf)9. Artanthe l<eprieurii. Ramulis peliolis nervoque 

 medio sublus appresse puberulis, foliis meinbranaceis subtilis- 

 sime pellucido-punctulatis, supra atro-Tiridibus glabris, subtus 

 fusco-glaucis vix nitidulis, lanceolatis vel subelliptico-lanceola- 

 tis, basi leviler inaequali rotundatis, aplce breviter obtusiuscule 

 acuminatis, subtilissime multicostulatis , amentis brevissimis 

 cylindricis rectiuseulis, bracteis inflexo-subeonchaeforraibus, 

 glabris? sligmatibus 4 vel 5 teretiusculis apice subincrassatis, 

 erectis, basi in stylum brevera cohaerentibus, baccis obpyra- 

 niidatis subtelragonis , vertice concaviusculis sligmatumque 

 reliqaiis verruculosis umbilicalis. . 



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



Fruticulus adscendens crectus vix 25 cent, altus, radice rhizomatica 

 statim in ramos plnres flexuosos cylindricos pennam passerinam crassos 

 perpcndiculares fibrillisque parcis instructos, 10 — 12 cent, longos, 

 atro-luscos, lacvcs partita, caulc nodoso, cylindrico, striulato, glabro, 

 atro-t'usco, paullo supra basin in ramos alternatim et dichotome partito , 

 interne 2 — 3 mm. crasso, internodiisj — 1 J cent, longis ; rami subglabri , 

 Bed ramuli tereti-angulosi subretrorse puln-sccntes, internodiis 2 — Scent, 

 longis. Folia caulina et ramea consimilia, erecto-patula , mcmbra- 

 nacea vel coriaceo-membranacea, subtilissime pell ucido-punctulata, supra 

 atro-viridia obscura nervo medio prominenle , snblus i'uscescenti-glauca , 

 subnitidula , in nervo medio costulisquc fuscescentibus appresse subtiliter 

 pnberula scnsim glabriora, petiolis semiteretibus, antice canaliculatis et 

 stipularum adnatarum cicatrice obsolete notatis, subretrorse pubcscenti- 

 hirtellis, 2 — 5 mm. longis sustenta, breviter lanceolata vel subelliptico- 

 lanceolata, subaequilatera, basi leviter inaequali rotundata rarosubacuta, 

 marginibas subplanis repandula , versus apicem paullo contracts sed acu- 

 minata vix dicenda, apice ipso obtusiusculo , 3 J— 6 cent, longa, 1^—2 

 cent, lata, nervo medio prominente et percurrcntc utrinque per lotam 

 longitudincm costnlas vcnostis tenuissimas vix prominulas boriitonlales 



