greatly amplified from the original of Spruce and have 
served until the present time; the third (1874) was re- 
produced with only slight alterations by Pax.’ 
In the following notes, I have thought it advisable to 
offer a new description, based upon the three previous 
ones, but extended and altered to conform with the ad- 
ditional information resulting from further observations 
and studies of the typical material and from an examina- 
tion of the Baldwin and Frées collections. The fact that 
it has been necessary to make only minor changes is at 
once a tribute to the accurate work of Spruce, Mueller- 
Argoviensis and Pax on the type collection and an indi- 
‘ration of the unusual stability of this species-concept. 
apice valide biglandulosi. Fotro.a cire. 9-12 em. longa, 4—5 em. lata, 
oblongato-elliptica, acute cuspidato-acuminata, basi acuta, rigidiora 
quam vulgo in genere, supra laevigata et nitida, utraque pagina glabra, 
subtus e glaucescente palliodora et validiuscule venulosa, venae vix 
prominentes; costae majores utroque latere circ. 12, primariae validae 
et valde prominentes. PANntcuLArk amplae, floribundae, micranthae, 
cinereo v. fere albo-tomentellae. Catycrs masc, aperientes 4 mm. 
aequantes v. paulo longiores, feminei aperti usque 7 mm. longi, utri- 
usque sexus intus inferne praesertim vellereo-tomentelli. GLANDULAR 
disci florum masc. elongatae, erecto-patulae, acuminatae, basi tantum 
connatae et more ovarii et columnae suprastaminalis omnino glabrae. 
Ovarium ovoideum, stylo brevi stigmatibus paulo longiore valido termi- 
natum, teres et laeve, glaberrimum. Fructus ignoti.”’ 
> **Arbor ad 10m. alta. Petiolus validus, foliola aequans vel super- 
ans, apice valide biglandulosus; foliola 9-12 em. longa, 4—5 cm. lata, 
oblongo-elliptica, cuspidato-acuminata, basi acuta, valde coriacea, 
margine revoluta, supra laevia et nitida, utraque pagina glabra, subtus 
glaucescenti-pallida, valide venulosa; costae utroque latere ca, 12. 
Paniculae amplae, floribundae, cinereo- vel albo-tomentellae. Alabas- 
tra % cylindrico-conica, angusta. Calyx 4 4 mm. longus, 2? 7 mm. 
longus, utriusque sexus intus tomentellus; lobi triangulares, acumi- 
nati; disci glandulae % lanceolato-subulatae, glabrae, acuminatae, basi 
tantum connatae; antherae 9~10, irregulariter biverticillata ; columna 
staminalis glabra, ultra antheras longius producta; ovarium glabrum; 
stylus brevis. Fructus ignoti.’’ 
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