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v. Contorta, cochleata, integra v. obsolete eroso-undulata, sessilia, 
glabra v. ciliata. Stamina 20, filamentis crassiusculis. Discus crassius- 
culus, obsolete sulcatus, glaber v. tomentosus. Styli 5, liberi, glabri 
v. inferne sæpius barbati. Ovaria 5, axi libera, loculis 4-ovulatis. Piri- 
dium drupaceum, nuculis osseis v. crustaceis, a latere cohærentibus. 
Semina oblonga, testa lævi, membranacea, submucosa, chalaza apicali. 
Arbusculæ v. frutices inermes v. spinosi, peruviani (andini), 
chinenses, insulares sandwicenses v. boninenses ex Archipelago Ma- 
gellanico; foliis sempervirentibus, glaberrimis v. tomentosis, inte- 
gris v. dentatis, v. lobulatis, rarius imparipinnatis; stipulis subnullis 
v. parvis v. in surculis interdum foliaceis ; floribus cymoso-corymbo- 
sis bracteolis setaceis stipatis; fructibus parvis drupaceis edulibus. 
* Folia simplicia 
À. OSTEOMELES LATIFOLIA, H, B. K. Nov. gen., VI, p. 167, t. 554; Syn., LU, p. 464. 
Hesperomeles latifolia, Rœm., /, c., p. 225. 
Mespilus lanuginosa, Spr., Syst, I, p. 506. 
Loc. nat. Peruvia Ayavaca (Bonpland). 
2. OSTEOMELES RUFESCENS +. 
O0. ramulis crassiusculis; foliis cordatis supra bullatis glabriuscu- 
lis, subtus dense reticulato-venosis, tomentosis, margine revolutis 
dentato-crenatis, coriaceis, utrinque rufis; floribus majusculis, dense 
cymoso-corymbosis, subsessilibus, tomento brevi vestitis; calycinis 
dentibus apiculatis, petalis glabris. — Sp. tota dessiccatione ferrugi- 
neo-rufa; aff. ©. cordatæ à qua differt foliis supra glabris, floribus 
majoribus, petalis glabris non ciliato-villosis. 
Loc. nat. Nov. Granad. Prov. Rio-Hacha, Sierra Nevada, alt. 40 000 pds. (Schlim, Linden 
coll. n° 804). 
3. OSTEOMELES CORDATA #. 
Eriobotrya cordata, Lindi., Hort. Trans., XI, p. 402. 
