Iloriiiainii.a bifaria n. sp. 



Arhiisniht, fere tola steUato-pUosn: foliis riridibvs. biforiis, ohlnngis — hneari- 

 /iiiirco/alis. opire acu/is et rcairvis. carhiato-phviis. siipenie juiuciserratis; 

 sfijnilis erectis, lineari-lancco/afis. aaitisshms; floribvs paiicis in racemo 

 hrevi ferminali : caJyce orali. snbhiflato, qiiinquanijiilari, fere ad medium 

 (juiiH/ueßdo, laciiriis frianfpilari-ovatis, incurvis; pefalis liber i s et «jl aber ri mis, 

 cahjce paidJo lotitjioribiis. ob/i(///is. lamina obrer se reniformi-rotiaida: rapsa/a 

 ovali. ad basim roiundala. apice profandissime i?/ij)ressa et qiiinqiieeoriuita. 



Trimcns 2,5 m. îvltiis, 1 cm crassus, fragilis, obtectus a cortice obscure 

 brnnneo, nitidulo, longitudinaliter rimuloso, l?evi, superiie in corona ramulosa 

 flissolutus. ramis et ramulis gracilibus, patentibus, sursnm leiiiter curvatis, 

 cortice ramulorum brunneo, opaco, rimuloso et a pilis stellatis vestito, codera 

 ramiilorum novelloriim viridi et dense stellato-piloso. Folia inferiora satis 

 conferta, breviora, oblongo-obovata, obtusiuscula, apice recurva vel deflexa, 

 supra medium grosse serrata, margine quoque subplana; media horizontalia 

 vel decurva, lanceolata, carinato-plana, margine lenissime recurvo, summo bi- 

 — quadriserrato, acutissima. apice fere liamato-recurvo, brunneolo; summa 

 magis remota, patenti-divaricata, lineari-lanceolata, intégra vel integerrima, 

 profundius carinata, ceterum mediis simillima; omnia viridia, crassiuscula, 

 disticha, pr?esertim iu margine et subtus a pilis minutissimis brevissiraisque 

 adjjressis stellatis et sat densis aspera, penninervia, nervis pellucidis, petiolo 

 patenti vel erecto, usque ad 3 mm. longo. Ubique in axillis foliorum ramuli 

 novelli brevissimi adsunt. Stipula' mox decidua;, laterales, erectai, apice le- 

 niter rccurva\ planne, uninerves, lineari-lanceolata?, acutissiniîv, apice fere 

 pungente, brunneolo, usque ad 1 1 mm. longue et 2 mm. latie. Flores sat 

 minuti, .1 — 5 in racemo terniinali brevi dispositi, ad basim a stipulis et folio 

 fere duplo longiore, patenti, sublineari, acntissimo suflfulti, nutantes vel hori- 

 zontales, pedunculo patcnti-erecto, ad 4 mm. usque longo, stellato-piloso. 

 Culyx albido- vel roseolo-pallidus, ovalis, subinflatus, quinquangularis, angulis 

 sat acutis, nervis deceni proniinentilius, fere ad medium usque qninquefidus, 

 laciiiiis incurvis. triangulari ovatis, indistincte acuminulatis, extus ubique stel- 

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