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fulvis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 40 mm longis, levissime v. ecanali- 
culatis, coriacea, juniora utrinque albo-strigosa, adulta supra praeter nervum primarium 
tomentosum subglabra, subtus nervo medio costisque ferrugineo-tomentosis dense cano- 
strigosa, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, basi obtusa v. breviter acuta, apice breviter acuminata, 
140—270 mm longa, 40—100 mm lata, penninervia, supra sublaevia, subtus laxe pro- 
minenti-reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 45—70° prodeuntibus, margine recur- 
vulo. Inflorescentia cg? permultiflora, conferte pyramidato-panniculata, pedunculis 
ferrugineo-tomentosis ceterum albo-strigosa, foliis 2-plo brevior, pedicellis 2—3 mm longis, 
bracteolis persistentibus. Inflorescentia Q pauciflora, glomerato-panniculata, foliis 
5—6-plo brevior. Flores atro-purpurei (ex Riedel! Spruce!) v. rosei (ex Schwacke!), 
dense albo-strigosi, c 1,5, Q 2,5 mm longi Perianthii tubus perconspicuus, in 
floribus c lobos subaequans, anguste urceolatus, apice constrictus, basi in pedicellum 
breviter attenuatus; in floribus Q lobis longior, globosus, apice permanifeste constrictus, 
basi in pedicellum breviter contractus. Limbi segmenta genitalibus perlongiora, post 
anthesin campanulata, aequalia, anguste ovata, obtusiuscule acuta. Androeceum serie- 
bus 3 exterioribus fertilibus, in flore Q conspicuum sed minutum, sterile; in flore " 
magnum, 3-seriatum. Filamenta brevissima, paullo dilatata, glabra; seriei III. basi 
glandulis binis maximis, subglobosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae compresso-suborbiculares, 
latiores quam longae, connectivo non producto apice obtusae v. minute emarginatae, bilo- 
cellatae, 6 exter. introrsae, 3 inter. subextrorsae. Ovarium in flore cf'in tubi basi 
minimum, stipitiforme, sterile; in flore Q permagnum, glabrum, subglobosum, in stylum 
crassum, breviorem attenuatum, stigmate discoideo, subtriangulari. Bacca matura 
nigra (Spruce!), ellipsoidea, laevis, 28 mm longa, 14 mm. diam., cupulae subsessili, 
hemisphaericae, perianthii lobis omnino deciduis integrimarginatae basi insidens, ad '/ 
longitudinis obtecta. Embryo cotyledonibus elongatis, apice minutissime acuminulatis, 
corculum permanifeste includentibus. Plumula glabra, conica, bene evoluta; radicula sub- 
ovoidea, apice obtusiuscule acuta. 
Hab. in sylvis arenosisque Brasiliae sept. provinciae Alto Amazonas ad Rio 
Negro: Riedel n. 1411, praecipue circa urbem Manáos: Spruce n. 1453, Schwacke n. 3534, 
III. n. 351 et in collect. Glazioviana n. 14212; loco non indicato: Ferreira n. 236. 
(V. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., Mus. Brit, Brux., Candoll., Deless., Goetting., 
Haun., Kew., Petrop., Vindob., Warming. et a cl. Schwacke herbario meo communicatam.) 
19. Endlicheria villosa Mez nov. spec. Ramuli dense tomentosi. 
Folia rigide coriacea, nervis utrinque ferrugineo-tomentosis albo-strigoso- 
hirsuta, anguste lanceolata, basi obtusiuscule, apice acuminato-acuta, 
penninervia, supra sulcato-immerse costata, subtus dense prominenti- 
retieulata. Inflorescentia oo-flora, albo-villosa, foliis solemniter longior. 
Flores villosi, 0,5—1 mm longi. Perianthii tubus lobos subaequans. 
Limbi segmenta aequalia. Androeceum seriebus 3 exterioribus fertilibus. 
Antherae filamentis glabris longiores, compresso-suborbiculares, latiores 
quam longae, connectivo non producto apice minute emarginatae, bilo- 
cellatae. 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis dense fulvo-tomentosis, sero glabratis subatris, teretibus, 
gemmis tomentosis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 14 mm longis, ecanali- 
culatis, rigide coriacea, nervis utrinque ferrugineo-tomentosis albo-strigoso-hirsuta, anguste 
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