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23. Endlicheria anomala Nees.. —Ramuli apice tomentosi v. 
tomentelli. Folia chartacea, adulta supra glabra, subtus hirsuta sub- 
sericea, elliptica v. late elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque prominulo-reticulata. 
Inflorescentia strigosa, foliis brevior v. subbrevior. Flores brevissime 
obscureque strigosi, 2 mm longi. Perianthii tubus brevissimus. Limbi 
segmenta aequalia. Androeceum seriebus 3 exter. fertilibus. Antherae 
filamentis glabris subbreviores, serierum 2 exter. 2-locellatae, tertiae 
4-locellatae, sublatiores quam longae, apice truncatae. Stylus bre- 
vissimus. 
Endlicheria anomala Nees ap. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 173. 
Goeppertia anomala Nees, Syst. p. 370 et in Linnaea. XXI, p. 514; 
Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 173 et in Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 283. 
Goeppertia polyantha Meissn. in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 175 et in 
Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 285, t. CIV. 
Goeppertia hirsuta var. B. latifolia Meissn. in Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, 
p. 282 (e. p., quoad cit. spec. Schomburgk. n. 784). 
Arbor alta (ex Poeppig!, Spruce!) v. arbuscula (ex Schwacke!) ramulis ferru- 
gineo-tomentosis v. tomentellis, glabratis brunneis, apice minute angulatis, gemmis dense 
tomentosis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 14 mm longis, leviter v. ecanali- 
culatis, chartacea, supra glabra, sicca olivaceo-viridia v. subnigrescentia subopaca, subtus 
subsericeo-micantia hirsuta, elliptica v. late elliptico-lanceolata, basi acuta, apice acumi- 
nata 90—170 mm longa, 30—80 mm lata, penninervia, utrinque prominulo-reticulata, 
costis e nervo medio sub angulo 30—45? prodeuntibus suberectis, margine minute 
recurvulo. Inflorescentia cf multiflora, Q saepius subpauciflora, perlaxe squarroseque 
thyrsoideo-panniculata, v. Q subracemosa, ferrugineo-strigosa, foliis brevior v. subbrevior, 
pedicellis 2—5 mm longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores crocei (Poeppig!, Spruce!) v. 
albi (ex Schwacke!), brevissime obscureque strigosi, 2 mm longi, 5 mm diam. Peri- 
anthii tubus brevissimus v. subnullu. Limbi segmenta aequalia, magna, late 
obovata, apice acuta. Androeceum seriebus 3 exterioribus fertilibus, in floribus femi- 
neis minutum, sterile. Filamenta in floribus cf" gracilia, glaberrima, antheris sub- 
longiora; seriei tertiac basi glandulis binis parvis aucta. Antherae apice tota lati- 
tudine truncatae, basin versus rotundatae, sublatiores quam longae, serierum 2 exteriorum 
introrsae, bilocellatae; tertiae semiextrorsae, quadrilocellatae. Staminodia 0. Ova- 
rium in flore g^ sterile, minimum stipitiforme v. abortivum; in flore Q magnum, 
glaberrimum, obovoideo-subglobosum, in stylum brevissimum subito contractum, stigmate 
discoideo, solemniter triangulari. Fructus ignotus. 
Hab. in Brasiliae prov. Alto Amazonas prope Borba ad Rio Manore, Ega 
ad Rio Amazonas, Manáos ad Rio Negro: Poeppig n. 2552, Spruce n. 1433 (= Nec- 
tandra 6), 1648, 1757, Trail n. 706, Riedel n. 1376, 1451, Schwacke m. 3540, III. 
n. 617 et in collect. Glazioviana n. 14210, et in prov. Ceara: Gardner n. 784; nec non 
in Guyana anglica: Schomburgk n. 784. 
Floret Augusto, Septembri. (V. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., Brux., Mus. Brit., 
Candoll., Deless., Goetting., Haun., Kew., Lips., Monac., Paris., Petrop., Vindoh., Warming. 
et a cl. Schwacke herbario meo communicatam.) 
