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PLATE 2647. 
SAPIUM VERUM, Hemsl. 
EvpuHorsiace®. Tribe CroTones. 
verum, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species ex affinitate S. stylaris, Muell. 
Arg. , differt foliis basi haud auriculatis, neni glandulis contiguis 
Pa Sree stylis elongatis omnino confluentibus 
Arbor 60-80- aaa sursum parce laxeque ramosa (White), novellis 
glabris. Ramuli floriferi crassi, rigidi. /olia ad apices ramu 
conferta, longe peeolate, coriacea, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, 
absque petiolo 5-8 poll. longa, apice rotundata et interdam glandula 
munita, sed non introflexa , basi subcuneata, margine integra ‘vel plus 
minusve glanduloso-denticulata vel crenulata, costa supra impressa 
subtus elevata, venis primariis Jateralibus numerosissimis fone 
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circiter 4 lin, dia see fuses crustacea verrucosa ; embryo centralis, 
cotyledonibus orbicularibus 
CoLomsta : ferincile of Tolima and ky at 6,000 to 7,000 feet, 
R. B. White in 1890, and again in 1895, n 
This is the first of a series of figures of American forms or species of 
Sapium, drawn for haga in the Jcones, with a view to the eluci- 
dation of their affinities. Dr. J. Mueller (Muell. Arg.) placed a large 
number of forms—-some of which had previously bear gc ooo as 
species—under Sapiwm biglandulosum, Muell. Arg., 
biglandulosa, Muell. Arg., Stillingia diplenclods Baill. (DC. Beale 
xv. 2, pp. 1204-1207) ; but he protected himself in the following state- 
ment: “ Pro coor rdinatione accurata synonymorum varietates et forme 
= 
varie aed “het s onnulle tamen hodie nimis imper- 
fect no m A aaa ited distinctis ato habende s 
was in 1866, td little has one nus since then except to 
add to the previously exis stin ng sa tuciea: and uneertainty. 2 
activity recently developed in the cultivation of plants yielding rubber 
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