Dalechampia. 



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Cisäquatoriale Savannenprovinz: Britisch Guyana, La Mana (Sagot). 

 Niederländisch Guyana, am Marowyne, in sumpfigen Wäldern (Kappler n. HS!]. 



67. D. aristolochiifolia H. B. K. Nov. gen. et spec. pl. 11. (1817) 99; Müll. Arg. 

 In DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1252. — D. pubescem Ruiz in Sched. — D. cor data 

 Ruiz in Sched. — Frutex volubilis; ramuli juveniles brevissime tomentelli et parcius 

 pubescentes. Petiolus 5 — 10 mm longus, dense pubescens; limbus 7 — H cm longus, 

 3 — 7 cm latus, lanceolato-ovatus, acuminatus, basi cordatus, palmatinervius, minute 



Fig. 9. Ä Dalechampia aristolochiifolia H. B. K. — B D. tenuiramea Müll. Arg. var. genuina 

 Pax et K. Hoffm. — Icon. origin. 



denticulatus, lineari-bistipellatus, supra pubescens, subtus densissime moUiter tomentosus; 

 stipulae lanceolatae, longe acuminatae, 7 — 9 mm attingentes. Inflorescentiae terminales, 

 saepe in ramulis aphyllis vel paucifoliatis ; bracteae involucrales orbiculari- vel rhombeo- 

 ovatae, 4 — 7 cm longae, acutae, basin angustatam versus obtusae, inciso-dentatae, interdum 

 quasi subtrilobae, ad nervös pilosae, 5 — 7-nerviae, membranaceae, rubro-violaceae, sab 

 fructu ampliatae, ad 10 cm longae; stipulae lanceolatae, acutae, ad 1 — * cm longae, saepe 

 paulo inaequales; bracteae Q, intermediae reniformi-ovatae, obtusae, parce denticulatae, cilio- 

 latae, laterales multo minores, ovatae, c^ glabrae, nitidulae. Calyx (^ glaber; stamina 

 circ. 50. Sepala Q dr 10, pinnatim partita, egiandulosa, parte rhachiali lineari, lacinulis 

 angustis, linearibus, utrinque 5 — 6, post anlhesin accrescentia, 5 mm longa, indurata; 



