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immersis subtus prominentibus, nervillis utrinque manifestis. Inflorescentiae in summis 

 ramis, pedunculo ad 2,5 cm longo perappresse piloso apice in discum subrotundum 

 amplificato praeditae, involucro 4-phjllo iavolucratae, bracteis involucrantibus ellipticis 

 apice subacuminatis concavis dorso valde dense appresseque sericeo-pilosis mox deciduis; 

 flores 12 — 2 5-ni sessiles capitati exteriores bracteati; ovarium obconicum vel fere 

 cylindraceum dense appresseque sericeo-pilosum 2 1 /2— 3 mm longum; sepala medium 

 usque connata lobis subrotundatis apice obtusis; petala albida longe elliptica apice 

 acutiuscula 3— 3,5 mm longa, l^-l^mm lata, dorso appresse pilosa; stamina fila- 

 mentis cjlindricis apice angustatis 2y 4 — % l / 2 mm longis, antheris ellipticis 2 mm longis ; 

 discus pulvinaris apice paulo angustatus gl aber; Stylus cylindricus 2 — 2,5 mm longus 

 pilis appressis db large praeditus, stigmate depresse capitato. Drupa ellipsoidea vel sub- 

 ovoidea in sicco violaceo-nigrescens disperse appresseque pilosa apice sepalis styloque 

 persistentibus coronata, 12 — 14 mm longa, diametro 6—7 mm metiens, putamine 



Fig. 20. Cornus disciflora Moq. et Sesse. A Habitus. B Inflorescentia bracteis involucran- 

 tibus remotis. G Flos ante, D post anthesin. E Flos longitudinaliter sectus. F—O Stamen 

 . antice et postice visum. H Putamen. 



ellipsoideo 8 — 10 mm longo diametro 5 mm metiente, utrinque vix manifeste acuto 

 non costulato. — Fig. 12 J — K ) 2 0. 



Gebirge des mittleren Mexiko: Morelos, Michoacan, Oaxaca (Berlandier n. 

 1168; Galeotti n. 2716; Hartweg n. 466; H. Pittier n. 11686 [Forets du Copey 

 1800 m]; Pringle, pl. mex. n. 4268, 8014; Schiede n. 276, 401; Uhde n. 697, 

 1022). — Costarica (Tonduz!). 



41. C. floccosa Wangerin in Fedde,Repert. nov. spec. VI. (1908) 101.— C. disciflora 

 (non Moc. et Sesse) Rose in Contrib. U. St. Nat. Herb. VIII. (1903/05) 53. — 

 Arbor, ramulis novellis pilis breviusculis appressis vel saepius subcrispidulis dense ob- 

 tectis paulatim glabrescentibus brunneis vel nigro-fuscescentibus. Foliorum petiolus 

 supra complanatus vel leviter canaliculatus pilis crispidulis dense villosulus vel demum 

 subglabratus 8 — 1 2 mm longus, lamina coriacea, saturate viridis subtus pallidior, adulta 

 supra pilis brevissimis appressis valde disperse praedita vel omnino glabrata subtus 

 floccosa pilis longiusculis crispidulis dense villosula, longe elliptica vel lanceolata basi 



