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breviter acuminata^ basi cuneata vel interdum rolundato-cuneata, coriacea, integra, supra 

 nitida, glabra, nervis foliorum juveniliiim exceptis tomentosis, subtus tomentosa pilis 

 minutis stellatis brunneis instructa, majoribus aloeformibus intermixtis, supra nervis 

 venisque paullo, subtus manifeste prominentibus, venis in nervis lateralibus reetangu- 

 lariter impositis, nervis lateralibus 7 — 9, marginem petentibus, marginem versus curvatis, 

 venis dense reticulatis. Inflorescentia racemosa, 9 — 1 2,5 cm longa, 4 — 7-flora, axillaris 

 vel terminalis; rhachis inflorescentiae brunneo-stellato- tomentosa; flores 2 cm longi, 

 pedicello 1,5 — 2 cm longo, brunneo-stellato-tomentoso ; bracteae minutae, tomentosae, 

 caducae; caljx cupuliformis, magnus, 8 mm altus, 8 mm latus, margine truncatus, 

 interdum indistinete d'enticulatus, papjraceus, extus brunneo-stellato-tomentosus, pilos 

 minutos gerens, intus flavescenti-pilosus; corolla 5 — 6-partita, tubo 4 mm alte, 

 glabro, lobis multo breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis papjraceis, extus flavescenti- 

 brunneo-stellato-tomentosis, intus in parte Ys superiore flavescenti-pilosis, apice pilos 

 fasciculatos paucos gerentibus, lanceolatis, 1,6 cm longis, 2,5 mm latis, apice acutis; 

 stamina \ 0, filamentis parte libera planis marginibus intus elevatis pilis flavescentibus 

 fasciculatis obsitis, extus flavescenti-pilosis, antherae margine pilis stellatis instructae; 

 ovarium superum, obovatum, extus dense flavescenti-tomentosum, multiovulatum, trilo- 

 culare. — Fig. 5. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz, Columbien: Prov. Bogota, Boca del monte 

 de Gachala, 2700m ü.M. (Triana n. 2615 a. 1851 — 1857). — Herb. Berlin, DC, 

 Wien, Paris. 



30. St. oblongus (Ruiz et Pav.) A.DC. in DG. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 261. — Foveo- 

 laria ohlonga Ruiz et Pav. Syst. I. (1798) 100 partim; Fl. peruv. IV. t. 393. — 

 Strigilia ohlonga A. DC. in DG. Prodr. I. (1824) 621 partim; Miers, Contrib. Bot. 

 I. (1851 — 1861) 184. — Foveolaria orocea Pav. herb, in h. Boiss. — Tremanthiis 

 ohlonga Pers. Synops. I. (1805) 467. — Arbor 30 m et ultra alta (ex Ruiz et Pav.) 

 rami erecti (ex Ruiz et Pav.), subteretes, alutaceo-lepidoto-stellato-tomentosi, 6 mm lati; 

 folia alterna, petiolata, petiolo 1,5 cm longo, breviter adpresse alutaceo-stellato-tomentoso, 

 oblonga, 22 — 2 6,5 cm longa, 9 — 11 cm lata, basi rotundato-cuneata vel cuneata, apice 

 late acuminata, apice ipso acuta, papyracea, integra, reflexa (in sicco), supra glabra, ad 

 nervös pilis sparsissime vestita, subtus alutaceo-tomentosa, pilis minutis stellatis instructa, 

 multo majoribus intermixtis, supra nervis venisque immersis, subtus valde prominentibus, 

 venis inter sese parallelis anguste reticulatis, majoribus rectangulariter costae insidentibus, 

 nervis lateralibus 12— 1 6-marginem petentibus. Inflorescentia racemosa vel paniculata, 

 5,5 — 7 cm longa, axillaris, 9 — 10-flora; rhachis inflorescentiae alutaceo-lepidoto-stellato- 

 tomentosa; flores circiter 3 cm longi, pedicello 5 — 1 mm longo; calyx cupuliformis, 

 chartaceus, 9 mm altus, 6 mm latus, extus alutaceo-lepidoto-stellato-tomentosus, intus 

 subpilosus, margine truncatus, minutissime denticulatus; corolla 5-partita, tubo 3 mm 

 longo, lobis multo breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, papyraceis, lanceolatis, 1,5 cm 

 longis, 4 mm latis, apice cuneatis, extus alutaceo-lepidoto-stellato-pilosis, intus stellato- 

 pilosis; stamina 10, corollam longitudine haud aequantia, filamentis parte libera planius- 

 culis, saepius antheram longitudine aequantibus, ad basim antice pilis longis dense 

 obtectis, antherae margine hinc inde pilis stellatis vestitae; ovarium flavescenti-tomen- 

 tosum, crasse obovatum, apice depressum margineque inaequaliler disciformi, undulatum, 

 lateraliter hinc inde nectariis epilosis instructum, multiovulatum, superum, triloculare; 

 Stylus corollae lobos longitudine aequans. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz, Peru: Piliao u. Ghinchao im Walde (Ruiz 

 et Pavon, blühend im August und September). — Herb. Berlin, DG. 



31. St. guianensis A. DG. in DG. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 26 1; Seub. in Mart. Fl. 

 brasil. VII. (1868) 188 p.p. incl. var. jajpureme Mart. ex Seub. in Fl. brasil. VII. 

 (1868) 188. — Strigilia guianensis Miers, Gontrib. Bot. I. (1851 — 1861) 184. — 

 Frutexvel arbor; rami subteretes, 0,3 — 10 cm lati, juniores flavescenti-brunneo-tomentelli, 

 adulti glabrescentes, folia alterna, petiolata, petiolo 1 — 1,5 cm longo, dense flavescenti- 

 fusco-tomentoso, oblonga vel interdum obovato- oblonga, 19 — 27 cm longa, 6,5 — 11 cm 



