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DmORPHANDRA LATIFOLIA f . 



D. rainulis ferrugineis, foliis simpliciter abrupte pinnatis, 2-jugis; 

 foliolis oppositis estipellatis petiolulatis obovatis, obtusis, amplis, 

 coriaceis, supra glabris nitidis, sublus nervosis niinuteque aureo-^u- 

 bentibus; floribns densissime spicatis, corymbosis, minutis; calyce 

 brevissime 5-dentato, petalis inclusis antice aureo-sericeis ; stami- 

 nibus antheris styloque longiuscule exsertis. 



Frulex ramiiUs terelibus pube ferruginea tenuissima appresse obductis, 

 tandem glabris. Folia abrupte simpliciter pinnata, quœ suppetunt 2-jiiga; 

 petiolus communis glaber e latere compressus anceps esulcatus, jugum ex- 

 tremum ultra non productus, i2-l5 c. m. longus; foliota utriiisquejugi op- 

 posita, 8-1 2 c. m. longa 5-7 lata, petiolulo crasse subtereli esulcato S-ymm. 

 longo fulcrata, estipellata, late obovata, apice obtusala vel rotundata, deor- 

 sum attenuata, subcoriacea, superne glaberrima liicida, nervis impressis, 

 epidermideque tandem frustulatim evadenle, subtus obscura rubescentia , 

 pilis brevissimis stellatis applicatis aureis nec densis ornata , nervo medio se- 

 cundariisque remotis, pinnatim divergentibus, apice dichotomis tertiariisque 

 laxe reticulatis, cunctis maxime prominentibus signala, margine circumcirca 

 revoluta ; foiioli decidui cicatricula rotundato-elliptica. Flores minuti den- 

 sissime spicati , admodum sessiles, axi tereti crassissimo pubenii-ferrugineo 

 horizon taliter impositi, nota cujusvis decidui lineari ; spicœ 5-8 c. m. longœ 

 ereclae deorsum nudœ, in corymbum ad apicem ramorum dispositse, singulae 

 in axilla bracteae caducœ (non visse) notam minutam circularem linquentis 

 solitariœ. Calyx cylindricus tubulosus vix 3 mm. longus, brevissime obtii- 

 seque 5-dentalus sinubus acutiusculis, ulraque pagina ferrugineus sericeo- 

 pubens. Corolla pentapetala imo calycino tubo inserta inclusa , se. petalis 

 aequalibus subobovatis acutiusculis, dorso glabris, facie vero antica mar- 

 gineque pilis aureis longis ornatis, quam calycis dentés brevioribus. Slamina 

 10 exserla glaberrima cum petalis inserta, fertilia nempe 5 iisdera opposita, 

 quorum filamenta crassa inferne compressa, apice tereti post antheram de- 



