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paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus, folium subsequantibus, ferrugineo-tomentosis, 
peduneulatis, dichotome divisis, ramis primariis longiusculis, divergentibus, cum 2 
alteris brevissimis in dichotomiis, ramulis gradatim brevioribus, ultimis breviter 3- 
floris ; bracteolis ovatis, acutis, rufo-tomentosis ; petalis lineari-acutis, utrinque rufo- 
tomentosis; intus barbatis ; disco alte conico, rufo-tomentoso; filamentis longis, 
erectiusculis, subpilosulis; ovarii loculis 6-ovulatis: capsulis 3, distinctis, ovato- 
oblongis, plano-compressis, crebre tenuiter striolatis ; seminibus imo late alatis. In 
Guiana: v.s. in herb. Mus. Brit., Guiana Brit. (Schomburg, 818); in hb. Hook., 
Guiana (Schomburg), Surinam (Hostmann, 132, 987, 1068, 1087), Karaouary (Sagot, 
77) ; in herb. variis, Rio Negro (Spruce, 1531). 
This plant is widely disseminated in Guiana and the region of the Amazonas. Its 
leaves are 3-43 in. long, 13-2 in. broad, on a petiole 2-3 lines long. The peduncle of 
the inflorescence is 15—18 lines long, its primary branches 6-9 lines long, the rest gra- 
dually diminishing upwards, the accessory 2-3-flowered branchlets in each dichotomy 
being 1 line long; the flower expanded is 25 lines in diameter. 
Dr. Seemann's plant under this name, from the Isthmus of Darien (Bot. Her. 90), which 
he says is nearly identical with H. excelsa, is H. versicolor, nob. 
11. HIPPOCRATEA ELLIPTICA, H., B., K. v. 138; D.C. Prodr. i. 569: scandens, ramulis 
rectiusculis, patentissime divaricatis, subtenuibus, teretibus, compressis, pallide 
cinereo-glaucis, glabris, corrugulato-striatis, junioribus subquadrangularibus : foliis 
ellipticis, utrinque subacutis, remote subserrulatis, supra pallidis, demum fusces- 
centibus, opacis, glabris, nervis tenuibus fere immersis, subtus pene concoloribus, 
costa nervis venisque reticulatis prominulis; petiolo tenui, canalieulato, limbo 7-plo 
breviore; stipulis minimis, ovato-lanceolatis, concavis, deciduis: paniculis corymbosis, 
axillaribus, dichotome multidivisis, cum ramulis 2 brevissimis subtrifloris in dicho- 
tomiis, ramis compressis, subquadrangulatis, ferrugineo-tomentosis; floribus con- 
gestis, brevissime pedicellatis ; bracteolis parvis, acute lineari-ovatis, divaricatis ; 
petalis lanceolato-oblongis, acutis, expansis, extus pallide tomentellis, intus sub- 
glabris, et apice rufo-barbatis; disco majusculo, alte conico, subpentagono, griseo- 
tomentello, apice rufo-tomentoso; filamentis longiusculis, suberectis, tomentellis ; 
ovarii loculis 4-ovulatis. In Mexico: v.s. in hb. Mus. Brit., Mexico (Pavon). 
This plant agrees well with Kunth’s description. Its leaves are 23-3 in. long, 14-15 
lines broad, on a petiole 4—5 lines long. The panicle is 14 inch long. 
12. HIPPOCRATEA COPIOSIFLORA, nob.: scandens, ramulis anguloso-teretibus, crebre 
striolatis, ad axillas dilatatas compressis, glabris: foliis oblongis vel elongatu-oblongis, 
imo acutiusculis, apice acutis et breviter attenuatis, complicatis et a basi naviculari- 
recurvatis, marginibus paulo revolutis, obsolete sinuato-crenulatis, rigide coriaceis, 
supra profunde viridibus aut pallidioribus, nitidis, nervis utrinque 10-12 longe 
adscendentibus, parallele divergentibus et areuatis, subtus pallidis, nitidulis vel 
opacioribus, minute granuloso-punctulatis, nervis paulo prominentibus, venis trans- 
versim reticulatis ; petiolo longiusculo, tenui, anguste canaliculato, ruguloso, limbo 
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