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1. CUERVEA GRANADENSIS, nob.: ramulis subtenuibus, teretibus, subangulatis, patentim 
divaricatis, ad axillas oppositas dilatatis: foliis divaricatis, ovatis vel oblongis, imo 
obtusis vel rotundioribus, apice gradatim obtusatis, subcoriaceis, integris, margine 
tenuiter cartilagineo revoluto, utrinque pallide concoloribus, supra nervis tenuibus 
marginem versus areuatim nexis, venisque prominulis, valde reticulatis, subtus 
-nervis paulo prominentibus ; petiolo canaliculato, corrugulato, flavidulo, limbo 10-12- 
plo breviore; stipulis acutissimis, valde caducis: paniculis axillaribus, folio dimidio 
. vel bis triente brevioribus, longiuseule pedunculatis, paucifloris, ramis paulo diver- 
gentibus repetitim alterne vel dichotome divisis, aut unibracteolatis vel bibracteolatis, 
cum ramulo brevi 1-2-floro in dichotomiis, ramulis compressis, striatis, glauco-flavi- 
dulis, glabris ; floribus breviter pedicellatis, majusculis ; sepalis subrotundatis, viridi- 
luteis, membranaceis, margine suberosulis; petalis 3-plo longioribus, orbiculatis, 
concavis, membranaceis, nervosis, luteis, margine sinuato-denticulatis : capsulis obro- 
tundatis, cuneatim stipitatis, subpatentim divaricatis, utrinque convexis et ecarinatis, 
furcatim multistriatis, margine compressioribus ; seminibus 4, nuciformibus, dorso 
ala angusta crassiuscula carinatis, et carina imo prolongata stipitiformi sustentis. 
In Nueva Granada: v.s. in herb. Hook., La Parada, Rio Magdalena (Triana, 3517, 
in flore et fructu); Rio Seco, prope Honda (Holton, in fructu). 
The axils of the very divaricated branches are 1-13 in. apart; the leaves are 31-51 in. 
long, 12-21 in. broad, on a petiole 4-6 lines long; the panicle is 2-2) in. long, the 
pedunele 12 lines, the primary branches 6-9 lines, the secondary branchlets 3 lines, the 
rest diminishing upwards; the slender pedicels about 1 line long : the flower, in bud, is 
globular, and 24 lines in diameter, the broadly overlapping petals being semiglobose ; 
four flowers were examined, in which the number of their sepals, petals, and stamens 
were respectively 5, 5, 3; 5,6,3; 5, 7, 4; 6, 7, 4; and the lobes of the stigma 3 or 4. The 
capsule, on its pedicel, seated on the receptacle, which showed two cicatrices, from which 
two others had fallen, is 2t in. long, including its basal contraction, and 2% in broad, 
and about 1 inch thick in the centre: it-encloses four seeds, 11 lines long, 9 lines in 
diameter, on a stipitate support 3 lines long, by which they are attached to the base of 
the cell, and which is a continuation of the thickened dorsal carina. 
9. CUERVEA OVALIFOLIA, nob.: ramulis teretibus, fuscis, subleevibus aut striolatis: foliis 
oppositis, ovalibus, imo late et rotundato-ovatis, apice late rotundatis, integerrimis, 
margine cartilagineo valde revoluto, subcoriaceis, supra viridiusculis, opacis, sub 
lente minute crystallino-granulatis, nervis venisque immersis, subtus paulo palli- 
dioribus, opacis, granulatis, nervis paulo prominulis, costa prominente; petiolo 
canaliculato, ruguloso, limbo 10-plo breviore: paniculis in ultimis axillis oppositis, 
brevioribus, petiolo duplo longioribus, dichotome divisis, fuscis, glabris, peduneulo 
brevi, crasso, ramis angulato-compressis, ramulisque brevibus, bibracteolatis, ultimis 
creberrime brevissimis; floribus numerosis, parvis, glomeratis; sepalis rotundatis, 
carnosis, margine membranaceis; petalis paulo majoribus, fuscis, carnosulis, mar- 
ginibus membranaceis, suberosis; disco breviter tubuloso, subintegro, staminibus 
