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fascieulatis, folio 3-plo brevioribus, expansim dilatatis, repetitim breviter ramosis, 
ramis ramulisque alternis, sepe pseudo-trichotomis, subangulatis, fuscis, pruinosis ; 
bracteolis alternis, parvis, acutis; floribus numerosissimis, minimis, pedicellatis ; 
sepalis rotundatis, margine fimbriato-erosulis; petalis oblongis, duplo longioribus, 
crassiusculis, albidis, sicco aurantiacis, marginibus membranaceis, erosulis ; disco 
brevissimo; stigmatibus 3, stylo brevissimo «equilongis, acutis, divaricatis: racemo 
fructifero breviter botriformi, folio triplo breviore: drupis crebris, globosis, pisi 
maximi mole, pericarpio crasso, duro, extus granuloso, 3-loculari. In Brasilia 
septentrionali: v. s. in herb. variis, Rio Uaupes (Spruce 2709, in flore); Rio Negro, 
prope Barcellos (Spruce 1927, in flore et fructu). 
A species evidently near the Salacia obtusifolia and S. erythroxyloides, Camb. Its 
axils are 11-13 in. apart; the leaves are 3—4 in. long, 10-15 lines broad, on a petiole 
4-5 lines long. The mode of inflorescence is peculiar, forming an intricate subglobular 
mass in each axil, charged with innumerable very minute flowers, which are odoriferous, 
the panicles being about 13 in. long: the flower expanded is about 2 lines in diameter. 
The fructiferous raceme is 13 in. long, bearing about ten globular pedunculated drupes, 
each 5 lines in diameter, covered with prominent verrucosities ; the pericarp is very 
thick, hard, with three small cells, the contents eaten by insects in the only case I was 
able to examine. All parts of the inflorescence are charged with numerous white spiral 
threads, as in the former species. The plant is described as being stout, scandent, with 
odoriferous flowers. 
5. TONTELEA FLORIBUNDA, nob.: Hippocratea floribunda, Benth. Voy. Sulph. 78: ramis 
obsolete angulosis, cortice tenui, rimoso, cinereo, cum lenticellis albidis concavis 
maculatis ; ramulis subteretibus, tenuibus, angulato-striolatis, glabris: foliis ellip- 
ticis vel elliptico-oblongis, imo obtusis et in petiolo breviter cuneatim decurren- 
tibus, apice in acumen obtusum sensim aut repente attenuatis, integerrimis vel obso- 
lete grosse crenulatis, marginibus cartilagineis undulatis et subrevolutis, subrigidis, 
supra fulgenti-lucidis, minute impresso-punctulatis, nervis tenuibus et subinimersis, 
subtus fuscioribus, subopacis, sub lente minute granulosis, costa nervis arcuatis 
venisque reticulatis prominulis; petiolo canaliculato, glabro, ruguloso-striato, limbo 
12-plo breviore: paniculis laxiuscule corymbulosis, axillaribus, folio 4-plo aut 
dimidio brevioribus, glaberrimis, pedunculatis, sæpe umbellatim 4-ramosis, ramis 
ramulisqne repetitim 3-5-umbellatis, pedunculo ramulisque angulatis; bracteolis 
parvis, subulato-acutis ; floribus in ramulis ultimis pedicellatis, minimis, numerosis- 
simis, subaggregatis; sepalis rotundis, cinereo-glaucis, pulverulentis; petalis ob- 
longis, triplo longioribus, crassiusculis, extus brevissime puberulis, margine filis 
brevibus articulatis ciliatis; disco breviter tubuloso, margine crenato; stylo brevi; 
stigmatibus 3, minimis, acutis, divaricatis. In America calidiore : v. s. in herb. Hook., 
in ins. Gorgona, regione Nueva Granada (Hinds); in herb. variis, Rio Casiquiare, 
in Brasilia septentrionali (Spruce, 3280). 
This is said to be a tree with scandent branches; the leaves are 23-5 in. long, 14-23 
in. broad, on a petiole 3-5 lines long; the panicle is 1} in. long, the peduncle 7-8 lines, 
