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ginatis, marginibus cartilagineis, fere integris, planis, crasso-coriaceis, supra flavide 
viridibus, opacis, nervis tenuibus omnino immersis, aveniis, costa vix prominula, 
subtus pallidioribus, opacioribus, nervis parum conspicuis, sulcatulis, punctulis 
sparsis impressis, costa subimmersa; petiolo canaliculato, subtus angulato, crebre 
transversim corruguloso, limbo 15-plo breviore: inflorescentia axillari, brevissima, 
pedunculo gemmeeformi, squamoso-bracteolato, flores 5-6 congestos breviter pedi- 
cellatos gerente, bracteolis minutis obtusis; floribus glabris, mole mediocri; sepalis 
rotundatis, pallide opacis, marginibus late membranaceis, pectinato-ciliatis ; petalis 
duplo longioribus, late ovatis, pallidis, submembranaceis, nervosis et minute reticu- 
latis, pectinato-ciliatis; disco depresso-pulvinato, imo late expanso, fusco, granu- 
loso; stylo subulato; stigmate obsolete 3-denticulato. In Brasilia, prov. Goyaz, 
Vado do Paranan (Martius): Piracanjüba (St.-Hilaire): v. s. in herb. variis, prov. 
Piauhy, Pernaguá (Gardner, 2493), ex herb. Imp. Vindobon. (1973). 
This well-marked species was originally found near the ford of the river Paranán, on the 
western confines of the province of Goyaz; St.-Hilaire collected it afterwards at the river 
Piracanjuba, a confluent of the Rio Corumba, in the same province; and, lastly, it was 
found by Gardner at Pernaguá (not Paranagoá), in the south of the province of Piauhy,— 
all within moderate distances, in the region of the Chapadas, or elevated tablelands. It is 
described as a small tree, with erect, straight branches, slightly flexuose at the alternate 
axils, which are 1-2 in. apart : the leaves are 33-33 in. long, 15-18 lines broad, on a petiole 
3 lines long; tbe axillary bud-like peduncle is 2 lines long, rather thick, and covered 
with small bracteoles, from which issue five or six crowded slender pedicels 2-5 lines 
long, each supporting a single flower, which is 41-53 lines in diameter when expanded ; 
the sepals are 1 line, the petals 2 lines long, inserted beneath the edge of the disk, which 
is nearly 2 lines in diameter. 
14. RADDIA GLOMERATA, nob.: Anthodon glomeratum, Mart. in Schult. Mant. i. 253; 
DC. Prodr. i. 570: Tonsella glomerata, Spr. Syst. i. 177: ramulis teretibus, striolatis, 
brunneis, lenticellis fissis dealbatis crebre verruculosis; axillis nodosis, subapproxi- 
matis, subalternis, rarius oppositis: foliis elongato-ellipticis, imo acutis, vel acute 
obtusis, apice sensim angustioribus cum acumine obtusulo, obsolete serrato-crenatis, 
marginibus paulo revolutis et rufule cartilagineis, subcoriaceis, pallide vel leete viri- 
dibus, costa tenui prominula, ad nervos immersos tenuissime sulcatulis, aveniis, 
glauco-opacis, crebre granulatim rugulosis, subtus pallidioribus, opacis, costa pro- 
minula, rufescente, nervis omnino immersis, aveniis, crebre impresso-corrugulosis ; 
petiolo subtereti, supra sulcato et marginato, subtus corruguloso, brunnescente, 
limbo 10-plo breviore: inflorescentia axillari, brevissima, pedunculo gemmeeformi, 
squamoso-bracteolato, flores circiter 10 congestos breviter pedicellatos gerente; brac- 
teolis minutis, acutis; floribus glabris, mole mediocri; sepalis rotundatis, submem- 
branaceis, rubro-punctulatis, erosulo-dentatis; petalis duplo longioribus, ovatis, 
membranaceis, rubro-punctatis, integris; disco carnoso, crasso-pulvinato, imo ex- 
pansim marginato; antheris majusculis, flavis, ruguso-coriaceis; stylo brevi, apice 
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