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latis, subaggregatis; sepalis rotundatis, fuscis, crassis, rugosis, margine membranaceo 
sinuato-denticulatis ; petalis triplo longioribus, oblongis, suberectis, subcarnosulis, 
pallide luteis, margine late membranaceis, eroso-pectinatis; disco breviter tubulari, 
albido, margine tenui crenulato; staminibus 3, erectis, disco triplo longioribus, 
antheris parvis, lobis ovatis, ad connectivum fuseum apice decurrens extrorsum 
- collateraliter adnatis; ovario depresse trigonoideo, disco occulto; stylo brevi, obtuso. 
In Guiana Brasiliana : v. s. in herb. meo et aliorum, Rio Guainia, Rio Casiquiare, in 
silvulis (Spruce, 3540). 
This is a small tree, 4 feet high, with subscandent branches, presenting a great analogy 
with all the foregoing species. The axils of its subvirgate branches are 1 inch apart ; 
the leaves are 3-4 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, on a petiole 3-4 lines long; the panicles are 
15-14 in. long, on peduncles 4 lines long; the one-flowered pedicels, at the extremities 
of the ramifications, are 1-1 line long; the suberect petals are little more than 1 line 
long. 
6. PERITASSA RORIDA, nob. : ramulis obscure cinereis, compresso-teretibus, rugoso-striatis, 
lenticellis concavis creberrime verruculosis: foliis suboppositis, patentibus, oblongo- 
ovatis, imo late rotundatis, apice obtuse acuminatis, acumine naviculari-reflexo, in- 
tegerrimis vel obsoletissime et remote sinuatis, supra profunde viridibus, opace prui- 
nosis, ad nervos immersos sulcatulis, utrinque granulatim rugulosis, rigide piliferis 
et subscabridulis, subtus brunneo-opacis, nervis tenuibus paulo prominulis, eveniis ; 
petiolo validiusculo, canaliculato, limbo 8-plo breviore: paniculis axillaribus, folio 
dimidio brevioribus, brevissime peduneulatis, fere a basi in ramos 2 vel 3 longos 
divisis, ramis remotiuscule alternis et iterum ramulosis, ramulis alternatim brevibus, 
imo unibracteolatis, ultimis brevissimis et approximatis, alternatim flores pedicel- 
latos gerentibus; floribus hine subeongestis, minimis; antherarum lobis ovatis, sub- 
parallelis, eonneetivo longe excurrente: drupa ovali, imo constrictim stipitata (im- 
matura visa), disco staminibus sepalis petalisque suffulta, 3-loculari, loculis 1-sper- 
mis. In Brasilia: v. s. in herb. Hook., Para (Burchell, 9773). 
This species nearly approaches the preceding, its leaves having the same peculiar sur- 
face, and its inflorescence being very similar. It is a small tree 8 feet high; its branches 
are straight, with axils about 1 inch apart; the leaves are 4-44 in. long, 2$ in. broad, on 
a petiole 6 lines long; the axillary panicle is 23 in. long, spreading to an equal breadth ; 
the peduncle is 1 or 2 lines long, from which three branches spring, giving it the appear- 
ance of three fasciculated panicles ; the primary branchlets are 9-12 lines long, the secon- 
dary alternate ramifications are 3 or 4 lines apart, with others at shorter intervals, the 
tertiary and following, always alternate, gradually diminishing upwards, making the 
entire inflorescence appear like a spreading corymb; the ramifications are compressed, 
angularly striated, the angles obsoletely verruculose. The immature drupe, in an ex- 
tremely young state, is only 3 lines long and 2 lines broad; the ripe fruit must be much 
larger; Burchell states that it is 3-locular, with 1 seed in each cell, which is confirmed 
by the specimen. This reduced number of seeds is probably the result of the abortion of 
