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serrulatis, dentibus brevibus, obtusulis, iitrinque pallide viridibus et valde opacis, 

 nervis numerosissimis, divaricatis, intra marginem adsceudentibus, supra semi- 

 immersis, subtus prominulis, costa utrinque prominente, petiolo tenuissimo, eloii- 

 gato, tereti, siiperne marginato, limbo 7plo breviore : racemo plurifloro ; pedicellis 

 crebre approximatis, tenuibus ; floribus majusculis, speciosis ; calycis limbo brevis- 

 simo, crenulato ; petalis 6, elongato-oblongis, obtusis ; ovario infero, ecostato. In 



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Granatensi : v. s. in lib. Sook., Nova Granada {Purdie) 



A very distinct and beautiful species, apparently with pendent slender branc 

 owded at the extremity with slender leaves : the leaves are 10-13* in. Iougt, 1 



broad, on a very slender petiole l|-2 in. long : the petals are 3 in. long, 1 in. broad 



10. GusTAViA VEETiciLLATA, nob. : ramulis virgatis pallidis, striatis, cum axillis remo- 



tiusculus; foliis in verticellis pluribus, congestis, recurvis, pro genere parvis, 

 anguste oblongis, utrinque acutis, marginibus cartilagineis, integris vel subundulatis, 

 glabris, rigide chartaceis, supra pallide viridibus, ad nervos sulcatis, opacis, nervis 

 tenuibus, patentibus, longe intra marginem arcuatim nexis, subprominulis, subtus 

 pauUo pallidioribus, opacis, costa striolata nervisque flavescentibus promincntilms, 

 petiolo tenui, canaliculato, marginato, limbo 4<plo breviore : floribus in axillis paucis, 

 vel terminalibus 4-5 congestis, mediocribus ; pedicellis breviusculis, recurvis, pallide 

 brunneis, striatis, rigide puberulis, supra medium bracteolls 2 ovalibus munitis ; 

 calycis limbo angustissimo, integro, crenulato ; petalis 8, anguste oblongis ; andro- 

 phoro magno, cupulari; ovario turbinato, subparvo, obsolete costato, puberulo, 

 vertice intra discum angustum piano, opaco, stylo brevi umbonato. In Nova Gra- 

 nada: V. s. in Jib. Hook.y prov. Mariqueta, Rio Magdalcna (Triana, 41(57). 



A species very distinct from aU others ; its vii'gate branchlets arc 1^ line thick, with 

 axils about IJ in. apart : leaves about 5 in each verticel, very pendulous, 4-7 in. long, 

 li-2 in. broad, on a petiole 1-lJ in. long; pedicels 6 lines long, with 2 bracts 1 line; 

 long, placed 4 lines above the base ; the calycine limb is 5 lines in diam. 



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11. GusTAViA SPECIOSA, DC. Prodr. iii. 289; Berg in Linn, xxvii. 445: Firigara »pe- 



ciosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. vii. 262 : foliis maximis, oblongo-lanceolatis, infra medium 

 longe spathulato-angustatis, imo breviter obtusatis, apice in acumen obtuse acutum 

 attenuatis, marginibus integris aut undulato-sinuatis, rigide chartaceis, supra 

 dense viridibus aut pallidioribus, opacis, nervosis, creberrime reticulatis, costa 

 vaHda, subtus viridibus, opacis, costa nervisque flavidis promincntibus, petiolo scm i- 

 tereti, canaliculato, fusco, limbo 8plo breviore : racemis terminalibus, vel trunco 

 enatis, 4-5-floris; pedicellis tomentosis, medio bibracteolatis ; floribus speciosis 

 albis vel roseis, odoriferis ; calycis limbo angusto, obsolete lobato, utrinque prui- 

 noso ; petalis 6, maximis, oblongis, carnosis, quorum 3 sxpe angustioribus : ovario 

 turbinato, minime 6-costo, tomentoso, 6-loculari, vertice concavo, albidc tomentoso ; 

 stylo breviter conico, glabro, 6-sulcato : fructu 6-loculari. In Nova Granada ad 

 Mariquita {Bonpland) et in Brasilia : v. 8. in hb. Hook., Kio Negro, BarccUos 

 {Spruce, 1535); Barcellos, gapo de Barraroa (Spruce, 1933). 



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