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Broad, on a petiole 3-6 lines long : the terminal raceme is 2J-3 in. long, with nodose 

 axils about J in. apart ; the refracted pedicels are 3 lines long ; the sepals 3 lines lonc^, 

 2 lines broad ; the petals 4-6 lines long, 2-3 lines broad ; the androphorum 4 lines in 

 diam. ; the style 2 lines long : the flower expanded is 1^ in. in diameter. 



20. Chtteoma eoeida, nob. : LecytUs rorida, Spruce, Berg in Mart. PI. Bras. I. c. 488 : 

 ramuKs crassiusculis, fuscis, flexuosis, angulato-striatis, corrugulosis, verruculosis, 

 roride pruinosis, junioribus tenuioribus et laevioribus; foliis subapproximatis, obo- 

 vatis, imo obtusis et subito cuneatim acutatis, apice rotundatis, et in acumen sub- 

 breve acutum recurvulum repente constrictis, saepe complicatis, subintegris, vcl 

 ad marginem subrevolutum punctis fuscis obsolete serratis, rigide chartaceis, supra 

 profunde viridibus, yalde opacis, ad nervos subsulcatis, nervis tenuissimis subpatenti- 

 divaricatis semiimmersis et flavide pruinosis, valde reticulatis, costa pruinosa, pro- 

 minula, suhtus pallidioribus, brunnescentibus, pruinoso-opacis, costa striolata ner- 

 visque costatis prominentibus, venis prominulis ; petiolo supra piano, marginibus late 

 introflexis, subtus corrugate, limbo 9plo breviore : panicula terminali pluriramosa, 

 ramis folio subaequilpngis aut brevioribus, ramulis paucis brevibus, curvatim ad- 

 scendentibus ; rachi recta, fusca, angulosa, transversim corrugulosa, albido-pruinosa, 

 yerruculosa, approximatim valde nodosa; floribus 30-50, mediocribus; pedicellis 

 imo articulatis, anguloso- corrugulosis ; sepalis istis aequilongis, subaequalibus, rotun- 

 dato-obovatis, extus convexis, granulato-rugulosis, ad marginem membranaceum 

 subcihatis ; petalis subinaequalibus, ovatis, imo sensim unguiculatis, marginibus late 

 membranaceis ; ovario semiinfero, 4-loculari, ovulis 2 in quoque loculo, placenta 

 basaU erectis, vertice intra discum valde elevato conico radiatim striato ; stjlo tenui 

 mcurvulo, brevi, apice cavo, albidulo. In Brasilia, prov. Amazonas ; v, s. in herb, 

 variis, ad Bio Negro prope Barra {Spruce, 1797). 

 1 nave referred this species to Qhytroma on account of its few erect ovules in each of 

 ae 4 cells of the oyary. The axils of its branchlets are J in. apart ; the leaves are 4-5 

 !»• ong, l|-2 J in broad, on a petiole 4-6 lines long ; and they have about 14 pahs of 

 nerves, with others shorter, intermediate, all anastomosing ; the panicle is 7 in. long, its 

 ^ranches 4 in. long, its branchlets 1-3 in. long, all floriferous, with nodose axils 1-2 lines 

 apart ; the pedicels 1-2 lines long ; the sepals 2 lines long, 1 line broad ; the petals 6 



4 hnes broad ; androphorum 4 lines in diam. ; style 2 lines 



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r^^r^^ ^^^^^^' ^°^- * ^^^y^^^^ retusa. Spruce, Berg in Mart. Fl. Bras. I c. p. 487 : 

 ramuhs^ vahdis subangulatis, fuscis, vel cinereo-fuscis, rugosis, verruculosis, sub- 

 Pnimosis ; foHig late ovatis, vel late oblongis, imo obtusis et in petiolum latiuscule 

 ^ subito acutatis, apice truncatis, profunde retusis, interdum cum acumine brevis- 

 8ub^ ^''f^''^^ curvato in sinu subito constrictis, subintegris, vel marginibus undulatis 

 f„«f ^ .^^'^ punctis fuscis obsolete serrulatis, coriaceis, supra subnitentibus, pro 



simo 



fund 



snlcat'^''^^^^-^' reticulatioue impresso-rugulosis, minutissime granulosis, ad nervos 

 imme^* ^^^^^ ^^^luibus, recte divaricatis, paralleUm subapproximatis, pruinosis, 



rsis, creberrime reticulatis, costa plana, imo latiore, pruinosa, subtus canescenti- 



