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longiuscule et acute acuminatis, rarius obtusipribus, margine teniii . vix revoluto 

 subintegris vel obsolete crenatis, tenuiter cbartaceis, supra pallide viridibus, opacis, 

 planis, nervis divaricatis subimmersis vix prominulis, reticulatis, cpsta tenui pro- 

 • minula, subtus luride brunnescentibus, opacis, costa nervis venisque flavidis promi- 

 nulis ; petiolo subtenui, canaliculato, limbo lOplo breviore : paniculis axillaribiis et 

 terminalibus, apice subramulosis, folio brevioribus ; racbi fusca, nodosa ; pedicellis 

 longiusculis ; sepalis oblongo-ovatis, crassis/ fuscis, carinatis, rugosis, imo gibbosis, 

 marginibus membranaceis ; ovario inferos 2-loculari, vertice valde depresso, radiatim 

 striato, stylo brevi conico obtuso umbonato. In prov. Amazonas : x>. s. in hb. Hook., 

 Rio Negro in sylvis (Jf^r^ms). ^ 



A tree 50-60 feet high ; the axils of its brancblets ^ in. apart ; leaves luridly broTvn 

 below, 4-8 in. long, 1J-3J in. broad, on a petiole 5-7 lin. long, and with from 15-18 

 pairs of nerves, with others shorter intermediate, all anastomosing ; panicle 4 in. long, 

 its branches li-2| in. long; slender pedicels 6-9 lines long; sepals 3 lines long, 1| line 

 broad ; petals 10 lines long ; androphorum 6 lines in diameter. 



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35. EscHWEiLERA Reideliana, nob. : LecytUs Beideliam, Berg in Mart. PI. Br. I. c. 

 p. 618 : ramulis patentibus, pruinosis ; foliis ovato-oblongis, imo latioribus et in 

 petiolum breviter et subito acutatis, apice obtusis et breviter acuminatis, obsolete 

 serratis, cbartaceis, supra glabris, nitidis, nervis erecto-patulis, remotiusculis, sub- 

 immersis, arcuatim nexis, venis reticulatis, subtus fuscescentibus, opacis, nervis venis 



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costaque prominentibus ; petiolo limbo 10-14plo breviore : inflorescentia racemosa ; 

 floribus majusculis ; pedicellis brevissimis ; sepalis rotundatis vel ovato-rotundatis, 

 inaequalibus, pruinosis, margine ciliolatis ; petalis albis ; androphoro luteo ; ovario 

 semiinfero, 2-loculari, multiovulato, vertice convexo, striato, stylo brevissimo um- 

 bonato. In Amazonas, prope Santarem, in humidis inundatis {Beidel) ; non vidi. 

 A tree 30 feet high ; leaves 3^-7 in. long, l|-3i in. broad, on a petiole 4-6 lin. long ; 

 flower in bud 8 lin. in diam. ; sepals 1-1-^ line long, 1 J line broad ; petals 10 lin. long ; 

 -ndrophorum 6 lin. in diam. It is said to differ from K alUflora in its leaves gradually 

 ^cumulated, in its smaller pedicels and flowers, and its rounded ciliolated sepals. 



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36. EscHWEiLEEA TRocHiFORMis, nob. : ramuHs crassiusculis, rectis, teretibus, rufo-brun- 

 iieis, opacis, pruinosis, ruguloso-striatis, verrucul osis ; foliis late oYatis, imo trun- 

 catis vel obtuse rotundatis, aut subcordatis et subito breviter ad petiolum decur- 

 J-entibus, apice rotundatis et emarginatis, marginibus revolutis obsoletissime crenu- 

 latis, coriaceis, valde convexis, et ad nervos late sulcatis, supra palUde viridibus, 

 Paullo opacis, e reticulatione creberrima foveatim rugulosis, nervis tenuibus, re- 

 ^otiuscuUs, semiimmersis, divergentibus, arcuatim nexis, venis transversim reticu- 

 ^atis, costa subconvexa, imo latiore, rufule pruinbsa,^ subtus sordide paUidis, glauco- 

 opacis et roride pruinosis, costa valida, rugulosa, nervisaue valde prominentibus, 

 ^nis prominulis; petiolo valido, profunde canaliculato, alte marginato, limbo 20p o 

 oreviore: racemo terminali vel axillari, folio pauUo breviore, rachi valida, helvole 



