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coriaceis, supra convexis, pallida viridibus, opacis, nervis divaricatis yenisque reti- 

 culatis immersis, ad costam prominulam sulcatis, subtus pallide brunneis vel luride 



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ochraceis, opacis, costa striata, crebre reticulatis, nervis venisque prominentibus ; 

 petiolo valido, fusco, canaliculate, marginibus inflexis, rugoso, limbo 10-l4plo 

 breviore : racemis axillaribus et terminalibus, folio brevioribus ; rachi subvalida, 

 angulata, crebriflora ; floribus flavis ; pedicellis subvalidis, calyce 3plo longioribus, 

 recurvis ; sepalis rotundato-oblongis, subaequalibus, rotatis, extus carinatis et granu- 

 losis, imo glandulose gibbosis ; petalis obovatis, citrinis, carnosulis, margine erosulis ; 

 ovario semiinfero, granulis flavidis creberrime punctulato, 2-loculari, ovulis in quo- 

 que loculo circ. 5, e basi erectis, vertice valde elevato, conico, striate ; stylo brevi, 

 conico ; stigmate minimo, globoso. In Venezuela : v. s. in Jierh. Mus. Brit, et SooJc., 

 Colonia Tovar, in sylvis bumidis et frigidulis (MoritZy 1880). 



A tree found in moist woods : tbe axils of its branchlets are about i in. apart ; tbe 



pallid coriaceous leaves are 1J-3|^ in. long, 1-1| in. broad, on a petiole 2-3 lin. long, and 

 with about 10 pairs of divaricating ascending nerves arcuately anastomosing ; the rachis 

 of the raceme is 2-2J in. long, with prominent nodes 1-2 lin. apart ; the pedicels 6-8 

 lines long ; the calyx expanded 8 lines across ; the sepals 3 lines long, 2 lines broad ; the 

 larger petals 1 in. long ; the androphomm 8 lines in diameter, and twice that length, 

 its lignla bare, 6 lines long,, its antheriferous basal appendages crowded, very short, 

 those inside the hood linear, pointed, sterile, densely echinated, adpressed. 

 The bark of the tree is very tough, and is used for cordage» 



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39. EsCHWEiLEEA MoRiTziANA, nob. : ramulis pallidis, opacis, rectis, tenuiter striolatis, 



ad axillas compressis ; f oliis late ellipticis vel oblongis, imo obtusis, apice in acumen 

 subobtusum ssepe revolutum constrictis, integris vel marginibus cartilagineis revo- 

 lutis crenulatis obsoletissime serrulatis, tenuiter chartaceis, supra pallide viridibus, 

 subopacis, sub lente minute granulosis, nervis tenuibus pauUo divaricatis vix pro- 

 minulis, reticulatis, in costa tenui sulcatis, subtus fere concoloribus, opacis, costa 

 striata valde prominente, nervis venisque stramineis prominentibus ; petiolo subtenui, 

 fusco,canaliculato, marginato, corrugulato, limbo 16plo breviore: inflorescentia 

 racemosa, pediceUis brevibus, angulato-sulcatis, granulosis ; sepalis 6 ovato-oblongis, 

 valde imbricatis, fuscis, convexis, crebre granuloso-verrucosis, marginibus tenuibus, 

 crenulatis ; petalis 5 vel 6 late oblongis, medio camosis, concavis, extus subgi 

 losis ; ovario infero, verruculoso, 2-loculari, ovulis in quoque loculo 4-6 e 

 erectis, vertice concave ; stylo tenuiter tereti, sepalis longiore. In Venezuela : v. 8. 

 in herb. Mus. Brit., circa Chup^, Cape Augustin {Moritz, 648). 

 ^ small tree, called Naranjillo, The axils of its branchlets are J-1 in. apart ; the 



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Wes are 6I-8 in. long, 2|-3i in. broad, on a petiole 4-6 lin. long, and have about 



, P""^ of nerves, with others intermediate, aU anastomosed ; the pedicels are 6 lines 

 tog ; sepals 3 lin. long, 2 lin. broad ; petals 8 lin. long, 5 lin. broad ; the androphorun. 

 ^ » >«es in diameter ; basal ring staminigerous, and the incurved head of the andro- 



P^onim is charged with longish adpressed appendages, mostly antheriferous. 



