— 305 — 



(petiolo ut rhachidis interstitio infimo saepe incrassato et excavato, 

 4 — 6,5 cm longo), rhachi cum petiolo 13 — 26 cm longa, molliter pubes- 

 cente vel serius glabrescente, supra + applanata et ad juga leviter 

 transverse cariuulata, foliola 5 — 6-juga, breviasime crasse petiolulata, 

 oblonga vel oblonge -lanceolata vel ovato-oblonga, basi saepe obliqua 

 rotundata vel cordulata, apice saepe anguste acuminata, subcoriacea, 

 Bupra breviter velutino-puberula serius glabrescentia nitidula, subtus 

 pulchre sericeo-velutina serius adpresse breviter pubescentia (juvenilia 

 utrinque pulcherrime subaureo-sericea), circ. 10 — 20 cm longa, 4 — 7 cm 

 lata; stipulae magnae foliaceae, e folio breviter petiolato oblique ovato 

 vel ovali vel obovato-oblongo acuminato formatae, addito foliolo laterali 

 minore lanceolato vel oblonge, stipulae cum petiolo brevi 2 — 6,5 cm 

 longae); racemi spiciformes elongati paniculati apicem versus densiflori, 

 8 — 18 cm longi, rhachi satis tenui albido-villosula, pedicellis brevissimis, 

 bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, deciduis, circ. 4 mm longis; calyx cum pedi- 

 cello brevissimo et receptaculo argenteo-sericeo-villosulus 8 — 10 mm 

 longus; ovarium cum stipite dense sericeo-villosum. 



Brasilien: Rio Branco, Surumu, Wald der Serra de Mairary (Ule 

 n. 8399 — Febr. 1909; 10— 24 m hoher Baum, Blüten weißgelb). 



Die Art zeichnet sich besonders durch die sehr großen laubblattähnlichen 

 Nebenblätter aus. 



Tachigalia psilopliylla Harms n. sp. — Arbor(?), ramulis glabris 

 vel subglabris; folia petiolata, petiolo 1,5 — 4 cm longo, pinnata, rhachi 

 cum petiolo glabra, 3 — 8 cm vel ultra longa, foliola 2 — 3-juga, breviter 

 petiolulata, lanceolata vel oblonga, basi obtusa vel acuta, apice sensim 

 vel Bubsensim acuta vel acuminata vel rarius obtusiuscula, chartacea 

 vel subcoriacea, supra nitidula glabra, subtus paullo nitidula glabra 

 vel subglabra (parce minutissime puberula), subtus paullo reticulata, 

 3,5 — 15 cm longa, 1,5 — 6 cm lata; stipulae majusculae, latissimae, late 

 reniformes usque oblique subsemiorbiculares vel suborbiculares, rotun- 

 datae, glabrae, nitidulae, 2 — 2,5 cm longae et latae (vel minores); racemi 

 breves, rhachi breviter pedunculata, breviter velutiua, circ. 2 — 5 cm 

 longa, pluriflori vel pauciflori; receptaculum oblique infundibuliforme, 

 in pedicellura brevem attenuatum, cum eo breviter sericeum et 10 — 12 mm 

 longum, sepala 5 latissima suborbicularia rotundata, extus breviter 

 eericea, intus basi sericea, 6 — 8 mm longa et fere aequilata; petala 5(?), 

 unguiculata; staraina 10(?), filamentis glabris vel subglabris; ovarium 

 in fundo receptaculi oblique affixum, sericeo-villosum, in stipitera atte- 

 nuatum; legumen immaturum anguste oblanceolatum, basin versus sensim 

 angustatum, complanatum, velutinura, 31 cm longum, p.iullulo infra 

 apicem circ. 2 cm latum. 



