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Brasilien: Wälder bei Esperanza (ßiEDEL n. 804 — Juni 1822; 

 Dublette aus dem Petersburger Herbar). 



Die Art, von der leider nur mangelhaftes Material vorliegt, ist sebr 

 eigentümlicb durcb die kahlen wenigjochigen Blättchen, die breiten nieren- 

 förmigen bis fast kreisförmigen Nebenblätter und die kurzen Trauben. 



Tachigalia Ulei Harms n. sp. — Arbor, ramulis subteretibus vel 

 apice angulatis, glabris vel subglabris; folia pinnata, petiolata (petiolo 

 cum infima parte interstitii infimi saepe excavato et incrassato), rhachi 

 cum petiolo angulata, rainute puberula vel subglabra, 5 — 9 cm longa, 

 foliola 3 — 4-juga, brevissime petiolulata, oblonga vel anguste oblonga, 

 apice verosimiliter saepius acuminata vel sensim angustata, supra glabra, 

 juniora subtus adpresse brevissime nee dense subsericeo-puberula demum 

 glabra, 5 — 17 cm longa, 2 — 6 cm lata; stipulae pinnatae e foliolis 2 — 3 

 formatae 12 — 13 mm longae; racemi spiciformes elongati paniculati, 

 pedunculati, apicem versus densiflori, 5 — 15 cm longi, rhachi angulata 

 subsericeo-pubescente, pedicellis brevissimis (2 — 3 mm); receptaculum 

 oblique infundib uliforme cum calyce incano-subsericeo-villosulum, sepala 

 5 inaequalia, lata vel latissima, subsemiorbicularia vel late ovata, 

 rotundata, ad 4 — 5 mm lata; petala 5, membranacea, inter sese satis 

 aequalia, brevissime unguiculata, obovata usque oblonge -obovata, 

 rotundata, intus basi dense hirsuto-villosa, ceterum intus medio et basin 

 versus + villosa, extus basin versus parcius villosula, ceterum glabra, 

 6 — 7 mm longa, 4 mm lata; stamina 10, filamentis basi dense villosis; 

 ovarium in receptaculo oblique lateraliter insertum, breviter stipitatum, 

 oblongum, leviter subfalcatum, cum stipite dense ferrugineo-velutinum. 



Brasilien: Rio Negro (üle n. 6042 — Januar 1902; 5 — 15 m 

 hoher Baum mit gelbweißen Blüten). 



Elisabetha oxyphylla Harms n. sp. — Frutex vel arbor parva, 

 1 — 10 m alta, ramulis glabris cortice cinereo; folia perbreviter petiolata 

 (petiolo incrassato, 5 — 8 mm longo), rhachi glabra supra canaliculata 

 6 — 12 cm longa, foliola subsessilia, 6 — 8-juga (saepe 7-juga), lanceolata 

 vel oblanceolata, basi valde obliqua (lamina latere postico versus 

 rhacbin sessili et perbreviter obtuse auriculata, latere antico in petio- 

 lulum brevissimum sinu acuto desinente), apicem versus pleruraque 

 sensim acuminata vel acuminulata vel acuta, glabra, 3 — 6 cm longa, 

 7 — 15 mm lata; racemus terminalis brevis vel elongatus, rhachi in- 

 distincte subvelutina vel subglabra obtusangula circ. 5 — 10 cm longa, 

 bracteis latis obovatis obtusis serius deciduis 2,5 — 3 cm longis, pedicellis 

 glabris circ. 7 mm longis; involucrum e bracteolis connatis formatum 

 glabrum apice bifidum circ. 2 cm longum; receptaculum infundi- 

 buliforme glabrum basi intra involucrum in stipitem brevem contractum, 



