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3. Pauletia ferruginea. Tab. VIT. $f 4. (Folium). 
P. folüs ellipticis, basi cordatis |. rotundatis, supra tenuissime puberulis, 
subtus ferrugineo-villosis glandulosis, 9-nerviis, £-bifidis, lobulis divergentibus 
obtusis |. rarius acutiusculis. 
Rami inermes, teretiusculi, juniores parum angulosi, ferrugineo-velutini. 
Folia alterna, petiolata, elliptica, basi cordata 1. rotundata, supra tenuissime 
puberula, subtus ferrugineo-villosa, glandulisque punctiformibus flavis ad- 
spersa, subcoriacea, 9-nervia, nervis venisque transversalibus prominulis, 
medio saepius ad latera diaphano; 11 — 2 pollices longa, 16 lin. circiter 
lata, usque ad { bifida, lobis semiovatis, oblusis, parum divaricatis, mu- 
crone parvo inter fissuram. 
Péetioli 3 — 4 lin. longi, villosi, semi-teretes, supra canaliculati, apice, prae- 
primis autem basi incrassati. 
Stipulae ad petioli basin 2, ex ovato longe acuminatae 1. subulatae, villosae, cir- 
citer 2-lineales. 
Flores terminales, in spicam spithamam circiter longam dispositi, gemini, pe- 
dunculo pedicellisque brevissimis ferrugineo-villosis. 
Bracteae ad basin pedicelli tres, lineari-subulatae, villosae, tres lineas longae, 
media paulo longiore. 
Alabastra subeylindrica, apice setis 5 terminata, ferrugineo-velutina, glandulis 
conspersa, pollicem circiter longa. 
Calyz tubulosus, velutinus, tubo cylindrico 3 lin. longo, limbo 5-partito, laci- 
niis linearibus reflexis, 9 lin. longis, intus glabris, varie inter se coharenti- 
bus, saepius in 2 laminas unitis. 
Petala 5, summo calycis tubo inserta, linearia, glabra, alba. 
Stamina 10, ibidem inserta, alterna breviora, omnia fertilia, rubra. 
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