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13. GUAREA PITTIERI C. DC. n. sp. 



Raniulis junioribus velutine hirtellis dein glabris ; foliis longe 

 petiolatis 3-4-jugis, foliolis oppositis modice petiolulatis ellipticis 

 basi ima actitis apice modice obtuse vel subacute acuminatis supra 

 glabris subtus rhachique et petiolo velutine puberulis ; panicula 

 pyramidatim ramosa velutine puberula folium fere aequante ; calice 

 obtuse aut subacute 5-dentato extus dense et adpresse hirtello ; petalis 

 oblongis superne attenuato-acutis subtus dense et adpresse hirsutis ; 

 tubo stamineo subovato-cylindrico margine integro extus lineatim et 

 adpresse hirsute, antheris ellipticis ; ovario oblongo dense et adpresse 

 hirsuto gynophorum glabrum multo superante 6-loculari, loculis 

 2-ovulatis ovulis superpositis, stilo infcrne adpresse hirsuto, stigmate 

 orbicular i. 



Ramuli elenticellosi pallide et rubelle fuscescentes. Folia alterna 

 fere 23 cm. longa. Foliola in sicco firme membranacea pellucido- 

 punctulata et parce pellucido-lineolata, usque ad 14 cm. longa et fere 



7 cm. lata, nervi secundarii subrecti utrinque 7-8. Petioluli usque ad 

 I cm. longi, petiolus 11 cm. longus. Paniculae ramuli inferi circiter 

 4 cm. longi, rhachis 5 mm. crassa, cymulae i -florae, pedicelli 2 mm. 

 longi, calix cum dentibus 5 mnu longus, petala 10 mm. longa et 

 inferne 2.5 mm. lata, in sicco subcoriacea et subtus pallide virescentia, 

 tubus stamineus fere 9 mm. longus, antherae fere 1.25 mm. longae 

 dorso supra basin sessiles. 



CosTA Rica : Tuis, prope Turrialba, alt. 620 m., Junio, florens, 

 //. Pit tier 11245. 



TRICHILIA L. 



Sectio Eutrichilia C. DC. 



14. TRICHILIA CHIRIQUINA C. DC. n. sp. 



Foliis modice petiolatis impari-pinnatis 3-jugis ; foliolis lateralibus 

 oppositis brevissime petiolulatis superis obovato-lanceolatis basi 

 aequilatera acutis apice breviter et obtuse acuminatis emarginula- 

 tisque infimis quam superi multo minoribus ellipticis omnibus adultis 

 supra ad nervum centralem subtus ubique et sat dense rhachique 

 hirsutis ; paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque folia fere aequantibus 

 axillaribus brevissime et remote ramulosis terminalibus pyramidato- 

 ramosis, ramis rhachique dense hirsutis, ramis spicatim cymuligeris 

 cymulis sessiblibus umbelluliformibus ; fioribus pedicellatis, calice 

 profunde 5-dentato extus dense hirtello intus glabro dentibus ovato- 

 acutis ; petalis 5 ovato-acutis extus puberulis intus minute velutinis ; 

 tubo stamineo ultra medium laciniato inferne extus glabro intus 



