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lobis ovatis orbiculatisve obtusis basi imbricatis tubum co- 
ra 
presso multo lo sees Sos etabe vix exsertis. 
eedie! Sista Brazil, on 
ok a) 
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especially the branching inflorescence, distinguish it from C 
obtusiflora ; the inflorescence the shape of t me and of 
the styles s from C. Gronovii and C. racemosa.—Flowers i: 
2 lines long, “white, with a strong odor of hawthor,’ 
Spruce; exterior lobes of the calyx in the Panama 
towards the tip verrucose-cristate ; in the other smooth, ha 
and shining ; scales in sooe former longer than the tube, inthe 
other ype -— 
43. C. scutes, n. ‘spe: : caule filiformi ; floribus brev 
ter podicellatis umbellato-glomeratis ; ealycns lobis — 
orbiculatis obtusissimis nitidis tubum corolle 
laciniis triangulatis acutis erectis seu p Pha patentibus tube poner 
wequilongis ; antheris ovato-orbiculatis filamentum breve 
ulatum equantibus; squamis ten uissimis late ovatis fimbrit- 
tis faucem attingentibus; stylis capillaribus ovarium depres 
eo oe vameats pat corals 
recurvisve 
lente rca. Sa 
tae Teland of i Gallo] agos group, in 
ce on Mimosa bushes, hs, Darwin! 
bag i , hilam.—Mue! 
than to C. & ichiana ; distingu: 
short, broad and very acute lobes of 
» at Ta ‘ - } horizo 
eg or it and by 
Dy y the presence of scales y the 
44. C. SanpwicuraNna oisy ! Cuse. 
Prod. 1X, 458.—Sandwic ich $ 
Gan chandt Sea Matthey 
my! 424.—Inflorescence 
a membranaceous texture 5 
